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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
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image by Željko Heimer, 13 June 2004