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Community of Popovaca (Popovac<a), Sisak-Moslavina County.
The coat of arms might have been adopted around 1999, as it is
shown on Opcina Popovaca site <www.popovaca.hr> on 2
December 2002. In blue shield on a green hill a red church with
white portal and belfry. On the doors the escutcheon of Erdödy
(azure a deer issuant from a wheel) encyrcled with grapes and
leaves.
This coat of arms might be based on some historical pattern, and
if it is adopted then surely there is a flag to go with it, but
at the moment I have no other info.
Željko Heimer, 16 December 2002
The coat of arms is of the Pálffy family, lords of Bratislava
(or Pressburg (german) or Poszony (hungarian); it is now also the
emblem of Bratislava region, on which
page Ales Krizan and István Molnár provide more info; the
emblem is also used for the Pálffy Museum in Vienna, see <www.palais-palffy.at>.
Jarig Bakker, 16 December 2003
In the mean time I got info from Tomislav Šipek personal
observation on both "normal" and the Vertical
Flag. The flag is white with the coat of arms in the middle.
The vertical flag is used as the ceremonial flag. It is white
with five square tails in the base and is bordered all around
with a thin golden border (with fringe?).
Željko Heimer, 3 July 2004
The flag of Popovaca could be seen hoisted on the community
building together with the flag of Croatia (middle) and the
County (viewer's left) at <www.popovaca.hr>.
Željko Heimer, 7 June 2007
The decision of the community assembly issued on <popovaca.hr>
, Odluka o uporabi grba Opcine Popovaca, (27. sjednica Vijeca
Opcine Popovaca, undated) determines the use of the coat of arms
of the community by the local majorette group, but for us is
interesting as it names the decisions adopting teh coat of arms
and the flag: Odluca o grbu i zastavi Opcine Popovaca,
Službene novine Opcine Popovaca broj 5/94 i 295 (this last
is probably typo for 2/95, I think).
Of course, one should stuill need to find these official gazette
from 1990's, but this puts the date to the adoption of the
current flag to 1994 or 1995 (unlike 1999 as I estimated
previously).
The site at <popovaca.hr>
has the Statutes of the community (as adopted on 15 October
2001), that in its article 4 describes the coat of arms and the
flag:
"The Community of Popovaca had a coat of arms and a flag.
The coat of arms of the Community of Popovaca is shield shaped
with its two thirds being blue and one third being green. On the
vertical axis of the shield is a red building with a white
pcortal of the Moslavacki costle on the blue background. In the
portal, on a blue shield is a part of the coat of arms of the
Erdody i.e. Bakac family of 1489 (white deer on a white wheel).
Behind the building is a white belfry of the St. Ane Church in
Osekovo. On the lower third of the shield on a green hill beneath
the building is a white semi-circular wreath of bunches of grapes
and vine leaves.
The flag of the Community of Popovaca is white, bordered with a
yellow ribbon. In the middle of the flag on its vertical axis is
set the coat of arms of the Community. The flag is produced in
ratio 1:2, while the height of the coat of arms is equal to a
half of the flag width."
Željko Heimer, 14 December 2008
image by Željko Heimer, 14 December 2008
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image by Željko Heimer, 16 Decmber 2002
