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Jakovlje (Municipality, Zagreb County, Croatia)

Flag of Jakovlje - Image by Željko Heimer, 19 May 2012

Presentation of Jakovlje
Flag of Jakovlje
Coat of arms of Jakovlje
Ceremonial flag of Jakovlje

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Presentation of Jakovlje

The municipality of Jakovlje is located some 25 km northwest of Zagreb, on the northwest slopes of the Zagreb Mountain. Population was 3,952 inhabitants according to the 2001 census.
The municipality is composed of three villages, Jakovlje (2,622 inh.), Igrišće (669 inh.) and Kraljev Vrh (King's Top; 661 inh.). The medieval castle Sixta in Jakovlje is used today as an artists' colony with its gardens containing sculptures crafted there.

Željko Heimer, 16 December 2006

Flag of Jakovlje

The flag and arms of Jakovlje are prescribed by Decision Odluka o donošenju grba i zastave, adopted on 20 December 2005 by the Municipality Assembly and published on 23 December 2005 in the municipality official gazette Službeni glasnik općine Jakovlje, No. 5 (text). The Decision was amended by Odluka o izmjeni Odluke o donošenju grba i zastave, adopted on 27 July 2006 by the Municipality Assembly and published on 10 August 2008 in Službeni glasnik općine Jakovlje, No. 3 (text). The wording of the description of the symbols was changed, apparently, after the municipality received the approval from the Ministry. The use of the symbols is prescribed by the companion Decision Odluka o uporabi grba i zastave Općine Jakovlje, adopted on 27 July 2006 by the Municipality Assembly and published on 10 August 2008 in Službeni glasnik općine Jakovlje, No. 3 (text).
The current Municipality Statutes Statut Općine Jakovlje, adopted on 9 July 2009 by the Municipality Assembly and published on 15 July 2009 in Službeni glasnik općine Jakovlje, No. 5 (text), include the description of the coat of arms and flag in Articles 5 and 6, respectively.

The symbols were designed by the Heraldic Art d.o.o. company, from Rijeka.
According to the website of the local branch of a political party, "The commission established to determine the proposal for the coat of arms and the flag of the Municipality of Jakovlje determined the proposal of the ideal solution on 27 September 2005. The company Heraldic Art of Rijeka shall, based on that, prepare several variants and the Municipality Assembly shall on one of its subsequent sessions adopt the final solution, so our municipality shall finally get our coat of arms and flag."

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

Željko Heimer, 19 May 2012

Coat of arms of Jakovlje

Coat of arms of Jakovlje - Image by Željko Heimer, 19 May 2012

The coat of arms of Jakovlje is "Azure a tamburica argent in bend between three crowns or in chief and an apple or in the base."
A tamburica is a traditional folk instrument in the region. The traditional religious center of the municipality is in Kraljev Vrh, where is the chapel of the Three Holy Kings. The three crowns may therefore stand both for the three kings and for the three villages forming the municipality.

Željko Heimer, 16 December 2006

Ceremonial flag of Jakovlje

Ceremonial flag of Jakovlje - Image by Željko Heimer, 19 May 2012

The ceremonial flag (not prescribed in the aforementioned Decision) is a blue gonfalon ending trangularly with a golden fringe with the coat of arms in the middle bordered yellow, above it inscribed the name of the municipality and below two oak branches.

Željko Heimer, 19 May 2012