Pesnica (Municipality, Slovenia)

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Municipal flag of Pesnica - Image by Željko Heimer, 11 May 2006

• Municipal flag of Pesnica
• Coat of arms of Pesnica

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• Slovenia: Municipal flags

Municipal flag of Pesnica

The flag and coat of arms of Pesnica are prescribed by Decision Odlok o grbu, zastavi, občinskem prazniku in priznanjih v občini Pesnica, published in the official regional gazette Medobčinski uradni vestnik, 28/1996.
Further decisions on the municipal symbols are Odlok o spremembi odloka o grbu, zastavi, občinskem prazniku in priznanjih v občini Pesnica, published in Medobčinski uradni vestnik, 19/1998; Odlok o spremebah in dopolnitvah odloka o grbu, zastavi, občinskem prazniku in priznanjih v občini Pesnica, adopted by the Municipal Council on 25 March 2003 and published in Medobčinski uradni vestnik, 5/2003; and Odlok o spremembi odloka o grbu, zastavi, občinskem prazniku in priznanjih v občini Pesnica, published in Medobčinski uradni vestnik, 18/2007.

When visiting Pesnica in March 2005, Tomsilav Šipek saw the municipal flag, as hoisted vertically, vertically divided white-yellow-white with the municipal coat of arms in the lower end.

Željko Heimer, 10 January 2009

Coat of arms of Pesnica

Municipal coat of arms of Pesnica, current and former versions - Image by Željko Heimer, 11 May 2006

The coat of arms of Pesnica is a badge-like seal with a white background showing a landscape in predominant gold colour, and traces of red, lined black. Across the lower part of the badge is a white stripe with the name of the municipality inscribed. This version was in use around the 1990s, at least. The above drawing is based on several documents (postcards, memo papers).

Stanič & Jakopič [j2s05] show a probably more recent coat of arms with the writing OBČINA (Municipality) above the name of the municipality and the year 1990, which is the date of establishment of the municipality.

Until 1995 the community of Pesnica was a part of the Civic Assembly of Communities of Maribor (that is part of "Greater Maribor") but it must have already been using the badge since, I estimate, the 1980s. The flag may be of a newer date, though.

Željko Heimer, 11 May 2006