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Ozalj is a city in the Karlovac County, 10,000 inhabitants,
though only about 1,100 in the city itself. It is situated about
10 km north-west of Karlovac on the
Kupa river. The fort of Ozalj is known since at least the 12th
century and in the Middle Ages it was important fortification
owned by important families as Babonic's, Frakopan's and
Zrinski's. It was unofficial capital of Croatia as the Ban Petar
Zrinski was having his seat there. This is also the peak of the
Ozalj's history, as Petar Zrinski and Frank Krsto Frankopan tried
to get liberty for Croatia against the apsolustiom from Vienna
and were soon killed in the Wiener Neustadt in 1671. In the
modern time in Ozalj was built in 1908 a hydroelectric plant on
the last waterfall on the Kupa river. From 1992 until 1997 Ozalj
had the status of a community.
The coat of arms of Ozalj is shown on the website of Ozalj:
gules a tower or and in the cheif dexter a key argent in pale
wards down to dexter and in the chief sinister a sickle also
argent in pale blade to sinister.
The flag is also seen on the site on some photos, but always
quite covered. A better photo is at <www.novilist.hr>.
The flag is yellow with the coat of arms in the middle.
Željko Heimer, 16 October 2005
I received images and text from the civic authorities. The
symbols were adopted on 30 July 2002. Beside the coat of arms and
the flag, there is also a ceremonial flag. The ceremonial flag is
a yellow gonfalon with the coat of arms in the middle, green
inscription of the city name above and green vine ornaments with
light yellow bunches of grapes in the three rectangular tails.
Sources: Odluka o grbu i zastavi Grada Ozlja, 30.07.2002,
Službeni glasnik Grada Ozlja, br. 5/2002. Odluka o izmjenama
i dopunama Statuta Grada Ozlja, 05.10.2005. Information kindly
provided by: Lidija Žganjer, Grad Ozalj.
Željko Heimer, 23 October 2005
The symbols were designed by the Heraldic Art d.o.o.
company from Rijeka.
Željko Heimer, 4 November 2007
The new 2009
Statutes (Statut Grada Ozlja, 14.07.2009, Službeni
glasnik Grada Ozlja, br. 5/2009, 14.07.2009.) includes the
description of the coat of arms and the flag, as introduced in
the previous 2001 Statutes with their amendments in 2005 (and
thus included in the consolidated text in 2006
(Statut Grada Ozlja (procišceni tekst), 13.02.2006,
Službeni glasnik Grada Ozlja, br. 1/2006, 16.02.2006)) after
the adoption of the symbols.
Accurding the the index for 2003, there would be a decision
amending the original 2002 decision on the coat of arms and the
flag. However, in any further decisions granting use of the coat
of arms (e.g. in the gatette 2/2007) there is no reference to the
2003 decision. In any case, it must have been quite minor.
Željko Heimer, 24 December 2009
image by Željko Heimer, 23 October 2005
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image by Željko Heimer, 23 October 2005
