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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 14 (Raz-Sev)

• Razkrižje +
• Rečica ob Savinji #
• Renče-Vogrsko #
• Ribnica °
  • Ribnica, proposal 2012
• Ribnica na Pohorju +
• Rogaška Slatina *
  • Rogaška Slatina, 1995 – 2002
• Rogašovci *
• Rogatec *
• Ruše °
• Selnica ob Dravi +
  • Selnica ob Dravi, 1999 - 2004
• Semič *
• Sevnica °

Legend:
° communities formed before 1990's
* communities formed in 1995
+ communities formed in 1998
# communities formed in 2006

• Slovenia - Communities
• Slovenia

Razkrižje

2:5

The coat of arms is tierced in embowed pile, chief dexter argent six streams azure falling from three mounts vert onto the open hands proper sleeved of the last and couped, chief sinister azure a church argent windowed or and roofed gules, and in base gules a Latin cross couped argent issuant from base. The charges in the white field refer to the water source called Ivanov izvir, the church pictured is the Razkrižje church. The cross cants the name of the community, freely translated to cross-roads.
The flag is in form of the so called Slovenian cross, blue with white cross, forming a square field in the middle containing the Ivan's source with hands from the coat of arms within an ornamental blue frame.

Rečica ob Savinji

2:5

The coat of arms of Rečica ob Savinji is per fess embowed azure a mullet of eight or and of the last a linden tree issuant from a tripple mount. The entire shield is bordered yellow and green. The flag, that is prescribed only for vertical hoisting, is a bicolour of blue and yellow, with the coat of arms set in the centre, offset to the top.

The Community of Rečica ob Savinji was separated from the community of Mozirje in 2006, "taking away" its half of the previous common coat of arms.

Renče-Vogrsko

1:3 | 1:2

The coat of arms of Renče-Vogrsko is per fess, chief per pall argent and gules overall a crescent counterchanged and base three chevronels gules embatteled moline. This was actually used by community even before the formal adoption. The coat of arms combine ancient arms of two noble families, Ungrispach from Vogrsko and Hofer from Renče. The first originates from the 11th century and is said to depcits an eel (although this looks like a crescent), which is also canting the name of Vogrsko. In 1920's the community Vogrsko used the coat of arms of Ungrispach, quartered the one used here with a lion rampant, in it community seal. The Hofer's arms depict heraldically roofs with archers' embattelemts, used since the 13th centruy until 1587 when the family died out. There are still similar embattlelemts to be seen in Renče.
The flag is used since the formal adoption. It is vertical flag in two ratio variants, divided into upper red part covering the 2/3 of the height and containing dark red outlined white "roofs" (chevronels) from the coat of arms in its upper half and in the white lower 1/3 the dark red outlined "eel" (crescent) vertically divided red and white.

The Community of Renče-Vogrsko was separated from the community of Nova Gorica in 2006.

Ribnica

1:2

The coat of arms of Ribnica is Gules on a Bend sinister Argent a Fish Azure. It is canting for the community name - riba meaning fish. It is said that the fish represented is a grayling (lipan in Slovenian, Thymallus thymallus). The idea for the flag was promoted by the organizers of the Ribnica fastival since late 1960's and the flags were produced in 1973, formally adopted as the flag of the Community of Ribnica in 1978. The flag - blue over green bicolour with the coat of arms in the centre - and the coat of arms within it was designed by Janko Hren, an architect from Ribnica. His father, also an architect, Alojzij Hren produced a carved coat of arms above the municipal building in 1926, based on the arms shown by Valvasor in the Glory of the Duchy of Crain in 1687. It is unknown what was Valvasor's source.
The arms and the flag were confirmed in the Statutes of 1991, 1995 and 2000. However, while the coat of arms shape in the flag was retained since 1990's without any variation, in use of coats of arms outside the flag varied much - in regard to the shield shape and the drawing of the fish, otherwise all following the blazon closely. The community used the redrawing of the 1687 Valvasor's design within carouche, the J. Hren's design with and without the white outline and even with a blue outline around the white one, the design for the car licence plates, the design within a semicircular shield (since 1998), the design with pointed shield (since 2011).
The coat of arms reminisce the legend of the naming of the town. Once upon a time the area that is now the valley of Ribnica was a large lake, rich with all kinds of fishes. Among others, there was one beautiful goldfish there. In the nearby mountain Velika gora lived also a mighty giant, who was sleeping by day, and who went fishing in the lake by night. The goldfish shining in the night helped him fishing. In Suha krajina ("Drylands") there were no water, and people living there went to the lake to get water. Once taking the water, they caught also the goldfish, and they threw it away among some rocks, where the fish turned to stone. When the giant woke up and when he could not find the fish, he went searching for it. Unable to find it, he went in rage throwing into the lake anything he got his hands by - trees and stones. These stones made numerous openings at the bottom of the lake, though which all the water leaked out. Numerous fishes were left dry and people came to take them with wagons from all the countries. And, therefore named to place after the fishes.

Ribnica, proposal 2012

2:5

The new 2012 Statutes dropped the description of the coat of arms and the flag and the community issued a proposal of the redesign of the coat of arms and proposed new flag for the public debate in September 2011. The new coat of arms standardizes the shield shape, flips the bend stripe and adds details to the fish depiction. The new flag follows the modern Slovenian municipal vexillology principles, choosing colours from the arms with an attribute in it. Several designs of the flag based on the same basic idea were published.

