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Novigrad Podravski (Koprivnica-Krizevci County, Croatia)

Općina Novigrad Podravski

image by Željko Heimer, 23 Febuary 2003

Overview
Coat of Arms

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Overview

The community of Novigrad Podravski is about 15 km SSE of Koprivnica with about 3300 inhabitants. The CoA and the flag are described in the statutes of 2001 issued in the official gazette (avilable on <www.glasila.hr>): Statut Opcine Novigrad Podravski, 24. rujna 2001, Službeni glasnik Koprivnicko-križevacke županije, br. 10/01, god. IX, Koprivnica, 28. rujna 2001. They must have been adopted somewhat earlier, say about 1995. At least I have seen it used on the road signs at the entrance into the community in 2000. The community site showes it, too: Opcina Novigrad Podravski, <www.novigrad-podravski.hr>.
The coat of arms is Gules, a Castle with a Tower embatteled Argent isuant from a Base Vert and on it a barrulet wavy of the second. The castle is so called Barun Scholten Tower (kula barnua Scholtena), and the wavy line refers to creek Komarnica. The flag is white with the coat of arms next to the hoist.
Željko Heimer, 23 Febuary 2003

Approved by Ministry of Administration 13 July 1995. Designed by Draženka Jalšic Ernecic, art historian from Koprivnica. The flag is prescribed by the 2001 Statutes to have the coat of arms next to the hoist, while the flag shown on 2003 exhibition, and therefore also its photo in [ern03] has the coat of arms in the middle. Not that only, but the description of the flag in [ern03] states that the coat of arms should be in the middle.
Source: [ern03]
Željko Heimer, 26 May 2003

The web site at <library.foi.hr> include a project of digitazing of the regional journal Glas Podravine, from its first issues in 1951.
- It includes a short article from 1971: "Proslava obljetnice ustanka" of Novigrad Podravski, where the intention for adoption of a coat of arms of this town, although there is probably no connection between this 1971 initiative and the 1995 coat of arms and flag.
- The next issue of the papers continue the story, announcing the adopton of an "emblem (coat of arms)" of Novigrad Podravski.
The same is announced again in another issue, promising that the coat of arms shall be set in a prominent place in Novigrad.
- In another issue there is report from the evetn, but without any hint how the coat of arms was looking like. However, it gives us the name of the designer: Josip Turkovic, a painter from Virje.
- Article from 1994 reports from Novigrad Podravski, community assembly session on 15 May, where a proposal for a new coat of arms was shown, but it was decided that the deadline for adoption of the new coat of arms is extended and to acquire more proposals.
- Article from 1995 includes the claim that this community is the first one in the County that have adopted its coat of arms and flag "in accordance with the heraldic rules" designed by Draženka Jalšic (Ernecic) and that they shall "soon acquire the approval from the Ministry of Administration".
- Another article from 1995 brings us up to date with the adoption process of coat of arms and flag of Novigrad Podravski. Novigrad Podravski received the approval for their coat of arms and flag, first to get such approval in the County. The coat of arms is red with silver embatteled fort on green base with a silver wavy stripe. The flag is white, in ratio 1:2, with the coat of arms next to the hoist.
- Article from 1998 is on on Draženka Jalšic, where she is mentioned as designer of the coat of arms of Novigrad Podravski, Jasenovac (in the Sisak-Moslavina County), Kloštar Podravski and Koprivnica, among others.
- Article from 2005 report that the cultural sociaty Ivan vitez Trnski in Novigrad Podravski consecrated its flag, picturing the coat of arms of thier namesake - officer and poet Trnski. The streamers are ornamented with embroideries coats of arms of Trnski famiy and Novigrad Podravski.
Željko Heimer, 11 August 2009

From the official gazettes:
The description of the coat of arms and the flag is repeated in the new 2009 Statutes equal to the 2001 statutes: Statut Opcine Novigrad Podravski, 29.06.2009, Službeni glasnik Koprivnicko-križevacke županije, br. 10/2009, 16.08.2009. str. 974.
Željko Heimer, 13 September and 19 December 2009

Coat of Arms

image by Željko Heimer, 23 Febuary 2003