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Generalski Stol is a community in the Karlovac County, some 20
km southwest of Karlovac on
Mrežnica river. The community has less then 4,000
inhabitants, and the main town of the same name has merly 700
inhabitants.
This unusual name of the town was given in the 17th century when
it was the seat of headquarters of General of the Military
Border, Vuk Krsto Frankopan (ca. 1588-1652), the father of much
more known Fran Krsto Frankopan, in his campains defending from
the Turks. The previously recorded name was Lipovac, derived from
the word lipa meaning linden (tree), that is reflected
in the newly adopted coat of arms.
The coat of arms is shown on (Un)official web pages of the
community of Generalski Stol <generalski-stol.netfirms.com>.
It may be blazoned: azure a chevron throughout inverted and in
chief a linden leaf sliped and fruited or.
Judging from the artistic features of the design, it would surely
be from the Rijeka Heraldik-art d.o.o. workshops, and then there
should surely be a flag and probably also a ceremonial flag to go
with it.
Unfortunately, until now, no response from the webmaster.
Željko Heimer, 9 May 2004
Tomislav Šipek located the photo of the flag of
Generalski Stol at <www.generalski-stol.hr>.
The flag is dark blue with the golden bordered coat of arms in
the middle.
Another interesting information could be found half way down the
main page at <www.generalski-stol.hr>.
I translated the main points: "In the village of Sarovo on
the banks of the Dobra river more then 90% (and now even full
100%) of population is surnamed Škot (meaning, of course, a
Scot, a Scotsman). It is not known how this surname came to be.
An article from local newspapers about this was recently sent by
a local couciller to the British embassy in Zagreb and
surprisigly this resulted in presenting a Scottish flag from the
Embassy. Eventually, on occasions of the birdthday of Queen
Elizabeth II and the day of the community of Generalski Stol, the
Scotch flag was hoisted in Sarovo next to the Croatian one.
Željko Heimer, 24 September 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
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image by Željko Heimer, 9 May 2004
