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The coat of arms is Gules, a Semi Lion rampant Or langued and
armed of the field holding a sword Argent hilt and pommel of the
second, issuant from a Water-mill Wheel of the third. The shield
is bordered Or, and set between an oak and a lime branches Or
both fructed, and below all a ribbon of the same, background
Gules, bearing the name of the city Sable.
Water mills are characteristic item on many waterfalls on the
four rivers on which Slunj is lying. The flag is blue with the
shield of arms set in the middle. There exists also a ceremonial
flag, a blue vertical banner with full coat of arms in the
middle, but the exact shape and ornamentation is not known. Adopted:
around 1995 (?).
Sources: <members.xoom.com>.
Author's observation in Slunj 1999.
Željko Heimer
The web site of the city provides some further insights. The
original decision on the coat of arms and the flag of 1995
adopted somewhat different symbols, in 1996 the colour of the
flag was changed to blue, while in 1997 the current symbols were
finally adopted, confirmed by the Ministry of Administration and
in subsequent Statutes and a new decision of 2006. On <www.slunj.hr>
there is the 2006 decision with explanation on the history of the
decisions as I provide in short above: Odluka o uvjetima i nacinu
uporabe grba i zastave Grada Slunja, 5. travnja 2006, Glasnik
Karlovacke županije, br. 13/06., (Odluka o Grbu i zastavi
Grada Slunja, svibanj 1995, Glasnik Karlovacke županije,
8/95; Izmjena Odluke, svibanj 1996, Glasnik Karlovacke
županije, 11/96; Izmjena Olduke, ožujak 1997, Glasnik
Karlovacke županije, 7/97 Rješenje o odobrenju izgleda
grba i zastave Grada, Ministarstvo uprave, 11. ožujka 1997.
Klasa: UP/I-017-02/96-01/45, Ur.broj: 515-04- 03/1-07-1)
Also on <www.slunj.hr>,
one can found the Statutes: Statut Grada Slunja,4. listopada
2001, Glasnik Karlovacke županije, 28/01. This sets the
adoption date of the current symbols to March 1997.
Unfortunately, no info on details of 1995 symbols.
Željko Heimer, 6 july 2007
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
The 2009
Statutes (Statut Grada Slunja, 09.07.2009, Glasnik Karlovacke
županije, br. ?/2009) repeats the description of the coat of
arms and the flag as in the previous 2001 Statutes*, but to this
now is added the description of the ceremonial flag: blue
gonfalon 0.75×1.5 m in size, with three tails, indentations
reaching 1/4 of the full height, each tail ornamented with
"circular oak branches ornaments", the flag is edged
with golden ribbon and has fringes at the bottom. In the centre
of it there is the golden bordered coat of arms, above it the
inscription GRAD SLUNJ and beneath it golden branches of linden
and oak forming a V-shape.
Željko Heimer, 24 December 2009
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image by Željko Heimer, 6 july 2007
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"ceremonial version"
image by Željko Heimer
This is what one may call "ceremonial version", the
proper Coat of Arms is the shield only.
Željko Heimer, 6 july 2007