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In the official gazettes of the Zadar County (<www.zadarska-zupanija.hr>)
there is but one reference to the newly adopted Coat of Arms and
flag for the community of Gracac. Gracac is a community in the
Zadar County, the main town of the same name counting just above
4,000 inhabitants, situated in the mainland off-the coast some 30
km over the souther end of the Velebit mountain range. The place
is an important crossroads, and nearby are the Cerovac caves
(Cerovacke pecine), the largest explored cave system in Croatia,
partially open to the public so an improtant tourist site.
The official gazette of the Counyt gives the decision with the
descirption of the new symbols: Izmjene i dopune Odluke o izgledu
i korištenju grba i zastave Opcine Gracac, 25. svibnja 2004,
Službeni glasnik Zadarske županije, 18. lipnja 2004,
str. 19. The decision amends an earlier decision that is
apparently not published in the official gazette, probably
adopting some other symbols that were not approved: Odluka o
izgledu i korištenju grba i zastave Opcine Gracac, Kl. 017-
01/03-01-01, Urbr. 2198/31-01-03-1, 10. srpnja 2003.
The coat of arms of Gracac is: sable a bear
passant or holding in its jaws a fish argent and in the chief
stalactites also argent. The flag is green with the golden
bordered coat of arms in the middle.
Željko Heimer, 29 October 2005
The officials of the community responded to my request and
provided the full text of the decisions adopting the symbols and
the matching drawings.
The 2003 decision adopts the design already, however the wording
of the description is somewhat more complicated. The 2004
decision , changed the descriptions to more proper heraldic
blazon. Neither of decisions mention the ceremnial flag, however
it was included in the drawings provided by the Community.
The symbols were designed by Heraldik-art from Rijeka, as the
most (if not all) of the modern coat of arms and flags being
adopted in Croatia in recent years. In my blazon, is there
a better simplier word for "stalactites", my dictionary
does not have it... a web site sugested dripstone?
The ceremonial flag is a green gonfalon ending
triangulary with golden fringe, the coat of arms in the middle
bordered yellow, above it name of the community in two arches and
below it two oak branches.
Željko Heimer, 11 February 2007
The symbols were designed by the Heraldic
Art d.o.o. from Rijeka.
Željko Heimer, 3 November 2007
image by Željko Heimer, 11 February 2007
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image by Željko Heimer, 11 February 2007