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Page created: 18th November 1996 Last updated: 27th June 2010
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Slovenia - Communities, part 19 (Voj-Žet)

• Vojnik *
• Vransko +
• Vrhnika °
  • Vrhnika, 198x – 1992
• Vuzenica *
• Zagorje ob Savi °
  • Zagorje ob Savi, 198x – 199x
• Zavrč *
• Zreče *
• Žalec °
  • Žalec, – 1999
• Železniki *
• Žetale +

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

• Slovenia - Communities
• Slovenia

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), and the 2002 decisions add the fourth version "the electronic format". 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.

Vrhnika, 198x – 1992

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The coat of arms version officially used in the last years of socialist period was with the coat of arms in a baroque border that was set in a 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 flag is from 2002, yellow with the coat of arms in the base above the name of the community.

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.

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. The flag is green and yellow vertical flag with the coat of arms, fimbrated yellow in the green stripe, set in the middle.

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 is used already for considerable time before it was finally adopted as the coat of arms and superseded the historical coat of arms of the town of Žalec in use by the community. The flag is green with the coat of arms toward top.
In 1999 the flag was prescribed to have the coat of arms in the upper right corner, but this was changed to current design already in 2000, and probably no such flag was ever made.

Žalec, – 1999

Flag unknown.

Until 1999 the community used the traditional coat of arms of the town of Žalec as its own: Gules a pair of Wings Sable in chief a Rose Argent barbed and seeded proper and in base a Fleur-de-lis Argent. This, together with a matching flag of which details are unknown, was confirmed in 1995.
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.

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.

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