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Map of the Zagreb County. Note: The seat of administration is in Zagreb, which itself is not a part of the County.

Zagreb County - Cities

Zagrebačka županija - gradovi

1. Dugo Selo
   • Dugo Selo, 1996 – 1998
2. Ivanić-Grad
   • Ivanić-Grad, 1994 – 2008
3. Jastrebarsko
   • Jastrebarsko, 1990 – 1994
4. Samobor
   • Samobor, 199x – 2007
   • Samobor, 1756
5. Sveta Nedelja
   • Sveta Nedjelja, ca. 1999 – 2013
   • Sveta Nedjelja, variant
6. Sveti Ivan Zelina
7. Velika Gorica
   • Velika Gorica, 1997
   • Velika Gorica, 1990
8. Vrbovec
   • Vrbovec, 1989 – 1990
9. Zaprešić

Since 1993 the Croatian legislation allows the units of local self-government (counties, cities and communities) to have their coat of arms and flag, however these may be legally used only after they are approved by a central state authority. The a flag of a city or community should be of a one colour field with the coat of arms in the centre or offset towards hoist. Some exceptions from this rule are tolerated for the cities with traditional flag established before these rules were made. The coat of arms must follow also a set of rules to be approved. Some cities and communities use unapproved designs nevertheless. See more on the approval dates. Prior to 1993 the coats of arms and flag were not regulated by state legislation.
The official bazon (heraldic descripton) of the coats of arms and descriptions of the flags are according to the approval text of the central state authority, other description according to other city documents.
Until 1995 Jastrebarsko, Sveti Ivan Zelina and Vrbovec had community status, while Velika Gorica and Zaprešić were parts of the City of Zagreb. Dugo Selo had a community status until 1997. Ivanić Grad (so spelled) was part of Sisak and Moslavina County until 1997, earlier with a community status. Since 1997 the city of Zagreb has again a special status equal to a county. In 2006 Sveta Nedelja was granted city status, as well.

• Zagreb County
• Croatia - Counties
• Croatia
• City of Zagreb on symbols of units previously part of the City of Zagreb

Dugo Selo

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The coat of arms of Dugo Selo is azure a crosier issuant or and in the chief a mullet of six or and a crescent argent. The crosier refers to St. Martin the Bishop, and it includes a depiction of the Dugo Selo parish church. The mullet and crescent are charges of the "oldest Croatian coat of arms", included in many ancient city and family arms in Croatia. The flag is blue with the coat of arms bordered yellow in the centre of it. The ceremonial flag is atypical, light blue bordered dark blue and gold with the coat of arms in the centre, a ribbon below it and nine golden tassels along the bottom edge. The ribbon is red with white inscription of the city name. The light blue field is richly diapered with a light blue ornament containing inscribed year 1209 above the coat of arms and the inscription "Terra sancti Martini" (Land of St. Martin) below. Both refer to the charter King Andrew II issued in that year, in which he granted the "land of St. Martin" - the area of what is today Dugo Selo - to the Templars, being the first written mention of the inhabited area in the location.
A vertical flag with inscription of the city name under the coat of arms was also recorded in use, as were similar table flags with white inscriptions in two rows.

Dugo Selo was one of the communities forming the larger Zagreb until 1993. With the new administrative division it was given the status of community. The city status was regained in 1997.

Dugo Selo, 1996 – 1998

The coat of arms initially adopted was in a purple-blue shield a golden octagonal belfry with green "bulb-like" roof between a red mitre with a golden cross and ribbons and a silver goose with red beak and legs, and in the base a green mound with a silver wavy cotized bar. The flag was light blue with the coat of arms outlined golden in the centre of it.

Ivanić-Grad

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The coat of arms of Ivanić-Grad is: azure a tower with three embattements between three bulrushes at each side. The flag is blue with the coat of arms bordered white in the centre of it.
The seal of Ivanić-Grad is preserved from 1664 of circular form containing in the middle a stone-massoned embattled tower on a wide basement and on both sides of it three stalks of flowering lilies. The inscription read "S COMMUNIT TATIS DE IVANICH" (seal of the community of Ivanić). This pictures city as the fortress in the middle of marshes of the Lonja valley.
A new city coat of arms and seal are in use since 1792 when the new city magistrate was established, initially used with german inscription "MILITAR-COMMUNITAT FESTUNG IVANIC" (Carsko-kraljevska vojna općina Ivanić i.e. Imperial-Royal Military Community of Ivanić). After 1872 the inscription was replaced with Croatian one.
That coat of arms is preserved in seals and stone-carved still standing on the city magistrate building in Ivanić. It retained the oval shape, the central symbolic of the old tower with opened doors, onto which is set the Croatian coat of arms, above it the royal crown and a cross, all supported with two imperial girfins. The inscription reads "POGLAVARSTVO GRADA IVANIĆ TVRĐE" (Magistrate of the City of Ivanić Fortress). This must have been used until the end of Austria-Hungary.
In the XXth century the shield shaped coat of arms based on the 17th century patters appeared (e.g. Laszowski, 1936) coloured blue with white elements. This appeared in the flag of blue background in the second half of 20th century, to be formalized in 1994. Instead of the bulrushes, the central authorities and the new 2009 statutes prescribe the plants to be irises.

