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Vinica is a community fortyish km west of Varaždin, about
4,000 inhabitants (1993). Even to a non-Slavic speaker the root
of the place-name should be obvious and after looking at Coat of
Arms even more so. The Coat of Arms is shown at County web site
<www.varazdinska-zupanija.hr>:
Azure a vine tree proper.
Željko Heimer, 19 Febuary 2003
On <www.glasial.hr>
one may found Statut Opcine Vinica, 19. rujna 2002, Službeni
vjesnik Varaždinske županije, br. 19/02, 11. listopada
2002. The Statute describes the Coat of Arms and the flag that
must have been adopted earlier (I estimate around 1995). The more
proper blazon following the description in the statutes is: azure
a vine tree vert with five bunches of grapes or.
The flag is blue with the coat of arms bordered yellow in the
middle.
Željko Heimer, 7 Febuary 2004
The new 2009 Statutes of Vinica repeats the description of the
Coat of Arms and the flag from the 2002 Statutes, but adds also
mention of a ceremonial flag, which is simply described to be
pentagonal (I guess that means a gonfalon ending triangularly)
with the Coat of Arms in the centre of it: Statut Opcine Vinica,
20.07.2009, Službeni vjesnik Varaždinske županije,
br. 27/2009, 11.08.2009.
The web site of the community includes the histroy of the old
city of Vinica mentioned already in 14th century, since 16th
ruled by Gyulay family. A seal from 1532 picturing a vine tree
with five bunches of grapes served as the pattern for the modern
Coat of Arms.
Source: <www.glasila.hr>.
Željko Heimer, 20 December 2009
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image by Željko Heimer, 19 Febuary 2003