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Page created: 18th November 1996 Last updated: 8th July 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 11 (Moz-Orm)

• Mozirje °
  • Mozirje, 1996 – 2006
  • Mozirje, ca. 199x
• Murska Sobota ° ^M
  • Murska Sobota, 1996 – 1998
• Muta *
  • Muta, inačica
• Naklo *
  • Naklo, 1996 – 2012
• Nazarje *
• Nova Gorica ° ^M
  • Nova Gorica, 1980 – 199x
• Novo mesto ° ^M
  • Novo mesto, – 2004
• Odranci *
• Oplotnica +
• Ormož °
  • Ormož, 198x – 1999

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

• Slovenia - Communities
• Slovenia

Mozirje

2:5

The coat of arms of Mozirje is blue with green triple hill from which is raising a red roofed white church. This is the historical coat of arms of Mozirje. The flag is blue over green bicolour fimbriated white with the coat of arms next to the hoist. The vertical version of the flag have the coat of arms in the top part of the flag properly rotated.
A coat of arms design somewhat better matching the prescribed description is also in use, currently not shown here due low resolution available.

Mozirje, 1996 – 2006

2:5

The coat of arms adopted by Mozirje when it constituted the territory of towns of Mozirje and Rečica ob Savinji was combination of the coats of arms of each. It was blue with yellow triple hill fimbriated green atop of which is a red roofed white church, and in base of the hill a linden tree proper issuant from a green mount. The flag was vertically divided invected in blue and yellow fimbrated green. There are three semicircles forming invected division line "entering" the blue square field.
The coat of arms is composed of the two historical coats of arms, that of Mozirje (Azure a Church-Castle on Triple Mount) and of Rečica (Or a Lindentree Vert). The flag was devoided of any attributes, to avoid giving precedence to any of the two towns.

Mozirje, ca. 199x

No flag.

Before independence the community used unofficially the historical coat of arms of the town of Mozirje. When the need for the car licence plates required the coat of arms the artwork was formalized in this shape, but was eventually replaced with the officially adopted coat of arms of the community.

Murska Sobota

4:9

The coat of arms is "turquoise" (as the colour is named in the Decision) with silver/white bar and three golden-yellow suns - one rising, one in the zenith and one setting. The three orange charges are also interpreted as three apples, the attributes of St. Nicolas, the patron of Murska Sobota parish. The flag is bicolour of turquoise and white with the coat of arms off-set to hoist. Horizontal version has the green stripe above, and vertical version has it to the viewer's right, just opposite to the most common practice for flag rotation.

Murska Sobota, 1996 – 1998

1:3

The flag originally adopted was bicolour of turquoise and white with three golden-yellow suns overall near the hoist. For horizontal hoisting the turquoise stripe above, while the vertical flag to the viewer's right. The coat of arms was not changed.

Muta

2:5

Gules a Wagon Wheel Argent with Nine Spokes missing the Tenth through which space it is pierced by a highly couped Tree Trunk Sable growing from a Triple Mount Vert. From the lower part of the trunk are growing symmetrically one on each side two twigs each with a silver heraldic rose and three golden linden leaves. The flag is in the shape of Slovenian cross - a triband covered with a square field in the middle of the sides equal to the hoist size. It is white with a red cross; it contains in the middle of the square field the attribute from the coat of arms, the tree trunk with the wheel. Reading the decision literally, it seems that the vertical variant is not allowed.

Muta, inačica

2:5

A variant of the flag as published in the official gazette has the attribute in the middle square field reaching the edges of the flag, and has other minor differences.

Naklo

1:2

The coat of arms of Naklo is quartered Argent and Azure bordered Or two Keys in Saltire of the last. The flag is blue-white-blue triband, the lower blue band being of the double width and with the coat of arms off-set to hoist. The keys are attributes of St. Peter, the patron of the community.

Naklo, 1996 – 2012

1:3

In 2012 the community changed the prescription regarding its flag from the oveall ratio of width to length of 1:3 to the shorter ratio of 1:2.

Nazarje

2:5

The coat of arms is divided per fess Vert and Argent, in chief a Castle Argent roofed Gules with two roofed embattled towers and in base three Fir Trees of the first fructed and trunked Or. The flag is vertical triband of green-white-green, the middle field being square and containing the attribute from the coat of arms, the three fir trees with yellow pines and trunks. The castle is Spodnji dvor, while the wood industry Glin Nazarje was the 'godfather' of the fir trees.
After the formation of the community in 1995 and the adoption of the current symbols a "temporary coat of arms" was used described to contain "the castle of Vrbovec and a linden leaf".

