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Trnovec Bartolovečki (Municipality, Varaždin County, Croatia)

Symbols of Trnovec Bartolovečki
Village of Žabnik

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Symbols of Trnovec Bartolovečki

Trnovec Bartolovečki does not seem to have symbols yet.

Radio Varaždin announced on 8 November 2012 (text) that the municipality had launched a competition for the symbols, which were expected to be unvelied during the celebration of its 20th anniversary (April 2013).
The competition (text) and general guidelines for the design of the symbols (text) were published on 6 November 2012 on the municipal website, with the deadline set up at 10 December 2012.

Željko Heimer, 1 November 2013

Proposed symbols of Trnovec Bartolovečki

Proposed flag and arms of Trnovec Bartolovečki - Images by Željko Heimer, 1 November 2013

According to Mayor Stjepan Hern, "there has been several attempts in the last 20 years" to select symbols. Such an attempt was reported on 5 July 2007 in the local magazine Naše novine, No. 12-13 (text) in the occasion of the celebration of the municipality's 10th anniversary. The municipality printed a special envelope for the invitations to the celebration, depicting the proposed flags and arms, with explanatory text on the reverse of the envelope. This "commemorative envelope" is depicted in the magazine as follows:

The design proposed for the coat of arms of the municipality of Trbovec Bartolovečki features the symbols of the "Thorny crown". The main field is red, charged with a golden crown with six thorns, representing the [six] settlements of the municipality. The thorny crown is a symbol of martyrdom, seen in the figures of martyrs, patrons of each settlement. At the top of the shield is a wavy bar representing the Drava river being the northern border of the municipal territory, while in the bottom is an other, narrower, wavy line, representing the Zbel stream, the symbol of cleanliness of the region.

The envelope pictures the proposed flag, which appears to be also red, with the proposed coat of arms in the centre. The proposed symbols are canting, trn meaning "a thorn" in Croatian.
The design was apparently not adopted, and for the reasons we may only speculate. Possibly it was not approved by the central authorities. Since the Mayor who signed the envelope was still in office for the 20th anniversary, the symbols could have been adopted in the meantime, unless there was some opposition to the proposed symbols - the local magazine is silent on that.

Željko Heimer, 1 November 2013

Village of Žabnik

Flag of Žabnik - Image by Željko Heimer, 1 November 2013

The village of Žabnik got a coat of arms and flag, as reported on 21 April 2011 in the local magazine Sportsko društvo Žabnik, Naše novine - List općine Trnovec Bartolovečki, No. 27 (text).
The article depicts the flag, but unfortunately onlys in black and white, without indicating colours. The flag is horizontally divided in three stripes, probably red-white-blue like the national flag, with a circular coat of arms (image), "Quarterely argent and gules a letter Ž between a stork and a frog adorsed and in the base on a ribbon inscribed 'ŽABNIK'."

Željko Heimer & Marko Vitez, 1 November 2013