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The community of Pokupsko is in the Zagreb County, in its very
south, as it name clearly indicate in the region near the Kupa
river, some 50 km south of Zagreb, total about 2,500 inhabitants,
the village of the same name being only with 260 inhabitants. The
community encompasses 14 villages on the left bank of Kupa. The
area of the community was part of the city of Zagreb until 1995.
The coat of arms of the community is shown on their web site
where it is also briefly described. There is no indication
weather it is officially adopted and weather it received approval
from the central authorities, but in any case it is used on a
blue flag as may be seen here.
It may be blazoned: azure a church argent roofed gules behind the
walls with two corner towers also argent roofed gules each topped
with a white flag. In cheif a mullet and a crescent or and in
base a barrulet wavy argent.
The church shown is the church in Pokupsko dedicated to the
Ascension of the Blessed Virgin Mary, formerly being known as the
Church of St. Ladislas. It may be that this is based on some
previous seal of the community. The wavy line represents the Kupa
River, of course.
The flag is blue with the coat of arms in the middle bordered
yellow.
There is no indication of a ceremonial flag, and possibly there
is none, as this appears not to be coat of arms designed by the
Heraldic Art company.
Željko Heimer, 10 April 2009
The new 2009 statuts (Statut Opcine Pokupsko, 27.07.2009,
Glasnik Zagrebacke županije, br. 19/2009, 29.07.2009)
describes the coat of arms and the flag as we have it reported
above. The previous Statutes of 2001 is not available on line.
The coat of arms description mentions the oak leaves
"plume" around the shield, as may be seen on the wall
depiction of the coat of arms on this photo
although obviously this "plume" is not present on the
flag (although the literal reading of the legal text might
suggest otherwise), as may be seen at <www.pokupsko.hr>.
The description of the flag also mentions "yellow edge"
which should be interpret as fringe rather then flag border (and
which is apparently not present on the flag on the abovementioned
photo).Source: Official gazette.
Željko Heimer, 27 December 2009
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image by Željko Heimer, 10 April 2009