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Donja Stubica (Krapina-Zagorje, Croatia)

Grad Donja Stubica

Last modified: 2010-02-19 by dov gutterman
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image by Željko Heimer, 12 June 2004



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Overview

The Coat of Arms is per bend serrated argent and vert. It is canting as the name of the place is derived from the word meaning a step or stair.
The flag is blue with yellow bordered coat of arms in the middle.
The Ceremonial Flag is blue gonfalon with triangular fly with fringe, bearing two vine branches below the coat of arms, the name of the city above and the year 1209 being the year of the first mention of the city name in the historical files.
Željko Heimer, 12 June 2004

Donja Stubica is a city in the Krapina Zagorje County, somewhat less then 6,000 inhabitants, about half of them living in the city itself, due north of Zagreb (but between is the Zagreb Mountain, 1033 m, so it takes at least a good half an hour drive or more from here to there anyway you go). Donja Stubica was first given status of a community, but was "upgraded" to city in 1997.
The coat of arms adopted in early 1990's and occasionally used was a bit more ornamented then the one today (note the curls atop the shield), also having the "dowstairs" (i.e. per bend dancety) but in green and blue finbriated golden, and having overall a golden representation of the local church. The design was probably simplified (for the better!) on the insistence of the Ministry of Administration. It is most probably that the flag was adopted only with the new design, at least I found no reports on the flag with the old one.
Željko Heimer, 13 June 2004

At the web site of the County <www.kr-zag-zupanija.hr> there are available official gazettes since 2001 from which mostly this is compiled to update info we currently have.
Donja Stubica- Statutarna odluka o grbu i zastavi Grada Donja Stubica, 22.09.2000, Službeni glasnik Krapinsko-zagorske županije, br. 1A/01, 26.01.2001
The description of the coat of arms explicitly states that there should be seven "steps". The ceremonial flag is also described, which is not the case in many such decisions, however, the description is rather general, stating that it is a dark blue gonfalon sized 80x160 cm made of "high shine atlas" silk with the coat of arms in the middle and golden inscription "Grad Donja Stubica" above, the flag is edged with golden ribbon and with tails at the bottom and is accompanied with carrying equipement, ornamented staff and a postament. There is no mention of the branches ornamenting the coat of arms and the inscription 1209, though that does not mean that it is not there as we show it.
The decision does not abrage any previous decision, so it may well be that the previous Coat of Arms was used "unofficially", i.e. without any prior formal decision.
Željko Heimer, 3 August 2006

The symbols were designed by the Heraldic Art d.o.o. company from Rijeka.
Željko Heimer, 4 November 2007

The city web site shows a photo of the city assembly building, with the flag hoisted at it (although not particularly well visible, nicely illustrating how these flags are used).
The new 2009 Statutes only mentions the existance of the symbols, but do not describe them.
Željko Heimer, 25 December 2009


Ceremonial Flag


image by Željko Heimer, 12 June 2004


Coat of Arms


image by Željko Heimer, 12 June 2004

Previous Coat of Arms


image by Željko Heimer, 13 June 2004