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The community of Kršan is situated in the central eastern
part of Istria, 15 km southeast of Pazin.
Population 3,400, but only about 200 in the old town of the same
name.
The coat of arms of Kršan is Gules a spearhead Argent. It is
the older coat of arms of the Pazinski (de Pisino) family. In XIV
century they renewed the Kršan castellum that was ruined in
the wars between the counts of Görz and the partriarchs of
Aquilea. A barnch of the family under the name Kršanski
(Germ. Chersainer) ruled Kršan until the middle XVII
century. The coat of arms is pictured in the St. Nicolas church
in Pazin and also on a stone carvings in the walls of Kršan.
The modern artistical representation must have been adopted
around 1995, most probably designed by the Rijeka company
Heraldik-art d.o.o. I have no info on the flag itself, but
the flag manufacturer's site at <www.zastave.com> (belonging
to a company near Varaždin named "Valentino")
showes a table flag photo. Since the photo is very small I had to
do some "reconstruction" to draw the image that may not
be entirely accurate. The ceremonial flag ost probably looks the
same, possibly with different type of the ending in the base. The
table flag is light blue with the coat of arms between a vine and
olive branches and the name of the community above. The flag is,
presumably, also light blue.
Željko Heimer, 22 August 2004
The symbols were designed by the Heraldic
Art d.o.o. from Rijeka.
Željko Heimer, 3 November 2007
The web site of the community
includes the official gazette, where in the subsequent versions
of the Statutes the coat of arms and the flag are described
(although possibly it was so in previous versions of the Statutes
as well?) They provide nothing of the essence new to us, but for
the documentary purposes let's quote them.
The coat of arms of Kršan is the historical coat of arms, on
a triangular (heart-shaped) shield coloured red and outlined in
black containing a black outlined silver arrowhead, its point
toward the top.
The flag is described as light blue outlined in black (sic! I
guess someone was describing a drawing of the flag that was
indeed outlined in black, but I very much doubt that the real
flags are so), with the coat of arms set in the crossing point of
the diagonals, bordered with a thing golden border. The ratio of
the width and the length of the flag is 1:2, and the height of
the coat of arms is 2/3 of the flag width.
All three statutes have word for word the same descriptions.
Statut Opcine
Kršan, 20.10.2001, Službeno glasilo Opcine
Kršan, br. 5/2001, 22.10.2001.
Statut Opcine
Kršan, 29.03.2006, Službeno glasilo Opcine
Kršan, br. 2/2006, 30.03.2006.
Statut Opcine
Kršan, 29.07.2009, Službeno glasilo Opcine
Kršan, br. 6/2009, 30.07.2009.
Željko Heimer, 4 September 2009
image by Željko Heimer, 22 August 2004
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image by Željko Heimer, 22 August 2004