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Page created: 14th August 2000 Last updated: 12th December 2018
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Map of the Sisak and Moslavina County.

Sisak and Moslavina County - Communities

Sisačko-moslavačka županija - općine

1. Donji Kukuruzari
2. Dvor
3. Gvozd
4. Hrvatska Dubica
5. Jasenovac
6. Lekenik
7. Lipovljani
   • Lipovljani, 1996 – 1997
8. Majur
9. Martinska Ves
   • Martinska Ves, variants
10. Sunja
    • Sunja, 1995 – 2002
11. Topusko
12. Velika Ludina

Since 1993 the Croatian legislation allows the units of local self-government (counties, cities and communities) to have their coat of arms and flag, however these may be legally used only after they are approved by a central state authority. The a flag of a city or community should be of a one colour field with the coat of arms in the centre or offset towards hoist. Some exceptions from this rule are tolerated for the cities with traditional flag established before these rules were made. The coat of arms must follow also a set of rules to be approved. Some cities and communities use unapproved designs nevertheless. See more on the approval dates. Prior to 1993 the coats of arms and flag were not regulated by state legislation.
The official bazon (heraldic descripton) of the coats of arms and descriptions of the flags are according to the approval text of the central state authority, other description according to other community documents.
In 1993, with the new administrative division (re)introducing the county system the kotars were introduced as intermediate level of local self-governing in areas with dense Serb population, as a means to granting them wider self-government. However, due to the aggression and occupation the kotars never lived up, and were dismembered in 1997 reform. In the Sisiak and Moslavina County there was Kotar Glina established, with seat in the same named town, consisting of communities of: Divuša, Donji Kukuruzari, Dvor, Gornji Klasnić, Glina, Gvozdansko, Hrvatska Dubica, Hrvatska Kostajnica, Lasinja, Mečenčani, Topusko, Utolica, Vojnić and Vrginmost. In the 1997 reform some of those are lost, some are included in neighbouring counties and some are promoted to city status. In any case, the Kotar and its communities never functioned, and certainly did not have the symbols.
Except those, in 1997 the communities of Ivanić Grad, Kloštar Ivanić and Križ are excluded from the County and added to Zagreb County (Ivanić Grad was promoted to city status even earlier), while the communities of Vojnić and Lasinja was added to Karlovac County. The communities of Gornji Klasnić, Jabukovac and Utolica were included into the neighbouring cities. In 2013 Popovača was granted the city status.

• Sisak and Moslavina County
• Croatia - Counties
• Croatia

Donji Kukuruzari

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The coat of arms of Donji Kukuruzari is gules a braided basket or and in the chief two maize ears couped also or. The maize (Croatian: kukuruz) is canting the community name. The flag is yellow with the coat of arms in the centre.

Dvor

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The coat of arms of Dvor is azure a sword argent hilted and pommed or and a key of the last in saltire and in base a coin or. It is a representation of the reverse of a golden Groschen of the duke Nikola III Šubić Zrinski of 1527, minted in Gvozdansko near Dvor. While the obverse of the coin pictured the duke and the minting year, the reverse depicted the Zrinski coat of arms (two spread wings in a shield topped with a helmet with mantle, a wing issuing from a crown) surrounded with the inscription "MONETA * NICOLAI * COMITI * SER[YN]" - coin of Nicolas duke of Zrin. Such Groschen and even beter known Thalers were minted in Gvozdansko (mostly in silver, but also in gold or tin) in several variants during the 16th century. The key and the sword represent St. Peter and Paul, to whom a chapel in Dvor, erected in the 19th century, destroied during the Serb occupation in 1990's, was dedicated. The flag is blue with the coat of arms bordered yellow in the centre.
The ceremonial flag is vertical dark blue gonfalon ending triangularly with golden fringe and with the coat of arms in the centre, the name of the community in two arches above and the branches of oak and linden below. The table flag in use is a vertical dark blue rectangular flag of the same design as the ceremonial flag.

During Yugoslavia, the place was known as Dvor na Uni, to differentiate from other similarly named places in the state.

Gvozd

Seat of administration: Vrginmost

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The coat of arms of Gvozd is vert a wooden bridge ensigned with a crown or pierced with two arrows argent in saltire points to the chief. The bridge refers to the name of the seat of administration Vrginmost (literally Vrga's bridge, after the family who settled there in 1688 and built bridge over the Trepča river, around which the place was built). The crown pierced with arrows refer to the death of King Peter Svačić (Snačić), the last Croatian king of national blood, who was killed in battle against Hungarian king Coloman I in Gvozd mountain in 1097. The mountain is since known as Petrova gora. The green background refers to the mountain itself, its name being archaic word for forest. The flag is blue with the coat of arms edged yellow in the centre of it. Table flags are in vertical form with somewhat larger coatof arms offset slightly towards the top.

