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Page created: 18th November 1996 Last updated: 8th July 2017
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 Slovenian communities with highighted communities presented on this page. The municipal communities are captioned with bold.

Slovenia - Communities, part 7 (Kob-Kra)

• Kobarid *
• Kobilje *
• Kočevje *
  • Kočevje, 198x – 1999
• Komen *
  • Komen, ca. 1985 – 2006 *
• Komenda +
• Koper ° ^M
  • Koper, 198x – 199x
• Kostanjevica na Krki #
  • Kostanjevica na Krki, 2006 – 2007
• Kostel +
• Kozje *
• Kranj ° ^M
  • Kranj, 1990
  • Kranj, 1979 – 1990
• Kranjska Gora *

Legend:
° communities formed before 1990's
* communities formed in 1995
+ communities formed in 1998
# communities formed in 2006
M civic communities since 1998

• Slovenia - Communities
• Slovenia

Kobarid

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The coat of arms of the community of Kobarid pictures in a blue field an Alpine peak (Krn, 2244 m) between two flowers of edelweiss and in base wavy green field with a fish, symbolizing the river of Soča (Ital. Isonzo). The flag is in line with the modern Slovenian practice two-coloured with a simple geometric division - blue with white stripe that forms a field near hoist containing the "attribute from the coat of arms" - it's most typical charge, in this case the edelweiss flower, the symbol of Alpine flora.

Kobilje

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The coat of arms is azure a leaf vert fimbriated argent. The leaf is that of a wildsovice or a checkertree (Sorbus torminalis), a rare fruit tree that grows in Kobilje. The flag is vertical banner of arms.

Kočevje

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The coat of arms of Kočevje was granted by Emperor Frederic III on 19 April 1471. The original grant burned up in 1596, and a new one was issued by Emperor Ferdinand III. on 27 June 1642, with the same arms, today preserved in the local museum. It pictures in a blue shield the town at the time it received the civic rights with a white fortification and the town's patron St. Jerome (Jernej) holding a book and a knife behind the wicked fence. The medieval name of the town was Gottschee. The flag adopted in 1999 sets the coat of arms in the middle of a blue and white triband.

Kočevje, 198x – 1999

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Even before the official adoption of the flag, the bicolour of white over blue with the coat of arms in the middle was for a long time traditionally used as the flag of the town.
The above drawing, based on the Banderas is illustrative and probably does not represent faithfully the coat of arms shape used in the period.

Komen

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The coat of arms of Komen is divided per barrulette argent abased azure a sun or within a massoned portal of the first and gules a buch of thirteen grapes with two tendrils also or. The flag is blue with a white central lenghtwise stripe interrupted in the middle thus forming there a rectangular panel into which the main attribute from the coat of arms - the sun within the portal is set. Unlike most of the flags designed by Valt Jurečič, this one is prescribed in ratio 1:2 and the panel containing the attribute is not square, but 40% of the flag length wide (however, in his documents he showes the flag matching the usual pattern).

Komen, ca. 1985 – 2006

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The community used a flag of light blue and yellow, counter-changed at the hoist, but weather there were additional elements there, it is not known. In late 1990's the flag fell out of the use, and the process of adoption of new symbols begun. Also, there was no coat of arms for the community and when necessery it used a "tourist emblem" shown here.

Komenda

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The coat of arms of the community of Komenda is Or, a chevron Sable between three Lozenges Gules, in chief escutcheon Gules a Maltese Cross Argent fimbriated and crowned Sable. It is used in the same basic form at least since early 19th century. The flag is in form of the "Slovenian cross", red with yellow square in the middle and yellow stripe lengthwise together forming the cross. In the square of the cross there is the "attribute" of the coat of arms - the red shield with the white Maltese cross, bordered black and crowned with a black crown.

Koper

Koper – Capodistria

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In 1997 Koper adopted a new artistic rendition of the coat of arms, based on a stone carving preserved in the city, but retaining the basic design of the previously used arms: Azure, Sun Or. The sun without the shield shape is called a symbol of the community, and the flag is blue with the symbol in the middle.

Koper, 198x – 199x

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The coat of arms used in late 80's and early 90's is blue with a yellow symbol said to represent sun. A flag has been blue with the same symbol in the middle.