Until 1997 Ivanić-Grad was part of Sisak and Moslavina County, at first (until mid 1993) with community status.

Ivanić-Grad, 1994 – 2008

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The coat of arms of Ivanić-Grad prescribed in 1994 was virtually the same as the current one. The flag was prescribed as blue with the white coat of arms in the centre and edged along the flag borders with red and white ribbon.

Jastrebarsko

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The coat of arms of Jastrebarsko is azure a hawk stantant or. The hawk (Croatian jastreb) that gave name to the city has found its place on the coat of arms, too. It is included in the municipal seals since the 16th century, and it apears coloured at least since the 18th century. That coat of arms bordered yellow is set in the centre of a blue flag. The blue shade of the flag varries much in use, from the deep dark blue to light blue similar as used in the coat of arms.
Table flag were recorded in several variants as well. Some are of equal design as the official flag (although hoisted vertically), while other have the coat of arms rotated, with the city name inscribed beneath. The blue shades varry here as well.

The city's name is often shortened to Jaska, the practice used already in the Middle Ages.

Jastrebarsko, 1990 – 1994

The coat of arms adopted in 1990 depicted a hawk "from the historical seals of the 16th through 18th century documents" on a white scarf, encircled with the initial J above the community name and with a chequy 5×5 red-white panel in the canton. The flag was blue with that coat of arms in the centre, in the ratio 5:11. It may be that this design replaced a similar one that had red five-pointed star in place of the cheuqy field in the 1985 Statutes.

Samobor

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The coat of arms of Samobor is gules on a rocky base argent a tower embattled also argent between two thorn bushes. The flag is white with yellow bordered coat of arms in the middle.
The Samobor coat of arms is based on the city seal preserved from 16th century, circular with the same contents surrounded with inscription S(igillum) COM(m)V(n)ITATIS DE ZAMOBOR. The seal was confirmed in 1525 by king Leopold II and also by Ferdinand I. in 1528. There is also a seal from 18th century different in some minor details. In 1909 the land archives issued a document confirming the design of the coat of arms so On a red background on rocky base a tower of white stones with arched entrance and opened doors. Above the doors three and in the first floor four windows. To the left and right next to the tower are branches with golden and green twigs. Atop the tower is embattlement. Some historical sources show the shield background as blue.
Table flags in vertical layout with the coat of arms in the centre are in use.

During the carnival festivities that have long tradition in Samobor, one can see a flag with a magpie on it, which is the symbol of the carnival. The magpie is sometimes set in the coat of arms during the festivities as well.
In the second half of 20th century, until 1993, Samobor was a community within the city of Zagreb.

Samobor, 199x – 2007

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The coat of arms of Samobor is based on the old seal showing a tower between leafed branches. Above is the city name and below year 1242 in which Samobor gained the status of a free and royal city. The flag is white with the coat of arms in the centre. Vertical was was used as well.

Samobor, 1756

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The documents mention flags of Samobor as early as 17th century, when two flags were used, one was for hoisting on the city square and the other "to be carried in the war". The preserved flag from 1756 is considered to have been made according to one of the two.
The flag is of red silk, semée with roses or. On the obverse a double eagle sable displayed, both heads crowned, beaked and haloed or, membered also or holding in the dexter a sceptre and in the sinister a sword, and between the two heads an orb. On the breast the coat of arms of the city is set in a golden cartouche: gules a tower argent issuant from rocks proper and in the chief cypher "MT" (Maria Therese) argent. A sentinel in armour stands on the tower gates. The shield is crowned and surrounded with a blue ribbon with an inscription or: "Sigillum Communitatis Szamobor" (Seal of the Community of Samobor). Along the hoist in a blue cartouche inscribed or in four lines: "Vexillvm privilegiati oppidi / oppidanorvm expensis ivdex / 17. Civivm Szamobor 56. / F. F." (The flag of citizens of privileged city by expenses of the judge of the City of Samobor, 1756, F. F.) The flag is bordered on the three outer edges compony gules and argent. The reverse, also red semée with roses, depicts crucified Jesus, inscribed along the hoist: "Salvator Mvndi salva nos" (Saviour of the World Save Us). The flag is displayed in the City Museum of Samobor.
This was the ceremonial flag that was hoisted during the elections, other important events and church holydays (documented report from 1830) and may have been in use as late as until 1918 or even later.
The Samobor museum preserves several other flags, like the flag of the Kingdom of Croatia used on the instalation ceremonies of Ban Levin Rauch 1869. and several guild flags.

Sveta Nedelja

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The coat of arms of Sveta Nedelja is azure three annulets fretted argent, one and two. The interlaced rings, known as triquetra, is the symbol of Holy Trinity, but they are explained also as symbolizing crossroads, economy, people, links and cooperation. The flag is white with the coat of arms in the centre.
The approved flag is blue, possibly by a typing error. However, white flags are in use consistently. Initially published design had a minor error in the interlacing of rings (the lowest interlacing was different), but that was subsequently corrected and the version as above is used.
Table flags are vertical with the coat of arms and the city name in a line above and two lines below it.

