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Zabok was given in 1335 to a noble family who took a name
after it - Zaboky. Their coat of arms, gules, a griffin and lion
or holding a crown together, was taken by the moder city of Zabok
for its arms. That coat of arms is also found on the light blue
flag of the city. Until 1997 Zabok had the status of a community.
Željko Heimer
The coat of arms and the flag are described in the Statutes
avaiblable on-line at <www.zabok.hr>: Statut Grada
Zaboka, 30.11.2001, Službeni glasnik Krapinsko-zagorske
županije 12/94, 17/95, 4/97, 7/99, 16/99, 4/01, 5/01 i
17/2001 of 5.12.2001.
In earlier years the Coat of Arms was used with golden beasts,
but the Statutes (article 5) clearly describes them as silver
(though probably it have been changed so at some point). The
original colours of the Coat of Arms of Zaboky de Zabok family,
whose arms Zabok took as its own, are actually unknown, the
blazon in Bojnicic's 1899 armorial (part of the great [sib76] series) simply says:
"Greif und Löwe gegen einander aufsprigngend, halten mit
den Vorderpranken gemeinsam einen Reichapfel." (more or
less: A gryphin and a lion rampant reguardant hodling together in
the front paws a royal orb.) without any colour indication (but
with note that the Coat of Arms is found confirmed in 1690 in the
Croatian State Archives). Probably the colour uncertainiy was
reason for the change. The Statutes mentions even older origin:
noted in 1575 and on seal ring of 1606.
The coat of arms is set in a light blue flag off-set towards
hoist (height is prescribed 2/3 of the hoist, space twoard the
three cosest edges are euqal, and the Coat of Arms ratio is
5:4.5). The flag is fringed silver (probably only in more
elaborate artifacts).
The previous version with the golden bests is
also reported on flags around 1998. Probably the change to silver
was around this date.
Željko Heimer, 16 June 2004 and 3 August 2006
On the web site of the city of
Zabok, one may find the text
of the amendments on the decision on the description and the use
of the coat of arms and the flag of Zabok: Odluka o izmjenama i
dopunama Odluke o opisu i uporabi grba i zastave grada Zaboka, 9.
svibnja 2006, Službeni glasnik Krapinsko-zagorske
županije.
The decision does not amend anyting substantial for us, some
details on the usage regulations, i.e. regarding the grants of
the use and penals for misuse. However, from it we learn about
previous decisions regarding the flag: Odluka o opisu i uporabi
grba i zastave grada Zaboka, Službeni glasnik
Krapinsko-zagorske županije, br. 12/94., 17/95. i 5/96.
Unfortunately, these old gazettes are not available on-line.
Željko Heimer, 7 June 2007
The new 2009
Statutes (Statut Grada Zaboka, 01.07.2009, 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 based of the family arms of Zaboky de Zabok family of
1575. The blue item the heraldic beasts (a griffin and a lion)
are holding together is named as a helmet with a white diadem and
a white cross.
The flag is described with detailed geometric determinations,
however, I fail to understand them fully (although I believe that
the drawing we have is matching them for any practical purpose) :
"...rectangular flag of turquoise blue, in size ratio M:1:2.
On the left side of the flag, equally distances from the edges is
the coat of arms of the city, raching two thirds of the flag
size, in ratio M:5:4.5. The flag is edged with silver
fringe."
This all is word for word repeated from the previous 2001
statutes (Statut Grada Zaboka, 30.11.2001, Službeni glasnik
Krapinsko-zagorske županije, br. 17/2001, 15.12.2001).
Unfortunately the 1994 Statutes and in several amendments since
would provide us much better view of the history of the city
symbols, but they are not on line (yet?).
A photo at <www.zabok.hr>
may be interesting to note - showing a conference room with the
city council members - the large coat of arms displayed on the
wall is matching the current description, while the flag staffed
in the corner clearly is a previous version with golden heraldic
beasts. I guess they decided not to throw it away once the
produced it, and confirms that the "golden version" of
the coat of arms/flag is still tolerated.
Željko Heimer, 25 December 2009
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Coat of Arms
image by Željko Heimer, 16 June 2004