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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 9 (Ljut-Mar)

• Ljutomer °
• Log-Dragomer #
• Logatec °
  • Logatec, 1987 – 2008
• Loška dolina *
• Loški Potok *
  • Loški Potok, 1995 – 2005
• Lovrenc na Pohorju +
  • Lovrenc na Pohorju, town
  • Lovrenc na Pohorju, 1999 proposal
• Luče *
• Lukovica *
• Majšperk *
• Makole #
• Maribor * ^M
  • Maribor, 1980 – 1995
  • Pesnica °
  • Pobrežje °
  • Rotovž °
  • Ruše °
  • Tabor °
  • Tezno °
• Markovci +
  • Markovci, 1999 – 2000

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

Ljutomer

1:3

The coat of arms of Ljutomer pictures an unicorn over a dragon, symbolizing the victory of the good over the evil, and in chief sinister three red balls. It is based on a seal from a document of 1648. The flag is white and green, with coat of arms in the middle. The coat of arms of Ljutomer in the same form is used already prior to 1997, but the flag was not reported before that date.
According to some legends, the unicorm was supposedly named "Ljuto".

The traditional (humorous) coats of arms of various villages around Ljutomer are: Cven - a female crab, Mota - a gander (male goose), Spodnji Kamenščak - a golden mountain, Zgornji Kamenščak - a frog on a chain, Babinci - a "rüsa" (a particular mask used in folklore).

Log-Dragomer

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The coat of arms of Log-Dragomer is or a dragonfly vert and in the chief of the second three wheels of the first. The three wheels represent the three villages of the community, but also the importance of the transport for the community in three ages: old, middle and modern. The dragom fly (Slovenian kačji pastir literally "snakes' shepherd") represents the marshy region of Barje, but also the clear water and ecological orientation of the community. The flag is green-yellow-green with square central stripe containing the green dragonfly.

Logatec

2:5

The coat of arms is gules a wheel or and in chief embattled argent five linden leaves vert. This is heraldification of the previous symbol, with addition of the leaves and embattlements. The flag is composed of a red square at the hoist containing the golden wheel and the fly lengthwise divided into red-white-red. Horizontal and vertical version of the flag are prescribed.

Logatec, 1987 – 2008

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The coat of arms used until 2008 is golden with red charges, two wheels connected with a tilted square above double line serrated in the middle. The original emblem adopted in mid 1980's symbolize the transportation and timber industries.
The flag in use at last since ca. 2003 is vertical of yellow field with black inscription long the top OBČINA LOGATEC and in lower part the emblem from the coat of arms set obliquely issuing from the right edge. A banner without inscription was also used, as well as a horizontal version in which the elements from the coat of arms are somewhat differently shown.

Loška dolina

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The coat of arms of the community of Loška dolina is that of the town of Lož as preserved from year 1477. It pictures St. George killing the dragon and on the dexter standing on a hill is the Virgin, the ground and the hill are green and background is blue. The coat of arms is set in the lower part of the vertical white flag that is adorned with green and white squares along the three edges. A longer ca. 1:3 flag is also used.

Loški Potok

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The coat of arms is per pile or a bear rampant sable armed gules and vert two hatchets argent in saltire. The hatchets or woodmen axe (locally named plenkača) remind on the woddmen history of the region, just as the bear symbolizes the woodland fauna. The flag is yellow and green forming three squares, the first yellow and the other two green, the first green square containing the bear and the axes from the coat of arms.

Loški Potok, 1995 – 2005

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The coat of arms used from 1995 until 2005 contains a log with an woodmen axe and boot on a green field divided from the chief of blue by a horizon line of the town. In base is arched inscription with the name of the community. The flag was triband of green-white-green with the coat of arms near the hoist. The statutes prescribed the coat of arms black and white, also on the flag, while it seems that coloured versions were used in practice.

Lovrenc na Pohorju

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The coat of arms of the community of Lovrenc is Or, junipers trees proper issuant from a Mount Vert and in base issuant from water a mill wheel of the first. The flag is vertically divided in three fields green-yellow-green, the middle one being square and bearing a juniper tree from the coat of arms.

When the community adopted the new coat of arms, they did not want to reject the traditional symbols of the town of Lovrenc. Therefore the historical coat of arms of was preserved and a banner to go with it was adopted. Those symbols are used in Lovrence together with the community symbols in many occasions.

