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Page created: 18th November 1996 Last updated: 31st December 2017
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Map of Slovenian communities with highighted communities presented on this page. The municipal communities are captioned with bold.

Slovenia - Communities, part 19 (Voj-Žet)

• Vojnik *
• Vransko +
• Vrhnika °
  • Vrhnika, 1992 – 2002
  • Vrhnika, 198x – 1992
• Vuzenica *
• Zagorje ob Savi °
  • Zagorje ob Savi, 198x – 199x
• Zavrč *
• Zreče *
• Žalec °
  • Žalec, town arms
  • Žalec, 1976 – 2000
• Železniki *
• Žetale +

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

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Vojnik

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The coat of arms of Vojnik is impalled Vert a Crown Or and Gules a Bar Argent. It is set in the lower part of a pale green vertical flag. A table flag and other flags of similar design with inscribed name of the community are also used.

Vransko

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The coat of arms of Vransko is used since 1868 and is canting the name of the town developed from the name of the crow bird: Argent a crow stantant on top of a couped juniper tree issuant from base all proper and is set within an "arabesque" border. The legend says that the region was once a lake, that was dried up, and that on the dried area crows gathered. The community has not adopted a flag but uses a simple white vertical flag with the coat of arms set near the top. As table flags are also used green flags that gradually changes it background colour from light green in the top to dark green in the base, with an orle of gray and the coat of arms near the bottom above a yellow inscription VRANSKO with black shadow-drop.

Vrhnika

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The community of Vrhnika uses her traditional coat of arms that probably originates from the coat of arms of Illyria, i.e. Illyrian Provinces of Napoleonic era. The modern graphical layout adds the wavy lines similar to those on the coat of arms of the Republic of Slovenia. Except this main shape of the coat of arms ("for print on textile") the decision prescribes two other acceptable designs, "for print on paper" (semicircular shield without the white border along top edge) and "for licence plates" (standard shape for licence plates, also without the white border on top, shown below), and the 2002 decisions add the fourth version "the electronic format" (unspecifiedly different from the others). The coat of arms is described in statutes as: Jason's sailboat Argo on the wavy of Ljubljanica river. The flag is for vertical hoisting, blue with clay coloured fly and the coat of arms in the upper part in clay coloured rectangle.
Stanič and Jakopič show also the fourth version for textile without the white outline (also below).

Vrhnika, 1992 – 2002

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The same coat of arms was adopted alrready in 1992, as well as the same flag, only difference, according to the illustraion published with the decision was slightly smaller coat of arms in the flag. The three versions of the coat of arms were already prescribed (for textile, for print and for licence places).

Vrhnika, 198x – 1992

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The coat of arms adopted in 1974 shows the historical design in a Baroque cartouche. It was set in the canton of a light blue flag.

Vuzenica

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The coat of arms of Vuzenica is adopted in 1980's Or atop an embatteled city with doorway an embatteled tower toped with a small roofed tower from which is hoisted a flag all Argent. The oldest town seal pictured a tower in the 16th century, although without the small tower at the top with the flag. Such was shown in 1864 Widimsky book "Städtewappen des Österreichischen Kaiserstaates" that served as template for the modern depcition. The decision on the coat of arms confirmed the 1980's design in 1995, but was published (and became valid) only in 2002. The decision did not regulate the flag, which is thus unofficial. Several minor variations in colouring of the coat of arms details on the flag were recorded.

Zagorje ob Savi

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It is said that the colour in the coat of arms and the flag of Zagorje represent the vegetation (green), the Sava river (blue), coal mines (black) and bright future (white). The flag is so called banner of arms, i.e. it consist of the same elements as the coat of arms adapted for the rectangular shape. The curved lines in the current coat of arms are inspired by the coat of arms of Gallenberg family who ruled the region in 13th century: gules a pile inverted embowed argent.

Zagorje ob Savi, 198x – 199x

Flag unknown.

The coat of arms adopted in second part of 20th century pictures the symbols of people's liberation struggle in the World War II (flames), the symbols of socialist revolution (star), industry (cog-wheel) and mining (hammers). The basic colour patter has provided the inspiration of the coat of arms and flag adopted in 1990's, apparently.

Zavrč

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The coat of arms is blazoned so: In a shield Azure a Castle Argent Roofed Gules issuant from a Mount Vert, in base a Grape Press Or. The flag is divided in two fields - square green field by hoist containing the attribute from the arms - the golden press, and the rest a triband of yellow over green over yellow.
Prior to adoption of these symbols, the community used a symbol depicting a vine branch with two leaves and a bunch of grapes, details unknown.

Zreče

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The coat of arms of Žreče is Or a Heart Vert voided by two Fillets wavy in base outlined in green. It is based on the 1377 seal of George of Freudenberg showing two leaves forming a heart shape. The flag is green and yellow vertical flag with the coat of arms in the centre of it, fimbrated yellow from the green stripe.

Žalec

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The coat of arms of Žalec is a golden stylized hop fruit with a leaf in a green shield with blue chief. The emblem was already adopted in 1976. The original flag was amended in 200 to the current design: green with the coat of arms toward top.
The coat of arms depiction occasionally used with a yellow fimbriation between the blue and the green fields is errorneous.

Žalec, town arms

No flag.

The community used only on car registration plates the traditional coat of arms of the town of Žalec: Gules a pair of Wings Sable in chief a Rose Argent barbed and seeded proper and in base a Fleur-de-lis Argent. This is a canting coat of arms, namely the wings stand for Sachen which is said to mean "eagle wing bones" in German heraldry while the rose and the fleur de lis cant the Feld - "field", i.e. together stands for Sachsenfeld, as was Žalec named in German. The coat of arms is is known at least from 14th century.

Žalec, 1976 – 2000

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The design of the current arms was adopted in 1976, with the flag of green field with the yellow emblem in the top right corner.

Železniki

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Already the name of the community (železo = iron) hints what is the most important economic branch in region - the iron industry. The central charge of the coat of arms, the melting furnace, pictures that, as well as the two hand-forged iron nails that edge the coat of arms. The shield is quartered in saltire, the chief blue, the base green and the sides white, together symbolizing the geographical characteristics of the community. In dexter there is a juniper branch symbolising the wood industry and in sinister three klekelj's as symbols of the lace-making trade. The flag is green with a white pile containing the coat of arms.

Žetale

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The coat of arms of Žetale is divided per fess embattled, on the middle embattlement stands into the green filed St. Michael's flaming sword topped with scales and in base a chestnut proper with two leaves. The flag is green-yellow-green, the middle yellow field being square in the middle containing the chestnut from the coat of arms. The symbols were consecrated on the first municipal holiday by the parish priest Štefan Zver.

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