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Page created: 14th August 2000 Last updated: 13th December 2008
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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
2. Ivanić-Grad
3. Jastrebarsko
4. Samobor
   • Samobor, 199x - 2007
   • Samobor, 1756
5. Sveta Nedelja
6. Sveti Ivan Zelina
7. Velika Gorica
   • Velika Gorica, 1997
8. Vrbovec
9. Zaprešić

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. Some exceptions from this rule are tolerated for the cities with traditional flag established before these rules were made, while some cities choose to ignore the regulations and use a flag of their liking. It may be that in time the latter exceptions would be replaced.
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

Dugo Selo

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The coat of arms of Dugo Selo is a crosier crook and a crescent and star in chief. The coat of arms bordered golden is set in a blue flag. The ceremonial flag is atypical, light blue bordered dark blue and golden with the coat of arms in the middle, a ribbon below it and golden tassels along the bottom edge. The ribbon is red with white inscription of the city name. The light blue field is richly embroideried with light blue tread.

Dugo Selo lost the city status in 1993 with the new administrative division, and was give a status of community. The city status was regained in 1997.

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 in the middle.
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.
The 1994 symbols have not obtained the approval for use by the Central State Office for Administration, so a subsequent decision was adopted in 2008 pending the approval.

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

Jastrebarsko

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The hawk (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 16th century, and apears coloured at least since 18th. That coat of arms bordered yellow is set in the middle of a blue flag.

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

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.

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 middle.

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 apparently of red silk, somewhat detoriated, semee with golden roses, showing a black double-headed eagle displayed, both heads crowned, beaked and haloed golden, membered also golden holding in the right a sceptre and in the left a sword, between the two heads is a golden orb. On the breast of the eagle is on a golden cartouche and surrounded with a blue ribbon iscribed golden (probably the full ceremonial name of the city in Latin) crowned with a golden crown is the coat of arms of the city - gules a tower argent issuant from rocks proper between two torn bushes and in chief letters MT (=Maria Thereisa) argent. Along the hoist is a blue cartouche inscribed with yellow in four lines: "Vexillum privii eciati oppidi / oppidanorum expensis iudex / 17. civivm Szamobor 56. / J. J. (?)" The flag is bordered on three edges with red and white chequy border. The revers of the flag is painted with iconographic depiciton of Jesus on the cross. The flag is preserved 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 pictures the town's churches and the Eye of the Lord. The flag is white with the coat of arms in the middle.

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

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, 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 in early 1990's. The flag was adopted in 2005, white with yellow bordered coat of arms in the middle.

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.

Velika Gorica was incorporated into city of Zagreb, as separate community until 1993, and in 1995 it gains 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 and in base a bar Argent. The coat of arms was used, probably without approval from the Ministry of Administration, and it was probably changed on their request.

Vrbovec

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The design of the coat of arms is based on a proposal that entered the concourse held in November 1995, made by Tomislav Goluban. The design combines elements from the 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 further modification of the tower found in Zrinski arms. The flag is white with the coat of arms in the middle.
The souvenir table flag is vertical version, with somewhat larger coat of arms in name of the city inscribed above "GRAD VRBOVEC" in black.

Zaprešić

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The coat of arms of Zaprešić is blazoned quartered Azure and Argent, a Cross counter-changed. The flag is yellow with the coat of arms in the middle. According to an unconfirmed story, the yellow colour of the flag is chosen by the influence of the papal flags, as the flag was being adopted in the time immediately following the visit of pope John Paul II to Croatia in 1994.

Zaprešić was incorporated into city of Zagreb, as separate community until 1993, and in 1995 it gains the status of a city.

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