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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 8 (Kri-Ljub)

• Križevci +
• Krško °
• Kungota *
• Kuzma *
  • Kuzma, 1999
• Laško °
• Lenart °
  • Lenart, 1989 – 1997
• Lendava °
  • Lendava, 198x – 1996
• Litija °
  • Litija, 1992 – 2004
  • Litija, 1977 – 1992
• Ljubljana * ^M
  • Ljubljana, 2008 – 2012
  • Ljubljana, 1998 – 2008
  • Ljubljana, 1996 – 1998
  • Ljubljana, 1979 – 1996
  • Bežigrad, 196x – 1995 °
  • Center, 196x – 1995 °
  • Moste-Polje, 196x – 1995 °
  • Šiška, 196x – 1995 °
  • Vič-Rudnik, 196x – 1995 °
  • Ljubljana, late 19th c. – mid 20th c.
• Ljubno *

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

• Slovenia - Communities
• Slovenia

Križevci

2:5

The coat of arms is per fess or and vert, four skies issuant fesswise from flanks counter-changed and in the chief a horse courant sable and in the base two wheat ears issuant with three leaves or. The flag is vertically divided in three fields, the outer two green and the central square one yellow containing the running horse from the coat of arms.

The community of Križevci was formed in 1998 seceding from Ljutomer community in Pomurska region.

Krško

1:2

The coat of arms of the community of Krško is equal to the coat of arms of the city of Krško as it centre. The coat of arms is Azure, on a Mount Vert on dexter St. John Evangelist (Sv. Janez Evangelista) stantant clad Gules holding in sinister a Cup Or from which are issuing with three Asps, and on sinister a City with a Tower and Walls Argent and roofs Gules. It was ganted to the city in 1477, as described in the charter, however, the seal made at the time depicted a slim tower on a building with Gothic windows and a cross on the roof - afterwards misinterpreted as a chuch. The modern coat of arms was reconstructed from the 1477 blazon on its quincentenary in 1977.
The flag is green with the white community emblem, representing hilly region, rivers and energy.
As explicitly enacted previous practice in 2014, the coat of arms of Krško is used only on vehicle licence plates and as the symbol of the Local Community (municipal subdivision) of Krško . The Community uses the emblem and its flag otherwise.
Some sources in the early 1990's showed the flag as light green with the green emblem. There seems to be no confirmation that such was ever used.

Kungota

1:2

The coat of arms symbolise the vine growing traditions of the region, the green slopes with vine trees and yellow grape. The flag is bicolour of green over yellow with the coat of arms in the centre. Vertical version is yellow-green, with the coat of arms in the centre of the lower half.
The regulations prescribe two versions of the flag - for bigger and for smaller examples. Flags larger then 1x2 meters include relativly smaller coat of arms then those of smaller sizes.

The community of Kungota was formed in 1995 seceding from the community of Pesnica.

Kuzma

2:5

The coat of arms is tierced in chevron fimbrated with white stones topped with triangular diamond, chief dexter gules, chief sinister vert base azure a dove rising argent under an arc of five mullets or. The flag is blue with two white vertical stripes, forming a blue square field in the middle containing the dove and stars from the coat of arms. The stripes divide the flag length, as usual in this pattern of Slovenian communal flags, in 3+3+8+3+3.
St. Cosimo (Kuzma), the patron of medical arts, is the patron and namesake of the town and community. The colours of the coat of arms represent three nations, Austrians (red), Hungarians (green) and Slovenians (blue), as the common border-point is on north borders of the community. The dove stands for peace, and five stars for five villages in the community.

The community was formed in 1995 seceding from the community of Murska Sobota. In 1998 part of the community seceded forming a new community of Grad.

Kuzma, 1999

The first coat of arms and the flag were adopted of different design. The coat of arms was horizontally divided with the blue top containing the three-border stone, in the middle was bird flying over hilly region. Lower half included two green hills with a stream representing Lukaj potok dividing them. On the left hill were fields and on the right one were five disks, representing five villages in the community.
The flag was for vertical hoisting only, diagonally divided in white and green, with the stone and the bird lined black from the coat of arms in upper left.

Laško

37:90

The coat of arms of Laško is Azure, three Bourbonic Fleurs-de-lis Argent. The flag, that is vertically hoisted banner of arms, with the name of the municipality in base and bordered with silver tread. The coat of arms was granted in 1598 and the flag is used in this form since mid-20th century. Prior to that it was often misinterpreted as having a smaller inner golden/yelllow shield with its corners behind the lillies.
In spite of the detailed construction prescriptions in the decision on the flag, the flags recorded in use (at least in the begining of the 21st century) were slightly different, with smaller fleurs-de-lis, displaced inscription in minuscule and without the silver border.

Lenart

1:3

The coat of arms of Lenart is Argent, between two Mounts Vert a Church with a Tower, topped and roofed Gules. The flag is green long vertically hoisted with the coat of arms in the centre. The historical coat of arms of Lentart depicted St. Leonard, in monk's gown, holding a bishop's staff in his dexter and the Bible in his sinister that is handcuffed in shackles and chain, between some trees. An other verions depicts St. Leonard, also as a monk with a staff, Bible and shacles and chains, surrounded with an ox, a horse and a dog. The current coat of amrs, with minors artistic variations was adopted in 1989, when the settlement obtained the city statuts. Until 1997 several variants were used. The flag was also adopted at the time.

