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Moscenicka Draga (The Coast-Gorski Kotar, Croatia)

Općina Mošćenička Draga

image by Željko Heimer, 12 August 2003

Overview
Coat of Arms

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Overview

The community of Mošcenicka Draga is some 25 km south-west of Rijeka, south of Lovran and Opatija along the eastern coast of Istria. The name is a name of a bay (and place named for it) below the old town of Moscenice (Mošcenice) some hundreds of meters high above the coastline. The coat of arms is azure two oars or in saltire and an anchor argent.
Source: [osg02].
I have not info on the flag yet,except that it is firly certain that there is one.
Željko Heimer, 16 July 2003

According to the official gazette: Odluka o grbu i zastavi Opcine Mošcenicka Draga, 1. travnja 1997, Službene Novine Primorsko-goranske županije, br. 7/97, 11. travnja 1997, The flag is blue with the coat of arms in the middle.
There is also a ceremonial flag, of which I have no image, but descrption from the decision: The ceremonial flag is dark-blue with the coat of arms set in the middle. Above are in three arches inscribed name "OPCINA MOŠCENICKA DRAGA", the first word being written in somewhat smaller letters. In the three (rectangular?) tails there are three branches of the characteristic vegetation, in the right an olive branch with olives, in the left a laurel branch with its fruits and in the central a garden-sage branch (Croatian: kadulja) with its flowers, all golden-yellow.
Željko Heimer, 12 August 2003

Two decisions regarding symbols were published in the gazette, the one adopting the symbols in 1997 and the other granting permition for the use of the coat of arms by the local firefighters (and even if that is not explicitly mentioned, they may well use the coat of arms in their flag, too):
- Odluka o grbu i zastavi Opcine Mošcenicka Draga, 1. travnja 1997, Službene novine Primorsko-goranske županije, br. 7/97, 11. travnja 1997.
- Odluka o odobrenju korištenja opcinskog grba u pecatu (DVD "Sisol"), 17.11.1999, Službene novine Primorsko-goranske županije, br. 25/99, 26. studenoga 1999.
The flag is explicitly described as dark blue with the coat of arms in the middle. The border around the coat of arms is not mentioned explicity, so I don't show it, even if I believe that the real flags would be produced with a border (probably golden). However, until further proof, I prefer to leave it borderless.
There is also a ceremonial flag, of which I have no image, but only description from the decision. The ceremonial flag is dark-blue with the coat of arms set in the middle. Above are in three lines inscribed name "OPCINA MOŠCENICKA DRAGA", the first word being written in somewhat smaller letters. In the three (rectangular?) tails there are three branches of the characteristic vegetation, in the right an olive branch with olives, in the left a laurel branch with its fruits and in the central a garden-sage branch (Croatian: kadulja) with its flowers, all golden-yellow.
Željko Heimer, 31 August 2003

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

The new 2009 Statutes repeats the previous 2006, which in turn repeats 2001 Statutes. The previous 1993 Statutes did not include the descriptions, of course (as the symbols were adopted only in 1997).
- Statut Opcine Mošcenicka Draga, 19.12.2001, Službene novine Primorsko goranske-županije, br. 33/2001, 21.12.2001.
- Statut Opcine Mošcenicka Draga, 13.02.2006, Službene novine Primorsko goranske-županije, br. 6/2006, 13.02.2006.
- Statut Opcine Mošcenicka Draga, 13.07.2009, Službene novine Primorsko goranske-županije, br. 26/2009, 15.07.2009.
Željko Heimer, 7 December 2009

Coat of Arms

image by Željko Heimer, 16 July 2003