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Page created: 18th November 1996 Last updated: 25th June 2010
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Slovenia - Communities, part 4 (Dol-Gor)

• Dol pri Ljubljani *
• Domžale °
  • Domžale, 1980 – 1996
• Dornava *
• Dravograd °
  • Dravograd, 1992 – 1996
• Duplek *
• Gorenja vas-Poljane *
• Gorišnica *
• Gorje #
• Gornja Radgona °
  • Gornja Radgona, 198x – 1995
• Gornji Grad *
• Gornji Petrovci *

Legend:
° communities formed before 1990's
* communities formed in 1995
+ communities formed in 1998
M civic communities since 1998

• Slovenia - Communities
• Slovenia

Dol pri Ljubljani

2:5

The coat of arms of Dol is divided per bend by a golden wattle in green and blue. The flag is a simplification of the design of the coat of arms suitable for its application. (Image of the coat of arms is not confirmed.)

Domžale

2:5

The coat of arms is blue with three interwoven golden corn ears. The flag is blue with the attributes from the coat of arms set in the hoist square divided from the fly by a yellow line.
The economic rising of the Community began in 19th century when the people started to produce goods made of interwoven straw (e.g. Panama hats). This manufacture is remembered now in the symbols of the community.
In 1989/90 the community adopted its first coat of arms, and afterwards it adopted four more entirely different coats of arms in succession before adopting the current one in 1996.

Domžale, 1980 – 1996

Flag unknown.

The emblem adopted by the community pictures a mountaineer and a circular markation in the colours of the Slovenian tricolour. The interwoven pattern of the traditional manufacture is also included, reminding in shape to the worker's hammers. The flag was also adopted, but no info about its design.

Dornava

9:19

The upper part of the coat of arms is light blue, in which is pictured the baroque castle of Dornava, and the lower part if light green, in the middle of which is pictures a stork and along each side a corn ear.
The flag is rectangular with dimensions 90 x 190 cm, light brown. In the upper right part there is set the coat of arms of the community.

Dravograd

1:2

The coat of arms shows the Paschal lamb according to the marketplace seal of year 1575. The unusual flag ratio adopted in 1992 is amended to more usual one at least in 1999 (probably already in 1996, but this source was not available in details).
It seems that it is in (unofficial) use the horizontal flag in ratio 1:2 with the coat of arms offset towards the hoist.

Dravograd, 1992 – 1996

30:67~ [1:sqrt(5)]

The unusual ratio of the flag of Dravograd is due the geometric construction based on the golden cut. The current coat of arms was also adopted in 1992, and was not changed.

Duplek

1:2

The coat of arms of Duplek is divided per bend sinister Or a Dragon with body of a Snake Sable spitting Fire Gules and Azure a Raft bendwise Or. The flag is vertically divided in three: blue-yellow-blue, with the coat of arms in the middle stripe. The snake dragon is from the coat of arms of the rulers of Vurberk (presumably it is the old name of the town), and the raft is of a kind that is used traditionally on Drava river.

Gorenja vas-Poljane

2:5

The coat of arms is Per pall Argent, Vert and Azure, overall a paint-brush and a quill of the first. The flag has a white stripe along the top while the rest is vertically divided into blue at hoist and green at fly, with the coat of arms fimbriated white set in the middle.

Gorišnica

1:2

The coat of arms is picturing the fertile fields and river Drava with white bridge, vine grape and corn ear. The flag is yellow with coat of arms in the middle. It might be interesting to note that article 11 of the Decision explicitly prohibits the use of the flag by political parties during election campaign.

Gorje

1:2 | 1:3

The coat of arms of Gorje is divided per bend wavy azure fimbriated in base argent, or three juniper trees vert and vert a bell or. The wavy line with its white fimbriation represents the richness and cleanness of the river Radovna. The trees represent the richness of forests, wood and ores, and the number three stands for the three large woodland areas of the Triglav national park: Pokljuka, Radovna valley and Mežakla. The bell represents the development of the bellmaking craft in the region. The flag is bicolour of blue and green fimbriated white and with the coat of arms in the centre. The vertical flag has the coat of arms off set to bottom.

The Community of Gorje was separated from the community of Bled in 2006.

Gornja Radgona

1:2

The coat of arms pictures rising sun, golden grape and waves representing river Drava. The flag is yellow over green bicolour with narrow white line dividing the fields and with the coat of arms set near the hoist. The coat of arms in this form was adopted with the 1995 statutes modifying the previous design that included a red star.

Gornja Radgona, 198x – 1995

No flag.

The coat of arms of Gornja Radgona was initially adopted with the red five-pointed star in the middle. This was dropped from the use in early 1990's.

Gornji Grad

2:5

The coat of arms is Gules a Mullet Or surrounded with six smaller Mullets of the same. The flag is yelow with square red field in the middle containing the stars from the coat of arms.
The small marketplace received the coat of arms from the bishop Tavčar of Ljubljana in 18th century. It contained golden six-pointed star in red shield, borrowed from his episcopal coat of arms. The new coat of arms is based on that, with additional six stars to better differentiate from the nearby community of Ljubno.

Gornji Petrovci

2:5

The coat of arms is per fess Argent fourteen Houses Azure roofed Gules, seven and seven, and Azure an Otter [mustelidae-lutra, lutra] Argent passant regardant with claws Gules holding in jaws a Fish Or. The flag is of a pattern that is characteristic for Slovenian community flags and might be called 'Slovenian cross'. It is a cross gained by horizontal (lengthwise) division in three equal stripes and vertical crossbar that is a square set in the middle of the flag. In the square part is set the attribute from the coat of arms. The flag Gornji Petrovci is blue Slovenian cross on white field with the otter from the coat of arms in the middle. The vertical flag is, unusually, prescribed with the attribute set upwards.
The fourteen houses represent the fourteen villages in the community. In heraldry an otter is always represented with a fish - thus could be differentiated from other running four-legged animals as are dog, marten, fox etc. According to a legend, an otter may carry a much bigger fish by holding it partly on its back.

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