The community of Nazarje seceded from Mozirje in 1995.

Nova Gorica

1:2

The coat of arms of Nova Gorica is Argent bordered Azure a Rose natural slipped Gules. The flag is light greenish-blue with the rose from the coat of arms set in upper part near hoist. Nova Gorica is nick-named the city of roses. The coat of arms is adopted after a concourse in May 1968. The flag was reported in use in several variations including the variations of the basic colour (which is said to be the blue-green colour of the river Soča/Isonzo).

Nova Gorica, 1980 – 199x

1:2 ?

The flag used in 1980's was of several variations, mainly differing in the shape of the shield. Such was reported in early late 1980's. Other variations of the shield used included the dark blue bordure.

Novo mesto

2:5

The coat of arms of Novo mesto pictures Archduke Rudolph IV, who granted the civic rights to the city. The flag is red with a white rising diagonal and a yellow square hoist with the coat of arms in it's middle. The new design is adopted on 9 March 2004 by the commission as the final proposal, but is formally adopted by the municipal assembly in July. The "Dokument o občinskih simbolih" folder prescribes also a table flag that is white with the coat of arms in the middle and the red inscription around it.

Novo mesto, – 2004

1:2

The coat of arms artwork adopted in early 1990's was primarily meant for the car licence plates, but the use spread in other spheres due to the lack of any other design. The flag used after 1998 was white with the coat of arms in the middle and the name of the municipal community in two rows above.

Odranci

1:2

The coat of arms of Odranci pictures in the upper green field a golden stamping-mill and in the lower red field three golden disks. The stamping-mill is a wooden device used for removing of the hard shell of the grain by beating, while the three balls are said to symbolise the millet porridge.
The flag is vertical tricolour of green, yellow and green, with the coat of arms in the central field. There is also a version for vertical hoisting with the coat of arms appropriately rotated.

Oplotnica

2:5

The coat of arms is divided per fess wavy Or and Azure in chief three Grapes Gules slipped Sable and leaved Vert and in base a Mill Wheel Argent. The flag is vertical triband of yellow-blue-yellow, the middle blue field being square and containing the attribute from the coat of arms - the white mill wheel. Oplotnica, on south-west slopes of Pohorje, is in a traditional vine growing region, and inclusion of the grapes is not unusual. The mill wheel and the wavy division is symbol of the swift mountainous river of the same name as the community that provided the power for mills and saw for centuries.
On occasions, instead of the official flag a white flag with the full coat of arms topped with the name of the community is used.

Oplotnica seceded from the community of Slovenska Bistrica in 1998.

Ormož

2:5

The coat of arms of the community is based on the coat of arms of the town of Ormož, adding to it golden grape and corn ears. The flag is white with a blue Slovenian cross containing the emblems from the coat of arms in the central square field.

Various villages and local communities (municipal subdivisions encompassing several villages) have traditional humorous coats of arms. These are recorded: Frankovci - a frog, Hardek - a fox, LC Kog - bunch of grapes with 6 grapes each depicting arms of an individual village: 1st row Kog - a titmouse, Jastrebci - a sunrise, Lačaves - a lamprey (eel-like fish), 2nd row Vodranci - a broom, Vitan - a flower, and the 3rd row grape inscribed KOG; otherwise described that each includes the village name inscribed. LC Miklavž pri Ormožu - a church over hill with vineyards, in the base a dragon with its tail in a blue pond, in the chief a vine tree. Miklavž is also reported to use a flag. LC Podgorci - broken wooden door in a fence. LC Runeč - reported existance of individual arms of villages Dobravščak, Runeč and Žvab (Ivanjkovci).

Ormož, 198x – 1999

1:2 ?

The traditional coat of arms of the town of Ormož is used in several different artistic designs until the adoption of the official pattern. The coat of arms is azure a tower argent issuant from a mount vert between a crescent and a sun as shown here is based on the seal from 1603, even though Ormož used seals with the same basic elements since 1279. The vertical flag of light blue with the coat of arms quarter of the flag width high centered in the upper half was used as the town flag of Ormož. The symbols were retained in use still today by the Local Community of Ormož, a subdivision o fthe municipality of Ormož.

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