Kostanjevica na Krki

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The coat of arms of Kostanjevica is based on a design made for Kostanjevica by Jože Plečnik (1872-1957), one of the most influential Slovenian architects and designers. It depicts in a seal form on red background white elemets - the three towered city over the waves between the years 1252 and 2006, the former when the town gained its rights and the latter when the modern community was established. This is encircled with a cloverleaf ornament into which is inscribed name of the community. The inscription is made in the Makalonca font, based on Plečnik's script, designed by Lucijan Bratuš, academic painter, caligrapher and typorgapoher. The circular seal is outlined with black border. The red and white are used being the colours of the ducal family of Spenheim, who established the region of the current community and shaped its history.
The flag of the community is white with the coat of arms in the centre. The ratio of width to length is prescribed either 1:2 or 1:3 and for the vertical hoisting the coat of arms is properly rotated, so gaining four versions of the flag.

The Community of Kostanjevica na Krki was separated from the community of Krško in 2006.

Kostanjevica na Krki, 2006 – 2007

As a local community (subdivision) of the Krško municiplaity, Kostanjevica was using the coat of arms design based on 17th century Valvasor's depiction. When made a separate community, it continued uses these, until the adoption of the current design. No flag was reported.

Kostel

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Kostel adopted the coat of arms based on the historical seals dating back to 14th century. The coloured version of the seal is first found in 17th century Valvasor's armorial, now in National Library in Zagreb, showing a white tower on a green mound in a red field. The coat of arms is canting the name of the town derived from Latin Castellum. The German name of the town was Grafenwarth. The flag is adopted first in 1999, white-red-white tribar with the coat of arms overall in two official ratios. The vertical version include four square indentation along the bottom edge.

Kozje

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Gules on a tower Argent a Dragon Vert langued of the first with a tail encircling the tower. This coat of arms, bordered red is adopted in 1995 and set in a green-white-green triband off-set to hoist. In year 2000 regulations introduced vertical flag only for hoisting on tables, with the coat of arms downset.

Kranj

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The coat of arms of Kranj is based on the coat of arms of the city seal of 1530, and adopted in this design in 1990. Soon afterwards a simple bicolour of white over Bordeaux red was officially introduced as the city flag, following the tradition, rather then the more complex design adopted initially in 1990.

Kranj, 1990

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According to the 1991 decisions the shield is coloured by Pantone scale with cobalt-grey-black (named so, this seems to be a very light grey shade), while the displayed eagle and border is cinnabar-red. However, the coat of arms was (possibly due the confuzing name of the dye) often printed with light blue background, which is, nevertheless, erroneous. Otherwise, based on the good heraldic tradition, the coat of arms is printed also with the silver metallic background (hand inscribed in the source as Pantone 877u). The flag adopted initially in 1990 is of the same cobalt-grey-black field with the coat of arms in the centre. This flag was officially prescribed for less then a year when it was replaced with the simple bicolour and possibly that it was never introduced into use.

Kranj, 1979 – 1990

No flag.

The 1977 statutes enabled the adoption of a coat of arms. The coat of arms adopted in 1979 is in the discontinuance with the ancient heraldic tradition in accordance to the taste of the art of the time. It is a white shield with a blue fimbriated red carnation that in its centre includes also a blue bordered five-pointed red star and in the chief it is inscribed KRANJ in blue. The colours of the coat of arms are the same as the Slovenian national tricolour, while the carnation is both the Slovenian national flower as well as the symbol of socialist revolution. No community flag was adopted nor used to go with this coat of arms.

Kranjska Gora

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The coat of arms is Or on a base Vert standing a Black Grouse Azure with feathers and tail Sable. The flag is vertically divided in three fields, the first and third are cobalt blue and the middle one is square of yellow colour. It contains the bird from the coat of arms, prescribed to be not lower then 2/3 of hoist.
The black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix or Tetrao tetrix L., Slovenian ruševec) is a protected bird chosen as symbol of the region. Formally, the only allowed version of the flag is the horizontal one, although the vertical are recorded in use at least as table flags.

The Community of Kranjska Gora was separated from the community of Jesenice in 1995. It is situated in the mountainous part of Slovenia named Gorenjska, and is probably most known for the ski resort there.

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