Sveta Nedelja got city status in 2006, previously the community name was spelled Sveta Nedjelja.

Sveta Nedjelja, ca. 1999 – 2013

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The coat of arms of Sveta Nedelja pictures the parish churche of the Holy Trinity and the Eye of the Lord. The flag is white with the coat of arms in the centre.

Sveta Nedjelja, variant

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The coat of arms of the same basic design with minor artistic diferences and with the former spelling of the name "Sveta Nedjelja" is still occasionally in use - it is not clear if this design was indeed official prior to 2006, when the spelling was used officially for the community name or is an unofficial variant used only because it was readily available.

Sveti Ivan Zelina

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The coat of arms of Zelina is gules a mullet or over a crescent argent. This coat of arms appear uncoloured in 1848 seal of the city that gained its rights already in 1328, however no previous seal was recorded. The colouring appear in Laszovski's 1936 book. This was readopted in 2005 although it was in unofficial use even before. An alternative version of a coat of arms impalled field picturing St. John and the field with mullet and crescent was also used (unofficially?) in the early 1990's. The flag was adopted in 2005, white with the yellow bordered coat of arms in the centre.
A vertical was recorded in use with the city name inscribed red in a line above and below the coat of arms.

Velika Gorica

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The coat of arms is Sable, an Oxen rampant Argent holding the Assembly House of the same roofed Gules, in chef dexter three Mullets Or one and two, in sinister a Crescent incerscent of the second. The oxen is of the extinct spices Bos primigenius native to Turopolje (region around Velika Gorica), after which it was named (tur). The assembly house of Turopolje, today a museum is a recognisable symbol of Velika Gorica. Three stars and crescent are taken from the coat of arms of the Noble Community of Turopolje granted 1737 by King Charles III. The flag is red, with the coat of arms in the middle with a golden-yellow line. The red field is chosen as reminiscence to the flags of the Turopolje nobility.
The coat of arms and the flag were first adopted on 22^nd July 1997 in somewhat different design and shortly used as such, but soon changed to current design. The first official hoisting of the flag was on 13^th December 1997 on St. Lucia, the patron of the city, when the current design was maybe already used.
Table flag are vertical with the coat of arms in the centre and the city name inscribed white in two rows below or golden in two arches above.

Velika Gorica was a community incorporated into the city of Zagreb. A separate community since 1993, and in 1995 it gained the status of a city.

Velika Gorica, 1997

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The originally adopted design of the flag and coat of arms is composed of the same elements. The coat of arms is divided per pale, gules an oxen rampant argent, and azure, the assembly house argent roofed gules, in chief three mullets or, one and two, and a crescent increscent argent and in base a bar also argent. The flag was Bordeaux red with the golden-yellow edged coat of arms in the centre of it.

Velika Gorica, 1990

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In 1990 the community, still within the City of Zagreb, replaced its 1970s coat of arms and flag adopting a new coat of arms and flag based on the design of historical coat of arms and flag of the Noble Community of Turopolje: azure on a mout vert between two soldiers uniformed gules a tower embattled argent roofed also gules, ensigned with an arm embowed armoured also argent holding a scimitar, in the chief dexter three mullet or, one and two, and a crescent also or. Crest on a helmet: an eagle displayed sable crowned or hodling in its tallons banners of Croatia and Slavonia. Mantle azure-or and gules-argent.
The flag is blue with the coat of arms in its centre on the obverse, and the figure of St. Lucia on the reverse, fringed golden.

Vrbovec

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The coat of arms of Vrbovci is azure a tower or roofed gules issuant from a mount vert between two wings sable. The design is based on a proposal submitted to competition held in November 1995. It combines elements from the arms of two most prominent families of Vrbovec (and important for Croatia as a whole) - Zrinski and Patachich de Zajezda. Both family arms include the black wings, and the tower is a modification of the tower found in the Zrinski arms. The flag is white with the coat of arms in the centre. Table flags are vertical with somewhat larger coat of arms and the city name inscribed black above.

Vrbovec, 1989 – 1990

The coat of arms depicted a white shield a blue tower and wing, surrounded with red and white depictions of economic development, red wheat ears issuing from a blue oak leaf, and in the chief enarched embatteled red wall/cog-wheel and red-white chequy fields. Among them a red five-pointed star, forming the Yugoslav flag with the background. Overall inscribed the blue community name and a blue outline.

Zaprešić

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The coat of arms of Zaprešić is quartered azure and argent a cross counter-changed. The flag is yellow with the coat of arms in the centre. According to an unconfirmed story, the yellow colour of the flag was chosen influenced of the papal flags, adopted in the time immediately following the visit of Pope John Paul II to Croatia in 1994. Vertical flags are used as well. Table flags with the coat of arms offset twoards the top are also in use. The coat of arms in flags is as a rule without the blue outline, although in cheeper printed hand weavers its was recorded with the outline as well.

Zaprešić was a community incorporated into the city of Zagreb. A separate community since 1993, and in 1995 it gained the status of a city.

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