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Tinjan (Istria, Croatia)

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Last modified: 2008-07-26 by dov gutterman
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image by Željko Heimer, 23 August 2006



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Overview

Tinjan is a community in the Istria County, about 50 km north of Pula, 10 km southwest of Pazin, in the Draga valley, 1,800 inhabitants, 400 in the town of the same name
The Coat of Arms of Tinjan is azure on a base vert a tower argent behind walls of the same. This is based on the historical pattern. The coat of arms is shown on the community web site at <www.tinjan.hr>.
Željko Heimer, 15 August 2006

I received an answer from the community regarding the Coat of Arms and the flag. The answer included only a larger image of the Coat of Arms then the one available on their web site - there is a line around the window on the tower and the loop holes in the walls are visible.
Those are not embattelments on the tower but an architectural element similar to those at the lower end of an enlarged structure atop of something else. I think thise are named consoles.  
Aynway, in the mean time Tomsilav Šipek located photos of the flag of Tinjan in use at <www.karateklub.net/tinjan_vijece1.jpg>, <tinjan_vijece2.jpg> and <tinjan_priznanja5.jpg>. The flag in use is very pale blue vertical flag with the coat of arms set in the lower half bordered golden.
The design, both of the Coat of Arms and the flag, is probably not approved by the central authorities although I see no reason that it would be rejected.
Željko Heimer, 23 August 2006

Coat of Arms and flag were designed by Heraldic Art d.o.o from Rijeka and approved by the Ministry of Administration/Central State Office for Administration before 2006.
Željko Heimer, 23 May 2008


Coat of Arms


image by Željko Heimer, 23 August 2006