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Mihovljan (Krapina-Zagorje, Croatia)

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Last modified: 2010-01-30 by dov gutterman
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image by Željko Heimer, 11 September 2009



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Overview

Mihovljan is a community wih over 3,500 inhabitnats, 1,300 in the small town of the same name, some 35 km north of Zagreb, 10 km east of Krapina. It should not be confuzed with Mihovljan, a suburb and old town near Cakovec that is now part of city of Cakovec.
The coat of arms is in use, but is certainly not approved by the Ministry. It pictures the local church and its namesake and parton St. Michael, the chequy fields and a rising sun behind hose and two crossed hammers in base. On a ribbon above is the name of the community. No flag to go with it..
Source: reported by Tomislav Šipek
Željko Heimer, 23 June 2004

Tomislav recently located a flag to go with tha coat of arms, that was seen in the local magazne "Zagorski list", nr. 260 issued on 10 October 2008.
The flag is tricolour of blue over green over black with the coat of arms in the middle, however, without the ribbon with the name above the shield.
I suppose that the colours of the flag refer to the mining traditions in the region of Mihovljan (probably symbolizing the sky, land/grass and coal, cf. the mining trade flag used in Croatia).  
As it should be clear to anyone following the Croatian local heraldry and vexillology, this coat of arms and the flag that goes with it, are against the state regulations regarding the municipal symbols and it is certain (or, to be on safe side, highly porbable) that these symbols of Mihovljan have no approval from the central authorities , as they should have in accordance with the Croatian legislation.
Nevertheless, a repeated spoting of the coat of arms in use and no of the flag as well should prove that they are used nevertheless and therefore worth of mentioning.
Probably such use should be considered semiofficial (i.e. the local authorities use it in spite of they being in theory illegal in regard to teh state legislation).
Željko Heimer, 23 October 2008

The new web site of the community, as Tomislav Šipek pointed me out, shows the "emblems of the community".
These differ somewhat from those reported in use until recently (see: Previously Reported Symbols). I suspect they may present an attempt to fit the previous symbols to the state legislation requirements on the community symbols so that they may be approved by the Ministry of Administration. However, I believe that they were not yet enough "modified" to qualify, so we may expect some new changes eventually.
Željko Heimer, 11 September 2009


Coat of Arms


image by Željko Heimer, 11 September 2009


Previously Reported Symbols

Flag


image by Željko Heimer, 23 October 2008

Coat of Arms


image by Željko Heimer, 23 June 2004