Lovrenc na Pohorju, town

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The coat of arms of the town of Lovrenc is Or an Arm issuant from a Cloud Azure issuant from dexter, clad Argent and with a Cuff Gules adored with a Cross Fleury Argent, holding a grille Sable. It is derived from the medieval seal fo the town, the grill being attribute of St. Lawrence, the namesake of the town. The banner (prapor, as called in the Decision) is red with the coat of arms of the town in the middle set in a cartouche. Along the upper and lower edge there is a floral ornament, and on a yellow stripe in the middle of the flag is inscribed in red the full name of the town. The flag (banner) is general in ratio 1:2, but the ration 2:5 is allowed "when needed".

Lovrenc na Pohorju, 1999 proposal

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While discussing the adoption of the new symbols, in the final phase, some proposals were made public. A variation of the flag that was not adopted was in Slovenian cross pattern, and the rejected coat of arms contained the grille above the elements that are adopted. One of the proposed flags of the time was actually the current adopted flag.

Luče

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The coat of arms pictures on a silver background a green mountain and on blue stonly base standing a peasant women holding a lamp in dexter and in a back-basket a fish proper. The flag is of a pattern that might be called a Slovenian Crutch Cross (in reference to similar pattern named the Slovenian cross proper). Whatever the name, the flag is horizontaly triband green-white-green with a green square field throughout covering the entire middle part. In the middle square is the attribute from the coat of arms, the peasant women with lamp and fish.
The story behind the symbols is this. It was a custom that serf girls from Luce bring fresh fish from Savinja river over the mountains to Ljubljana nobility. They would cross mountains to reach Ljubljana in time for Friday, it would take 12 hours to walk and they would carry the live fish in wooden backpacks (called brenta) and would be equipped with a lamp or torch. The mountain pictured is the coat of arms is Raduha.

Luče is community formed in 1995 from parts of the community Mozirje, and in 1998 from it seceded community of Solčava. It is situated in region of Savinjska. In 1994 regulations introducing the new communities it seems that the name of the community was anticipated Luče ob Savinji, referring to the river that named the region. It seems that the community did not take that attribute in the official name.

Lukovica

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The coat of arms is Gules, between two Mounts Sable issuant a Wheel Or on which is standing a Man clad and with a cloak and hat Sable propped on a club Or. The flag is a triband black-red-black with red square field at hoist containing the attribute from the coat of arms, the man with the club standing of a semi-wheel. The man represent the road robbers that were traditional in the region especially during the period of Napoleonic wars.

Lukovica was formed by parts of the community of Domžale in 1995. It is situated in central Slovenia, north-east of Ljubljana.

Majšperk

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The coat of arms in Azure on a Mount Vert a Church Argent roofed Gules and issuant from each chief corners two chestnut leaves Or. The four leaves of the sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa) form together letter M. The same leaf formed initial is found on the blue flag in a hoist square separated from the fly by a thin golden stripe.

Makole

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The coat of arms of Makole is vert a fess gematta wavy and the chief wavy azure overall two corn ears or in saltire in base a buch of grapes with 13 raisins. The blue represents the sky and the river Dravinja, the green represent the mountainious region. The corn ears and grapes represent the agricultural and vine industry. The 13 raisins stand for 13 villages of the community, while the saltore reminds to St. Andrew, patron of the community. The flag is blue over green divided by wavy line, like the one in the coat of arms, without any other charges.

The Community of Makole was separated from the community of Slovenska Bistrica in 2006.

Maribor

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The coat of arms of the civic community of Maribor is is based on a 14th century seal, picturing a city with a dove with outstretched wings flying downwards. The flag is white and red bicolour with the coat of arms offset towards the fly.

Maribor, 1980 – 1995

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The flag used before 1995 was simple white flag with coat of arms in the middle only slightly different in the artwork.

In 1980 Maribor was organized into six communities, together forming the Civic Assembly of Communities (special supra-communal territorial unit). Legally, each community could have adopted coat of arms and flag, and it seems that indeed some of them did so, at least regarding coat of arms. In 1995 communities of Pesnica, Ruse were excluded from the civic assembly and now form entirely separate communities, white Pobrezje, Rotovž, Tabor and Tezno united into community of Maribor. Since 1998 Maribor have status of a civic community.

Markovci

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The coat of arms is Azure, a lion passant Or over a fesswise wheat ear of the same over a kurent mask Or with face Argent and tongued Gules. The nine corns in the wheat ear represent the nine villages of the community and the lion refers to St. Mark, the patron of the community. The kurent is, of course, a part of the local folklore. The flag is blue with the lion and the corn ear from the coat of arms near the hoist.

Markovci, 1999 – 2000

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The design adopted initially in 1999, included different artwork of the lion and the mask, it had two wheat stalks issuing horizontally from the centre, and the bottom half included four red vertical stripes, thus nine blue and red stripes stood for the nine villages. The inititally considered flag was green with the mask in the first square, and then also blue with the mask, but finally adopted similar to the current design, with the lion and wheat ears.

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