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Ploce is a city at the delta mouth of the river Neretva, built
virtually after the World War II as the main port to replace the
port of Metkovic further up the river. It is the main port for
access to Bosnia-Herzegovina, and thus have special importance.
On the official web site of the city are published three
documents: Službena stranica Grada Ploca, <www.ploce.hr> 20.11.2003
Zakljucak Gradskog Poglavarstva (o raspisivanju natjecaja), Kl:
017- 01/03-01/01, Urbr: 2165-02-03-2, Ploce, 10.06.2003. Natjecaj
za izradu idejnog rješenja grba i zastave Grada Ploca,
"Slobodna Dalmacija", Split, 4.7.2003. Zakljucak
Gradskog Poglavarstva (o odbijanju prijedloga prikupljenih u
natjecaju), Kl. 017-0103-01/01, Urbr: 2165-02-03-3, Ploce,
20.08.2003.
The first is the decision to organize a concourse for the
symbols, the second is the concourse issued itself, held in
July/August 2003, and the third is a decision that no material
that arrived on the concourse is satisfactory - so no symbols
were adopted.
The town of Ploce was renamed in 1950 into Kardeljevo (after
Edvard Kardelj, Slovenian revolutionare, one of the ideologist of
the Tito's movement), but it was soon reverted to Ploce (since
Kardelj was still alive and it was decided to be unacceptable to
name places after persons alive). However, in 1980, after
Kardelj's death, it was again named Kardeljevo, and finally in
1990, with the end of socialist system, the original name Ploce
was returned.
Željko Heimer, 15 Febuary 2004
Recently, the city administration published their decision and
opened the public debate on this proposal (see here).
The decision to go to public debate is here:
And the drawings of the final proposal of the Coat of
Arms, flag and ceremonial flag with some variations are provided
in PDF here.
There is also a news
article containing basically the same info.
The proposed variant is that marked as H in the PDF: argent
an eel gules winding around an anchor sable and in chief two
mullets of seven gules. The flag is proposed to be blue (or
alternatively red).
The public discussion is open until 15 April 2009.
The sevenpointed stars were taken from the family arms of
Grupkovic (Plina), as a characteristic and yet unusual element,
the eel symbolizes the Neretva Delta, while the anchor stands for
the maritime orientation of the Ploce port.
The last mentioned link provides an opinion of the city statutory
comission - basically, they agree with those symbols, but object
to the possition of the eel around the anchor, as it looks to
them as if the fish is being prepared to be grilled (sic!) so
they propose the elements to be redesigned somehow.
Željko Heimer, 11 April 2009
In March the symbols we show were proposed and opened for a
public debate. The only debate I found is at <www.gradploce.com>
where the local parish priest is attacking the design fiercely
and without much choice in his words.
Željko Heimer, 27 September 2009
Flag
image by Željko Heimer, 11 April 2009
Coat of Arms
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image by Željko Heimer, 11 April 2009