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Skradin is a small city in the Šibenik-Knin County, 25 km
north-east of Šibenik, 4,000
inhabitanst, only 620 in the city itself at the deep bay forming
the mouth of river Krka into the sea. In the vicinity of the
National Park Krka with beautiful waterfalls it is tourist
center. The city has history from pre-Roman period (Scardona), in
5th century a seat of epyscopy, several times much devastated in
wars, especially in Venecian-Turkish wars, but also duing the
1990's. Until 1997 it has a status of a community, but then the
city status was granted, even though the numbers are far less
then usually required, due to the historical importance and
tradition.
Update with data from official gazette:
- Statut Opcine Skradin, 20.05.1994, Službeni vjesnik
Županije Šibenske, br. 5/95, 05.06.1995. - Includes the
description of the Coat of Arms and provisions for further
decisions to determine the details and the flag. I suppose that
the description (blazon) at the time was only an idea and was not
meant to represent any particular artistic redention. Anyway, the
Coat of Arms is described in Article 6 "The coat of arms
constitutes the figure of St. Jerome, Doctor of the Church".
(Sv. Jeronim, crkveni naucitelj; he is locally known as Sv.
Jere). St. Jerom lived in 4th century and was born in
Skradin. Among his many deeds were recorded for the benefit of
the church, cf. <www.catholic.org>,
he translated the Old Testament into Latin text known as the
"Vulgata". and he is revered in the region. The
Croatian institute in Vatican is nowdays named after him.
- Statut Grada Skradina, 31.07.1998, Službeni vjesnik
Šibensko-kninske županije, br. 10/98, 03.09.1998.
Statut Grada Skradina, 27.09.2001, Službeni vjesnik
Šibensko-kninske županije, br. 12/01, 24.10.2001. -
Skradin was upgraded to city status, updating the Statutes, but
retaining the same wording on the Coat of Arms and the flag as in
the 1995 Statutes. The 2001 Statutes repeat the prescriptions. I
asume that still the details are not any further establsihed.
Željko Heimer, 19 August 2006
Recently, I located <www.tvrtke.com>
where one can see a coat of arms affiliated with Skradin. I was
far from sure if this has any official standing, untill it was
seen hoisted beneath the state coat of arms in the meeting room
in the city of Skradin, as seen at <www.hcr.hr>
(see middle photo at the bottom of the page).
The design looks like it might have been done by the Heraldic
Art, but confirmation is needed. There is no flag to be seen - so
even if the design for the coat of arms blazon present in the
Statutes for quite some time, was finally adopted, the flag may
have not been made yet...
Željko Heimer, 24 August 2009
The county official gazette includes the decision
on the coat of arms and the flag: Odluka o grbu i zastavi Grada
Skradina, 20.12.2007, Službeni vjesnik Šibensko-kninske
županije, br. 1/2008, 15.02.2008. str. 13-14
The flag is red, in ratio 1:2, with the coat of arms bordered
yellow in its middle.
Željko Heimer, 30 August 2009
The city council issued the new Statutes in July, including
the new descriptions of the coat of arms and the flag adopted in
2007, available on the County
official gazette: Statut Grada Skradina, 30.07.2009, Službeni
vjesnik Šibensko-kninske županije, br. 10/09,
04.09.2009. str. 37.
The Article 4 of the Statutes provides reference to the document
of the Cetral State Office for Administartion approving the use
of these symbols: Rješenje Središnjeg državnog
ureda za upravu, Kl. UP/I-017-01/07-01/66, urbr. 515-10/06-07-3,
28.09.2007. o odobrenju grba i zastave Grada Skradina.
Željko Heimer, 31 October 2009
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image by Željko Heimer, 24 August 2009