Ribnica na Pohorju

2:5

The coat of arms pictures in a silver shield a green hill from which is rising a juniper tree with a red trunk, in base there is a blue pool from which is jumping a crowned golden fish. The hill stands for the Pohorje region, the juniper tree represent one of the largest juniper trees in Slovenia found in the community, and the crowned fish canting the name of the community represents the righteousness of the people.
The flag is green with two white vertical stripes forming a square field in which is the crowned fish from the coat of arms.

Rogaška Slatina

2:5

The coat of arms of Rogaška Slatina is Vert a Pegasus Argent rampant. The flag consists of a green square field at hoist with the white Pegasus from the coat of arms and fly part consisting of seven green and white stripes. The Pegasus is connected with Rogaška Slatina as the ancient Greek legend was transferred to the 17th century. Namely, Apollo called upon Pegasus to hit with its hoof on the ground to strike open a well Gippocrene. This legend was shown in a 17th century coper plate engraving promoting the healing powers of the mineral water in Roitschocrene - the Rogaška well. The flag was first prescribed in ratio 1:3, but that was soon changed to 2:5.

Rogaška Slatina, 1995 – 2002

1:2 | 1:3 | 1:4

The previous symbols were probably adopted in 1980's and confirmed in 1995. The coat of arms was Vert, semee of Disks Or, decreasing in size from base to chief. Above shield is a golden cipher. The coat of arms pictures the bubbles of mineral water, the fame of Rogaška Slatina.
The Decision did not describe the layout of the flag, only the position of the coat of arms in three official flags ratios. The flag field was not described! According to the Decision the initials above the shield should have been golden, but in practice, it seems that they were used mainly in green.

Rogašovci

2:5

The coat of arms is azure St. George clad or with boots and helmet of the first on a prancing silver horse holding a shield with the George cross stabbing with a golden spear into the jaws of a dragon sable in base. The flag consists of a blue square field at hoist with the St. George and the dragon and blue-white-blue triband in fly.
Even if town of Rogašovci is nowadays larger one, the cultural (and religious) centre of the community is town of Sveti Jurij built around the church of St. George first mentioned in 1366 after which the town was named. The Saint provided also for the symbols of the community.

Rogatec

2:5

The coat of arms of Rogatec is gules on a base vert a round tower embattled argent with raised portcullis or and with a window and two embrasures sable and with two watch-houses argent each with an embrasure sable all roofed of the first. The flag is white-red-white vertical triband, with the central field square containing the tower with watch-houses from the coat of arms.

Ruše

1:3

The 1992 Decision describes the coat of arms so: "… In green field, representing the woods of Ruše, there is a book with a feather, symbolizing one of the first Slovenian high schools. The silhouettes of the factory roofs in metal tincture picture the industry of Ruse, and the blue water trace represent one of the first hydro-electrical power plants in Slovenia." However, it seems that the same coat of arms was in use prior to the decision, as well.
The 1999 Decision changes the description but not the layout of the coat of arms: "… The colours and shapes symbolize the natural wealth and social development. In green field, symbolizing mountainous surroundings and the woods of Ruše, there is a book with a feather, symbolizing rich cultural and educational past. The silhouettes of the factory roofs in yellow picture economy of Ruše, and the blue water trace stands for richness of the local watters."
In 1999 the flag was also introduced, blue, in horizontal variant with the coat of arms in the middle, and vertical, with the coat of arms near the bottom.

Until 1995 the community of Ruse was a part of the Civic Assembly of Communities of Maribor.

Selnica ob Dravi

1:2

The coat of arms pictures an apple surrounded by a crosier issuing from water surrounded with a fir tree. The symbolic is explained so: green for Koban hills, forests and pastures, the crosier for synthesis of past and present, while it's lower end reminds to the belfry of St. Marietta. The four rings on the crosier are for the unity of the villages in the community and the apple stand for the orchards. The fir tree stands for the woodwork tradition and the water stand for the oldest hydroelectric power plant on the Drava river.
The flag is white over green bicolour with the coat of arms set in the white stripe near the hoist.

Selnica ob Dravi, 1999 - 2004

1:3

The flag originally adopted was in the ratio 1:3, but was replaced with the shorter flag in 2004.

Semič

2:5

The coat of arms is officially explained so: The coat of arms is made of typical elements representing the identification of the community on wider, state level. A stylized grape represent vine growing as the most important branch in community, and therefore the grape is in the centre of the coat of arms. An important part of the coat of arms is also a stylized linden leaf, in its upper part turned towards the grape playing the role of the vine tendril. The shape of the linden leaf tells that the Community of Semič is famous for numerous old linden trees, among which the most famous is the Kočka lipa' 600 years old. With this two natural elements is represented the connection between the linden leaf and the grape, between the tradition and the modern times. The flag is green, with the coat of arms when hoisted vertically in the middle of the upper half.

Sevnica

1:3 | 1:2

The coat of arms of Sevnica is blue with green base from which is growing a linden tree. On the branches there are two birds (in Slovenian named poljski šrkljanec) turned outwards, looking towards the tree. Above the shield there is a massoned crown. The coat of arms of this basic design was used in seals since the 14th century, and the current design may have been adopted even prior to the 1995 statutes describing it. The flag adopted in 1996 is white, outlined by green, with the coat of arms in lower part. There is a specially prescribed table flag, shorter one, and with name of the community inscribed below the arms.

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