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image by Željko Heimer, 13 June 2004
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Klanjec is a city in the Krapina-Zagorje County, about 4, 000
inhabitants, however the town of the same name, it capital,
numbers only about 600 inhabitants. It is some 30-ish km
north-west of Zagreb, about 10 km
west of Zabok, on border towards
Slovenia, on the Sutla river. As some other cities, Klanjec was
also first a community and was upgraded to a city in 1997.
The Coat of Arms is Gules a pair of antlers
issuant from a semi-wheel or. The coat of arms is inspired in the
Erdödy family coat of arms (cf. the inescutcheom in the Varazdin County coat of arms), who were
imprtant
feudal rulers in the region.
The flag is light blue with the coat of arms in the middle. Most
probably there exists also a ceremonial flag, but I have no info
on it.
The image of the coat of arms is based on the local tourist
magazine Turist plus, 06/2003. thanks to Tomislav Šipek.
Probably the actual coat of arms should be a bit more elaborate,
but the soruce image was rather difficult to follow exactly in my
redrawing. The flag info is from Tomislav, based on his sighting
of the flag in Klanjec.
Željko Heimer, 13 June 2004
The new 2009
Statutes (Statut Grada Klanjeca, 29.06.2009, Službeni
glasnik Krapinsko-zagorske županije, br. ?/2009) includes
the descriptions of the coat of arms and the flag. The
description of the coat of arms expressly sate that this coat of
arms is a variation of the family arms of Erdödy. The coat of
arms itself is described as "a black outlined shield with
Bordeaux red field in which is a golden depiction of a half-wheel
from which are raising golden deer horns."
The flag is prescribed to be light blue with the coat of arms in
the centre of it, in overall ratio 1:2. Th previous 2002 Statutes
(SGKZŽ, 15/2002) did not include these descriptions.
Željko Heimer, 25 December 2009
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image by Željko Heimer, 13 June 2004
At <www.klanjec.hr>,
you may see a beautiful flag of the Klanjec firefirghter
volunteers society of 1937.
An even older flag was apparently burned down in 1964 during the
cleaning of old firefighter's house. The third flag was obtained
in 1957 - a gift from the community of Klanjec under auspices of
the reknown sculptor Antun Augustincic (who was born there). The
current, fourth flag was donated by the Borošak family in
1998, and is also to be seen on the mentioned site.
Željko Heimer, 7 June 2007