Until 1997 the community was named Vrginomst, then it and the town being the seat of administration was renamed to Gvozd. The place name was reverted to Vrginmost in 2012, but the new name of the community was retained.

Hrvatska Dubica

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The coat of arms is gules six acorns slipped or, three, two and one. The flag is light blue with the coat of arms in the centre. The acorns cant the name of the community that has root in the archaic Croatian word for oak.

Jasenovac

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The coat of arms of Jasenovac is Gules, an ash branch Argent in bend sinister with a leaf and three pairs of keys (i.e. seeds). It is canting (jasen means ash-tree). The flag is blue with the coat of arms offset towards top hoist.

Lekenik

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The coat of arms is divided horizontally blue and green with golden wooden house typical for the region surrounded with a silver wreath of oak and vine leaves. The flag is vertical, white with a light blue cross whose crossbar is off-set towards hoist (top) and with the coat of arms set over the crossing point.
The community official claim that the community never formally adopted these symbols, although, it provided several grants for their use to other persons since 1996.

Lipovljani

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The coat of arms of Lipovljani is or a linden leaf issuant from a wall massoned and embatteled gules in base. The linden leaf is canting the name of the community (lipa = linden tree). The walls symbolise the significan medieval burg of Kraljeva Velika. The flag is light blue with the coat of arms in the centre of it. The table flag is vertical with the community name above the coat of arms.
The ceremonial flag of Lipoljani is shown as a yellow bordered light blue gonfalon ending triangularly with two semicircular indentations and golden fringe, and with ornamentally segmented sleeve with straps, with the coat of arms in the centre, the name of the community in an arch above and below and a linden twig ornament in the tail. No such flag was actually produced nor used by the community, and the origin of the depcition is unknown.

Lipovljani, 1996 – 1997

The coat of arms of Lipovljani adopted initially was azure a bar embatteled and masoned gules, between in the chief a linden leaf vert and a flower or and in the base two oak leaves vert and three acorns brunatre. The linden leaf stands for the community and the linden flower for its economic development and cultural florishing. The oak is symbol of wood industry as teh main wealth of the community. The central bar stands for defensive walls. The flag was light blue with the coat of arms in the centre, its height half the flag width.

Majur

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The coat of arms of Majur is Or an Ant Sable. The ant is siad to represent "diligence, building and persistence of the inhabitants though long and turbulent history". The flag is red with the coat of arms in the middle. The ceremonial flag is fringed in gold.
On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the community establishment, the table flags were produced with the name of the community and the years of the celebration beneath the coat of arms.

Martinska Ves

Seat of administration: Desna Martinska Ves

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The coat of arms of Martinska Ves depicts a church over a green hill and a goose swimming in a dark blue field in the base. It is the Church of St. Martin in Martinska Ves, while the goose is his attribute, but also indicate the domestic economy. The flag is vertical white with an off-set cross formed of a blue lenghtwise stripe and a red crossbar with the coat of arms in the centre of the cross. It is prescribed in the horizontal and the vertical version.

The community decided in 2018 to start procedures to adopt new symbols that may be approved yb the central government.

Martinska Ves, variants

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While the coat of arms is prescribed to have golden outline and golden lines dividing the three background fields, it is also used with those lines in black. Such design is also used on vertical table flags. However, some official flags are made with the cross stripes notably thinner then prescribed third of the flag hoist.

Sunja

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The coat of arms of Sunja is azure five mill wheels argent, 2:1:2. The flag is yellow with the coat of arms in the centre of it. The ceremonial flag is rectangular gonfalon of dark yellow - orange. with four sleave segments and four tails with golden fringe along the bottom, two golden oak branches beneath the coat of arms and name of the community inscribed black within a red lined golden ribbon above it.

Sunja, 1995 – 2002

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The coat of arms used by Sunja prior to the adoption of the current one depicting a stork and a traditional house and a series of diagonal stripes between them all on a green fretty field and a silver crenellated chief. It seems that a flag was prescribed as well.

Topusko

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The coat of arms of Topusko is gules a masoned portal or and a spring-fountain argent issuant from the base. The portal is standing for the remaining Gothic portal of the Cistercite monastery built by king Andrew II after his return from the Crusades, demolished entirely, except the portal, by the Ottomans in 16th century. The spring refers to the thermal spas which are the base of modern economy. The flag is blue with the coat of arms bordered yellow in the centre of it.

Velika Ludina

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The coat of arms of Velika Ludina is argent a sword of the same erect hilted or inflamed gules. The inflamed sword is the attribute of St. Michael Archangel to whom the parish church in Velika Ludina is consecrated. The flag is blue with the coat of arms bordered yellow in the centre of it.

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