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Đurđevac (Town, Koprivnica-Križevci County, Croatia)

Flag of Đurđevac - Image by Željko Heimer, 5 January 2009

Flag of Đurđevac
Coat of arms of Đurđevac
- Former coat of arms of Đurđevac

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Flag of Đurđevac

The symbols of Đurđevac are prescribed by Decision Odluka o grbu i zastavi Općine Đurđevac, adopted on 1 March 1996 by the Municipality Assembly and published on 2 March 1996 in the Municipality official gazette Službene novine Općine Đurđevac, No. 1.
The Decision was subsequently amended by Decision Odluka o izmjenama i dopunama Odluke o grbu i zastavi Općine Đurđevac (text, adopted on 9 February 2006 by the Town Assembly and published on 10 February 2006 in Službene novine Grada Đurđevca, No. 1. The consolidated Decision Odluka o grbu i zastavi Grada Đurđevca (pročišćeni text) text) was adopted on 9 June 2006 by the Town Assembly and published on 10 June 2006 in Službene novine Grada Đurđevca, No. 4. The changes in the text addresses the change of the status from Municipality to Town (1997) and some other minor amendments.
The amended Decision Odluka o izmjeni Odluke grbu i zastavi Grada Đurđevca (text), adopted on 19 March 2008 by the Town Assembly and published on 20 March 2008 in Službene novine Grada Đurđevca, No. 1, changes the penal prescriptions for misuse of the symbols (staying mainly the same, but raising the fee from 200 to 500 HRK for private misuse and, explicitely, for misuse by private craftsmen and similar).
The amended Decision Odluka o izmjenama Odluke grbu i zastavi Grada Đurđevca (text), adopted on 23 July 2009 by the Town Assembly and published on 24 July 2009 in Službene novine Grada Đurđevca, No. 4, assigns more responsibility to the Mayor.

The symbols are described in the amended Town Statutes Statut o izmjenama i dopunama Statuta Grada Đurđevca (text, adopted on 9 February 2006 by the Town Assembly and published on 10 February 2006 in Službene novine Grada Đurđevca, No. 1, consolidated as Statut Grada Đurđevca (pročišćeni text) (text, adopted on 10 June 2006 by the Town Assembly and published the same day in Službene novine Grada Đurđevca, No. 4.
Article 5 of the current Town Statutes Statut Grada Đurđevca (text, adopted on 9 July 2009 by the Town Assembly and published on 10 July 2009 in Službene novine Grada Đurđevca, No. 3, repeats word for word the description of the symbols from the 2006 Decision.

The symbols were selected in a public contest; the jury was composed of Ivan Lacković Croata, Zdravko Šabarić, Božica Jelušić, Ksenija Prelec and Vlado Lešcan (Glas Podravine, 10 June 1995). The winner of the contest was Antonio Grgić (Glas Podravine), 4 August 1995), but D. Ernečić [erc03] writes that the coat of arms finally adopted was designed by Marko Tipšar.

The flag was approved by the Ministry of Administration on 18 April 1996, as reported by D. Ernečić.

The flag is in proportions 1:2, yellow with the coat of arms, in the middle.

Željko Heimer, 20 December 2009

Coat of arms of Đurđevac

Coat of arms of Đurđevac - Image by Željko Heimer, 5 January 2009

The rooster on a cannonball reminds the legend on a battle against the Turks, when it was fired instead of the cannonball, after which the Turks lift the siege. Green stands for the Drava lowlands, while the stars are taken from the family arms of Ernušt (image of the painting by Zdravko Šabarić, 1488, Glas Podravine, 22 May 1998). Sigismund Ernušt, Bishop of Pech and Ban of Dalmatia, Croatia and Slavonia, rebuilt in 1494 the Castle of Đurđevac (Glas Podravine, 7 February 1996). Under his rule, the town reached its best medieval prosperity.

Željko Heimer, 11 August 2009

Former coat of arms of Đurđevac

Former coat of arms of Đurđevac - Image by Željko Heimer, 22 June 2012

The former design of the coat of arms was used in a seasons' greetings published on 27 December 1996 by the Town administration in the regional journal Glas Podravine i Prigorja (image).
A similar coat of arms is used on a flag of the 105th Brigade of Croatian Army - Bjelovar made in 1991 together with the arms of Bjelovar and Čazma; the Brigade was raised in Bjelovar, Čazma and Đurđevac, therefore the arms. It differs from the depiction in the journal above in some minor details, and most notably, there is the State coat of arms in the space between the inscription and the top of the castle.

Another variation of the coat of arms is shown in the other local newspaper, Podravec, 3 may 1991 (image). The elements are very similar, with only minor artistic variations, with two larger differences - the space between the inscription and the top of the castle is taken by the historical coat of arms of Croatia (chequy shield) while in the green field under the castle and above the wavy line is the date date 3.5.1945. (3rd May 1945), which must be the local Liberation Day of Đurđevac in the Second World War.

Željko Heimer, 22 June 2012