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Lovinac (Lika-Senj, Croatia)

Općina Lovinac

Overview
Coat of Arms

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Collection of Croatian Local Flags at FAME

Overview

Lovinac is a community in the Lika and Senj County, about 30 km south- east of Gospic', just over 1,000 inhabitants, the main place of the same name numbering less the 300. However, with the passage of the new highway built in the first years of the third millenium with the tunel Sv. Rok passing though Velebit mountains towards the sea, the community received a new vigorous life. The commercial use of the natural spring waters (also in the place Sveti Rok) gave an other important push in the development of the region - and as we shall see, gave also idea for the new symbols of the community.
The Coat of Arms shown on the community web site at issued in the <www.lovinac.hr> is of unknown status - as far as I am aware it was not yet official gazette. (I expect it to appear in the county official gazette available at <www.licko-senjska.hr>. However, issued covering until June 2006 still have no word of it).
The Coat of Arms seems to be in full accordance with the heraldic principles for the local Coat of Arms used in practice in Croatia, so I expect it to be adopted easily or it is in the process that should not have any foreseeing problems. In any case, the Coat of Arms is: vert a goute d'eau proper (heraldic note: I added "proper" to blazon the white reflexion of the drop, but the true heraldists would surely brow their eyes about it - maybe a better blazon would simply be "vert a drop of water azure reflecting argent").
The flag, for the time being unknown.
Željko Heimer, 15 July 2006

Coat of Arms and flag were designed by Heraldic Art d.o.o from Rijeka and approved by the Ministry of Administration/Central State Office for Administration before 2006.
Željko Heimer, 23 May 2008

Beside the Coat of Arms that I already reported, the community web site has the Coat of Arms of more propoer heraldic design where the drop of water is reporesented with heraldic "goutte d'eau" i.e. a white (silver) drop. The same white drop in green is shown in the 2006 document by Heraldic Art.
Željko Heimer, 5 December 2009

Coat of Arms

image by Željko Heimer, 15 July 2006

Variant (see above)

image by Željko Heimer, 5 December 2009