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Page created: 16th September 2000 Last updated: 16th May 2009
The FAME is a site devoted to the systematic and scientific study of flags and coats of arms. Such symbols often bear strong political and other messages. Inclusion of those symbols here does not mean that the author supports or approves of the ideas they may stand for.	This site is harvested for the NSK digital archives.

Map of the Varaždin County.

Varazdin County - Communities

Varaždinska županija - općine

1. Bednja
2. Beretinec
3. Breznica
4. Breznički Hum
5. Cestica
6. Donja Voća
7. Gornji Kneginec
   • Gornji Kneginec, 1995 – 2004
8. Jalžabet
9. Klenovnik
10. Ljubešćica
11. Mali Bukovec
12. Martijanec
13. Maruševec
14. Petrijanec
15. Sračinec
16. Sveti Đurđ
17. Sveti Ilija
18. Trnovec Bartolovečki
19. Veliki Bukovec
20. Vidovec
21. Vinica
22. Visoko

The regulations on the local flags in Croatia require that a flag of a city or community be of a field of one colour with the coat of arms in the middle or offset towards hoist. Most of the communities follow this rule.
In 1997 the community of Breznički Hum changed the word order in the name, while Veliki Bukovec was formed. In 2006 the name of Donji Martijanec was changed to Martijanec.

• Varazdin County
• Croatia - Counties
• Croatia

Beretinec

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The coat of arms is Gules a Hedgehog Or. The Statute claims that this is the historical coat of arms of Beretinec, but even if it provides longish explanation why the hedgehog was chosen, it does not mention when the coat of arms was granted/adopted first time and how it was ever used earlier.
The flag is green with the coat of arms in the middle.

Breznički Hum

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The coat of arms of Breznički Hum is azure an water pump argent and a post horn or in chief. The flag is blue with the golden bordered coat of arms in the middle. The ceremonial flag is a blue gonfalon with three triangularly ending tails and with golden fringe along bottom, the coat of arms in the middle, the name of the community above in two arches and linden branches ornament below in the tails.

Until 1997 the official name was Hum Breznički.

Cestica

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The coat of arms is azure a vine tree proper fructed or winding around a Latin cross argent issuant from a triple mount vert. The flag is light blue with golden bordered coat of arms in the middle.

Gornji Kneginec

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The coat of arms of Gornji Kneginec is azure scales or and in chief two crowns also or. The flag is dark blue with the yellow bordered coat of arms in the middle. The symbols refer to the events of 11th century when Emerick inherited the Croato-Hungarian throne. He was in a feud with his brother Andrew, known as Herzog Andrew II Arpad. After a battle in which Emerick was victorious he locked up Andrew in the Kneginec tower in 1204. However, soon Emerick died, but before that he crowned his young son Ladislas, releasing Andrew to be his guardian and regent. The scales as a symbol of Kneginec were granted by Andrew as a symbol of justice for the people who cared and helped him during his imprisonment. The two crowns refer to the two royal brothers.
The recently adopted symbols are simplification of the previously unofficially used coat of arms.

Gornji Kneginec, 1995 – 2004

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The previous coat of arms of Kneginec Gornji is Gules on a Mount Vert a Tower embattled Argent with a barred Window Sable from that is issuing a Hand proper holding Scales Or, in chief a Crown Or and overall a wreath dexter three Maize Ears Or and sinister a Vine Branch Or. With it there was a flag of five stripes, based on the County flag, red and white with the coat of arms set in the canton.

Jalžabet

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The coat of arms of Jalžabet is quartered, 1st and 4th chequy gules and argent, 2nd and 3rd azure a three on a mount proper and in inescutcheon azure St. Elisabeth argent crowned or holding a buch of roses gules. St. Elisabeth of Hungary is parton and name sake of the community. The flag is divided with a raising diagonal red and white with the coat of arms set next to the hoist. The symbols were probably rejected by the Ministry of Administration and are in use unofficially. (Sorry for the poor drawing of the saint, best I can do right now)

Ljubešćica

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The coat of arms of Ljubešćica is sable bordered or a goute d'eau. The flag of Ljubešćica is white with the coat of arms bordered yellow in the middle.

Martijanec

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The coat of arms is Gules behind a Mitre Argent crossed and lined Or a Sword in bend Argent handled and pommed Or and in base a Mount Vert issuant. The flag is yellow with the coat of arms in the middle. The charges in the coat of arms refer to St. Martin, bishop of San Marino, born in Rab, the namesake and patron of the community.

Until 2006. the name of the community was Donji Martijanec.

Maruševec

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The coat of arms of Maruševec is or a lily-of-the-valley stalk proper with two leaves vert. The flag is green with the coat of arms bordered yellow in the middle. The lily-of-the-valley (Convallaria majalis L.) locally named đurđica or đurđevak blosoms in easrly spring and is, as the name suggests connected with the St. George's Day. The legend states that the palce developed around the castle of the same name that was built by a noble women Maruša who allegedly came here from the Czech lands. The first mentioned owner of the castle is one Grgor of Maruševac, who mentiones the place near the St. George's church in a charter he issued in 1351.
The ceremonial flag is a green gonfalon ending triangularly with golden fringe with a white bordered coat of arms in the middle, the name of the community in two arches above and oak and lime branches below.

Petrijanec

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The coat of arms is chequy of nine gules and argent and overall an oval escutcheon bordered with golden Croatian wattle in white field black lined Community Hall on green base with a blue spring. The flag is blue-white-blue triband with the coat of arms in the middle. The ceremonial flag is the same with golden fringe on three edges.

Sračinec

The coat of arms of Sračinec is sable St. Michael or with wings spread, holding in his dexter scales and in his sinister a spear with which he is piercing a dragon gules on which he is standing. The coat of arms depicts the patron siant of the community. The flag is red with the coat of arms off-set to the hoist.

Sveti Đurđ

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The coat of arms of Sveti Đurđ is the saint patron, St. George on a horse slaying the dragon. The flag is light blue with the coat of arms in the middle.

Sveti Ilija

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The coat of arms is quartered, first and fourth gules a bunch of grapes vert slipped sable, second and third vert a fess wavy argent, overall a thunderbolt in pale and two arms grasping hands proper issuant from flanks clad argent. The flag is blue over yellow over green tricolour with the coat of arms in the middle. A white flag with the coat of arms is also reported, of unknown status. These symbols were probably rejected by the Ministry of Administration.

Vidovec

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The coat of arms of Vidovec is Or a cabbage eradicated Vert. The flag is blue with the coat of arms in the middle.

Vinica

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The coat of arms is Azure a vine tree vert with five bunches of grapes or. The symbol is canting for the community name, and that coat of arms is found already in medieval seals of the marketplace of Vinica. The flag is blue with the coat of arms in the middle bordered yellow.

Visoko

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The coat of arms of Visoko is or a blackbird holding in the beak two plumbs all proper standing on a mount vert. The plumbs refer to the local petty nobility granted to the local inhabitants in 12th century, nicknamed plumb-growers (šljivari). The flag is blue with the coat of arms in the middle.
The 2006 Statutes describe the flag to have ratio 1:3, but this is probably a typo.

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