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Valpovo (Town, Osijek-Baranja County, Croatia)

Flag of Valpovo - Image by Željko Heimer, 28 April 2014

Flag of Valpovo
Coat of arms of Valpovo
- Former coat of arms of Valpovo

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Flag of Valpovo

The symbols of Valpovo are prescribed by Decision Odluka o grbu i zastavi Grada Valpova, adopted on 14 July 1995 by the Town Assembly and published in 1995 in the Town official gazette Službeni glasnik Grada Valpova, No. 6. This superseded a previus Decision of the same name published in 1994 in Službeni glasnik Grada Valpova, No. 2 and amended in Službeni glasnik Grada Valpova, No. 5, which might have prescribed the former symbols.
The flag, designed by Pero Čimbur, a well-known heraldic designer mostly active in the Socialist period, but successful as well with the design of several post-Socialist municipal coats of arms, was approved on 17 July 1995 by the Ministry of Administration.

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

Željko Heimer, 28 April 2014

Coat of arms of Valpovo

Coat of arms of Valpovo - Image by Željko Heimer, 28 April 2014

The coat of arms shows a golden circular tower with small turrets on a bridge all in a green field.

The design combines the Valpovo circular fortress of 15th century around which the town developed, with the 19th century Baroque clock-tower - the turret dated 1873 topping the tower of the entrance to the Prandau-Normann castle, which included the circular older tower among its walls. The composition represents the history of the town.
The tower is issuing from a triple-arched bridge, whose design was inspired by the actual bridge over Karašica in Valpovo named Malta bridge (although the actual bridge has more arches). The three arches are stated to represent the three important rivers of the region - Drava, Karašica, and Vučica.
The green of the coat of arms and of the flag is stated to represent the agriculture as well as the Valpovo Town Park.

Željko Heimer, 28 April 2014

Former coat of arms of Valpovo

Former coat of arms of Valpovo - Image by Željko Heimer, 7 July 2012

The coat of arms used by Valpovo before the current design depicts in white between a green oak leaf and a golden corn ear a brown embattled tower with the Croatian chequy shield raising from a bridge inscribed "VALPOVO" with blue arches. This design might have been developed from the Socialist era emblem that, presumably, included a red five-pointed star in the tower instead.

Željko Heimer & Ivan Grbac, 7 July 2012