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During the carnival festivities that have long tradition in
Samobor, one can see a flag with a magpie on it, which is the
symbol of the carnival. The magpie is sometimes set in the coat
of arms during the festivities as well.
Željko Heimer, 20 Febuary 1999
The Samobor coat of arms is based on the
city seal preserved from 16th century, circular with the same
contents surrounded with inscription S(igillum) COM(m)V(n)ITATIS
DE ZAMOBOR. The seal was confirmed in 1525 by king Leopold II and
also by Ferdinand I. in 1528. There is also a seal from 18th
century different in some minor details.
In 1909 the land archives issued a document confirming the design
of the coat of arms as: On a red background on rocky base a tower
of white stones with arched entrance and opened doors. Above the
doors three and in the first floor four windows. To the left and
right next to the tower are branches with golden and green twigs.
Atop the tower is embattlement. Some historical sources show the
shield background as blue.
The Previous Symbols wwre recently replaced
with a new ones, designed by a Samobor company Studio Grozic,
lead by Aida Corbo Grozic and Romano Grozic, as part of the
general new visual identity project they prepared for the city.
The historical coat of arms was renewed to match the modern state
requirements (shape of the shield, rmoval of inscriptions). In
fact Samobor had much trouble getting the approval for it, since
the State Archives considthe coat of arms should be of blue
background, as it is in some of the documenty they have. However,
it seems that they were finally convinced, since Samobor citizens
were collectivly convinced that red is only appropriate colour
now in firm tradition of the city.
The City administration adopted the new design on its 80th
session on and the city aseembly on its 15th session on 28
February 2007. This was published in Statutarna odluka o
izmjenama i dopunama Statuta Grada Samobora, 28.02.2007,
Službene vijesti Grada Samobora, br.1/2007,12.03.2007,
available on line at <www.samobor.hr>.
The document also includes a vectorial drawing of the new coat of
arms. The coat of arms of Samobor is: gules on a rocky base
argent a tower embattled also argent between two thorn bushes.
The flag is white with yellow bordered coat of arms in the
middle.
Other soruces:
- Laszowski, E. Prilog k hrvatskoj sfragistici, Viestnik
Hrvatskog arheološkog društva, 1895., pp. 120-136.
"Samobor", izdanje odbora za proslavu
700-godišnjice Samobora kao slobodnog i poveljenog
trgovišta 1242. - 1942.; pretisak 2004. (relevant parts of
this available on line at <www.samobor.hr>).
- Nenad Kobasic: "Grad Samobor je otkupio prava na svoj
vizualni identitet iz 2003. i raspisao taxi koncesiju",
Glasnik Samobora i Svete Nedjelje, 02.10.2006.
Željko Heimer, 13 May 2007
Following the changes in the city Statutes in 2007 introducing
a new design and description of the city symbols, the city
adopted also a new
decision on the seal, the coat of arms and the flag. In it
the coat of arms and the flag are described and depicted as in
the Statutory decision of 2007: Odluka o pecatu, grbu i zastavi
Grada Samobora, 28.06.2007, Službene vijesti Grada Samobora,
br. 4/2007, 29.06.2007.
Željko Heimer, 27 December 2009
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image by Željko Heimer, 13 May 2007
Flag
image by Željko Heimer, 20 February 1999
Coat of Arms
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image by Željko Heimer
The coat of arms with inscription SAMOBOR and year 1242 (the
year when Samobor received the Free and Royal City grant from
Croato-Hungarian king Bela IV) was introduced at some time around
1990 (might be even before!) and the flag of white with thet coat
of arms in the middle to match it. This was used as I have myself
seen it all these years, and it is probably mentioned in the
Statutes. I have only found the last staute one on-line: Statut
Grada Samobora (procišceni tekst), 03.04.2006, Službene
vijesti Grada Samobora, br. 2/2006, 11.04.2007, available on line
at <www.samobor.hr>,
where this coat of arms and the flag are described in details in
Art. 6.
This design was recently replaced with a new one and they are now
obsolete.
Željko Heimer, 13 May 2007
image from <members.tripod.com/~buja/povijest.html>
The web site at <members.tripod.com/~buja/povijest.html>
showes a photo of a historical flag of Samobor from 1756. The
flag is apparently of red silk, somewhat detoriated, semee with
golden roses, showing a black double-headed
eagle displayed, both heads crowned, beaked and haloed
golden, membered also golden holdin in the right a sceptre and in
the left a sword, between the two heads is a golden orb. On the
breas of the eagle is on a golden cartouche and surrounded with a
blue ribbon iscribed golden (probably the full ceremonial name of
the city in Latin) crowned with a golden crown is the coat of
arms of the city - gules a twoer argent issuant from rocks proper
between two torn bushes and in chief letters MT (=Maria Thereisa)
argent. Along the hoist is a blue cartouche inscribed with yellow
in four lines: "Vexillum privii eciati oppidi / oppidanorum
expensis iudex / 17. civivm Szamobor 56. / J. J."
-- (or this is what I think is written. I might have missed a
letter here or there) - I can only figure out that the
inscription states the obvious, that it is the flag of the city
of Samobor. The letters in the fourth row may also be some
numbers (date?) The flag is bordered on three edges with red and
white chequy border. The revers of the flag is probably
differently painted. The flag is probably preserved in the City
museum of Samobor.
Željko Heimer, 28 November 2006
The oldest preserved flag of 1756 is described from Buja's
site. An article by Ivanka Brekalo: "Iz pismohrane
samoborskog muzeja: Samoborske zastave kroz stoljeca -
'Varošku zastavu u muzikom sprevajali...'", Samoborski
Glasnik, 2.3.2002, adds some more info and a photo of another
flag preserved in Sambobor.
The documents mention flags of Samobor as early as 17th century,
when two flags were used, one was for hoisting on the city square
and the other "to be carried in the war". The preserved
flag from 1756 is considered to have been made according to one
of the two.
The flag is apparently of red silk, somewhat detoriated, semee
with golden roses, showing a black double-headed eagle displayed,
both heads crowned, beaked and haloed golden, membered also
golden holding in the right a sceptre and in the left a sword,
between the two heads is a golden orb. On the breast of the eagle
is on a golden cartouche and surrounded with a blue ribbon
iscribed golden (probably the full ceremonial name of the city in
Latin) crowned with a golden crown is the coat of arms of the
city - gules a tower argent issuant from rocks proper between two
torn bushes and in chief letters MT (=Maria Thereisa) argent.
Along the hoist is a blue cartouche inscribed with yellow in four
lines: "Vexillum privii eciati oppidi / oppidanorum expensis
iudex / 17. civivm Szamobor 56. / J. J. (?)" . The flag is
bordered on three edges with red and white chequy border.
The reverse of the flag is painted with iconographic depiciton of
Jesus on the cross. The flag is preserved in the City Museum of
Samobor. This was the ceremonial flag that was hoisted during the
elections, other important events and church holydays (documented
report from 1830) and may have been in use as late as until 1918
or even later.
The Samobor museum preserves several other flags, like the flag
of the Kingdom of Croatia used on the instalation ceremonies of
Ban Levin Rauch 1869 (shown in Brekalo's article) and several
guild flags.
Željko Heimer, 13 May 2007