Gradec (Municipality, Zagreb County, Croatia)

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Flag of Gradec - Image by Željko Heimer, 13 January 2010

• Presentation of Gradec
• Flag of Gradec
• Coat of arms of Gradec
• Ceremonial flag of Gradec

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• Croatia
• Zagreb County (Croatia)
• Croatia: Local flags

Presentation of Gradec

The municipality of Gradec is located some 40 km east of Zagreb, due east of Vrbovec. Population is almost 4,000 inhabitants in 20 villages, some 500 in the main village of the same name.
Gradec was mentioned in the 13th century, its climax is in the time of Zagreb Bishop Maximilian Verhovec at the turn of 18th and 19th centuries. This Gradec near Vrbovec should not be confused with the historical community of Gradec (a.k.a. Grić) from which the modern town of Zagreb developed.

Željko Heimer, 27 December 2009

Flag of Gradec

The symbols of Gradec are prescribed by Decision Odluka o grbu i zastavi Općine Gradec, adopted on 6 November 2008 by the Municipality Assembly and published on 28 November 2008 in the Zagreb County official gazette Glasnik Zagrebačke županije, No. 25. The symbols were approved by the central authorities on 24 April 2009.
The current Municipality Statues Statut Općine Gradec, adopted on 19 July 2009 by the Municipailty Assembly and published on 29 September 2009 in Glasnik Zagrebačke županije, No. 21, include the description of the symbols.

The symbols were designed by the Heraldic Art d.o.o. company, from Rijeka.

The flag is green with the coat of arms, bordered golden yellow, in the middle.

Željko Heimer, 17 January 2010

Coat of arms of Gradec

Coat of arms of Gradec - Image by Željko Heimer, 13 January 2010

The coat of arms of Gradec is "Vert a bishop's mitre argent and in chief two irises or."

Željko Heimer, 27 December 2009

Ceremonial flag of Gradec

Ceremonial flag of Gradec - Image by Željko Heimer, 13 January 2010

The ceremonial flag is a green gonfalon ending triangularly with a golden fringe with the the coat of arms in the centre, the name of the municipality on two lines above and branches of oak and vine tree below.

Željko Heimer, 13 January 2010