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Beretinec (Varazdin, Croatia)

Općina Beretinec

image by Željko Heimer, 13 Febuary 2003

Overview
Coat of Arms

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Overview

The community of Beretinec is some 10 km SW of Varaždin in Varaždin county. The main settlement, Beretinec has only just above 2,200 inhabitants (1993). The official gazette of the County available at <www.glasila.hr> contains the statute of the community: Statut Opcine Beretinec, 9.10.2001, Službeni vjesnik Varaždinske županije, br. 20/01.
The Statute contain description of the Coat of Arms and the flag, and the site of the County <www.varazdinska-zupanija.hr> includes the image of the Coat of Arms. The Coat of Arms is "Gules a Hadgehog Or".
The Statute claims that this is the historical coat of arms of Beretinec, but even if it provides longish explanation why the hedgehog was chosen, it does not mention when the Coat of Arms was granted/adopted first time and how it was ever used earlier. The flag is green with the coat of arms in the middle. Coat of Arms drawn from a rather poor original so it is quite "impresionistic" drawing that I am quite unsatisfied with.
Željko Heimer, 13 Febuary 2003 and 9 July 2004

This flag is similar to the one of Coudekerque Branche, in North France, French-Flandre zone, that is green with a black Hadgehog in the center.
Jaume Olle', 13 Febuary 2003

The community of Beretinec adopted a new statutes in 2006 containing the description of the Coat of Arms and the flag, but introducing nothing new: Statut Opcine Beretinec, 27.01.2006, Službeni vjesnik Varaždinske županije, br. 2/06, 28. sijecnja 2006.
Željko Heimer, 15 July 2006

The new 2009 Statutes repeats the long description of the Coat of Arms and the flag and their symbolic: Statut Opcine Beretinec, 13.07.2009, Službeni vjesnik Varaždinske županije, br. 20/2009, 14.07.2009.
Unlike the flag described (and displayed in the County in Varaždin), the flag at the community building has the Coat of Arms offset to hoist as seen here.
Source: <www.glasila.hr>.
Željko Heimer, 20 December 2009

Coat of Arms

image by Željko Heimer, 9 July 2004