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Vodice is a small city in the Šibenik-Knin County on the
coast some 10 km north of Šibenik. About 9,000 inhabitants,
5,000 in the city itself. In the last years it has become kind of
a mondene spot of the tourism of the mid-Dalmatia. Until 1997
Vodice had status of a community.
The coat of arms of Vodice adopted before 1990's is blue bordered
shield divided horizontally in yellow and light blue with a gray
well bearing yellow shape of the church portal, above it a tower
embattelemnts and in base a red bar above two white wavy lines.
This coat of arms is apparently still used, but as far as I have
ntocied there is no flag to go with it. probably the design did
not pass thouh the Ministry of administration procedure, and I
doubt that such as it is it would. I estimate that it was
originally adopted in 1980's, and probably the original design
included a red five-pointed star or some other emblem of the
socialist society (probably instead of the church in the middle),
however, I found no sources to confirm that.
Željko Heimer, 23 July 2004
Update with data from official gazettes:
- Odluka o pokretanju postupka za utvrdivanje grba i zastava
Opcine Vodice, 8.12.1995, Službeni vjesnik Županije
Šibenske, br. 9/95, 27.12.1995. - The decision constitutes a
three-members commission to determine the community coat of arms
and the flag, to issue an invited concourse and to establish
jurry of experts to judge it and to present the decision towards
assembly.
- Odluka o grbu i zastavi Opcine Vodice, 15.07.1996,
Službeni vjesnik Županije Šibenske, br. 7/96,
12.08.1996. Odluka o uporabi grba i zastave Opcine Vodice,
15.07.1996, Službeni vjesnik Županije Šibenske,
br. 7/96, 12.08.1996. - The decision adopts the coat of arms and
the flag, coat of arms which possibly could be blazoned so (it is
not described in herladic terms in the first place): per fess or
and azure overall well walls argent ensigned with a chuch or, in
chief an embattelment also argent and in base a bar gules above
two barrulets wavy argent all within a border of ultramarine.
The symbolic of the elements is described: yellow field - olive
oil, blue field - sea and water, well is a symbol fo water after
which the place got its name, embatlements for the protection and
history, red bar for wine. The church show is the Church of St.
Cross of 1421. The flag is in ratio 1:2, ultramarine blue with
the coat of arms in the middle. The size of the coat of arms is
2/3 of the flag width. The border of the coat of arms is not
described, but it seems necessary to divide between the coat of
arms border and the flag field. The second decision regulates
their use.
- Odluka o odobrenju umnožavanja i prodaje reljefa grba
Opcine kao suvenira, 04.10.1996, Službeni vjesnik
Županije Šibenske, br. 10/96, 25.10.1996. - It
determines grant for use and production of coat of arms relief as
a souvenir to a citizen of Vodice.
- Statut Grada Vodica, 05.06.1997, Službeni vjesnik
Šibensko-kninske županije, br. 6/97, 18.07.1997. - The
community was rised to the city status in 1997 and the Statutes
was amended for it, among other chenges the description of the
coat of arms and the flag adopted in 1996 was included in the
text.
On 23 July 2004, I stated that I think that the design precedes
1990's, but it seems that I was wrong about that. The coat of
arms is still used today although I am not sure that it has been
approved by the Ministry. Anway, the use of it is somehow shy, it
is very hard to spot it anywhere in Vodice and I don't think that
I have ever seen the flag there... and I have visited Vodice
quite a few times in last years.
Željko Heimer, 20 August 2006
The city became aware that its symbols adopted in 1996 were
against the heraldic tradition and not conforming to the state
regulations and started to prepare for adoption of the new
symbols.
After rejection of some proposals in 2008, the city published two proposals,
asking its citizens for the opinions.
One proposal is divided per bend by spiral division azure and
argent and the other is azure a well argent. Each is accompanied
with the flag proposal, being the banner of arms, in ratio 5:8.
Both proposals for the coat of arms formally meet the criteria of
central authorities and shall probably be approved if adopted
(unless the second proposal is disqualified being coincidentally
too similar to the family arms of the Rathkays), however, if they
are adopted, the flags shall have to be redesigned to conform to
the regulations requirements of single-coloured flag with the
coat of arms in it.
Željko Heimer, 11 April 2009
The web
site of the Šibenik-Knin County includes a photo from the
celebration of the Day of the City of Vodice, that the county
mayor attended. On the photo the flags are shown behind the
mayor, the national flag and a logo flag of Vodice. It is
obviously a logo flag, while with red inscription Vodice
surrounded with some spirals etc. probably a tourist board logo
(previous one, now a new one is used).
This is hardly an official flag, but may be worth of noteing
since here it was used in an official capacity, one may assume.
The city of Vodice uses an unapproved coat of arms and has a
matching blue flag, but both are apparently in very limited use
is any - while the process of adopting the new arms was being
reported here some time ago. It may be interesting to see if the
process shall continue after the elections we had last May, when
the local ruling party was changed, I believe...
Željko Heimer, 1 August 2009
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image by Željko Heimer, 23 July 2004
Flag
image by Željko Heimer, 11 April 2009
Coat of Arms
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image by Željko Heimer, 11 April 2009
image by Željko Heimer, 11 April 2009
Coat of Arms
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image by Željko Heimer, 11 April 2009