Lenart, 1989 – 1997

1:2 ~

The coat of arms was adopted in 1989 when the settlement was upgraded to a city. It pictures the church of St. Leonard after whom the city was named, on a green hills with the date of the city establishment and its name in the chief. In use it was seen in several variations, with or without the inscribed date and with or without the red chief with the name or both. The flag was green with the coat of arms, and even if not further details were established it can be safely assume that it was made in ratio 1:2.

These symbols are now used by the community subdivision (krajevna skupnost) of the same name. The other three subdivisions in the community (Jurovski Dol, Sv. Torjica, Voličina) also adopted coats of arms and flags.

Lendava

Lendava – Lendva

1:3

The coat of arms of Lendava is late-gothic shield Azure, on a mount Vert a Fort Argent topped with triangular flag Or, and in base three bars (creeks) Argent. The flag is vertical divided in green-white-blue, with the coat of arms in the middle and two white stripes in the blue field. The legislation as issued in official gazette does not describe the lowest (blue) filed, probably due omission. The fort from the coat of arms is the old city of Lendava. Since there is a considerable Hungarian community living in Lendava, the municipal flag is hoisted together with Slovenian and Hungarian flags.

Lendava, 198x – 1996

No flag.

The community of Lendava previously used as its coat of arms a circular bas-relief medal picturing the old city of Lendava and oil derricks around a printing press.

Litija

2:5

The new coat of arms of Litija is only an artistic improvement on the previous one: azure an ancient jar (vaška situla) or over which flows a winding river Sava in a bend sinister on which is a man in rafting boat argent. The flag is vertical triband of blue-white-blue with the attributes from the coat of arms in the middle. The vertical variation has the attributes rotated accordingly.

Litija, 1992 – 2004

No flag.

Litija adopted in 1992 a coat of arms that pictures in a blue field a green vase and a raftsman pushing a white raft over it. It most prominent use was in the vehicle registration plates. The flag was not used.

Litija, 1977 – 1992

No flag.

The "coat of arms" adopted by Litija is the extreme example of dismissal with the heraldic traditions that was preferred at the time. The emblem that could hardly be called a coat of arms, pictures the Sava river bend and emblems of the socialist revolution. The idea behind it was to symbolize the importance of the Sava river corssings during the national liberation struggle in the World War II. It was adopted among three very similar design, the other two based on pentagonal frame.

Ljubljana

2:5

The coat of arms of Ljubljana is Gules on triple mount Vert a dragon of the same langued and armed Or standing on a tower Argent encircled within walls of the same. The flag is white over green bicolour with the coat of arms outlined in golden in the middle. The current design was adopted in early 1990's, but when formalized some changes in artistic rendition of the coat of arms were introduced in 1996, reverted to the original design in 1998 and this was further simplified in 2008 and reverted again with minor updates in 2012. The dragon is ornament found on coats of arms fo Ljubljana (but not part of it) since middle age, but was especially popularized after the building of the Dragon Bridge in 1901. This might be origin of the white-green colours of the flag, as well as the origin of the nick name for the inhabitants zmajčki meaning 'small dragons'. The dragon is connected with Ljubljana and surrounding marshes though the Ancient Greek legend of Jason and his companions, when stealing the Golden Fleece, sailing into Danube and further towards Ljubljana, where they had to fight this monster.
For small depictions (under 20 mm in height) a simplified diesgn is prescribed, without the golden elements and other details.

Ljubljana, 2008 – 2012

2:5

In 2008 the municipal authorities simplified the 1998 design of the arms in details, but in 2012 the Jurečič design (now with golden tongue and claws) was readopted.

Ljubljana, 1998 – 2008

2:5

The coat of arms and the matching flag officially used from 1998 until 2008 had more details in the dragon drawing and some other minor differences in the design.

Ljubljana, 1996 – 1998

2:5

Even thugh it is said that the city approved Valt Jurečič's design in early 1990's, the design published in the official gazette in 1996 was some other, and this was formally official until 1998. This decision do not mention the vertical flag.

Ljubljana, 1979 – 1996

1:2

The coat of arms design adopted in 1979 (but used already in the same artistic stylization at least in 1970 on Yugoslav post stamps) followed the traditional elements of the coat of arms of Ljubljana. The flag of white and green was possibly introduced officially for the first time. The coat of arms of Ljubljana, in form of a seal representing the old city with a tower is in use since 13th century. In latter representation it was ornamented with a dragon-like figure above the shield, and since 17th century the dragon became integral part of the arms.

Since mid 1960's to 1995 Ljubljana was organized into five communities, together forming a civic assembly of communities (special supra-communal territorial unit). Legally, each community could have adopted coat of arms and flag, but they have not done so.

Ljubljana, late 19th c. – mid 20th c.

The white-green colours are connected with Ljubljana since the late 19th century, but the origin of these colours is unknown. The 1921 circular explicitly allowed, as an exception from the general ban of all non-national flags, the white-green flag of Ljubljana.

Ljubno

2:5

The coat of arms is Azure a Mullet of Eight Or. The flag is triband of blue-yellow-blue with square field of blue overall in the middle (therefore, dividing the yellow stripe in two) containing the eight-pointed yellow star. The flag is formally prescribed only for horizontal hoisting.

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