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Žumberak (Municipality, Zagreb County, Croatia)

Flag of Žumberak, horizontal and vertical versions - Images by Željko Heimer, 12 September 2009

Presentation of Žumberak
Flag of Žumberak
Coat of arms of Žumberak
- Former coats of arms of Žumberak

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Presentation of Žumberak

The municipality of Žumberak (1,185 inhabitants in 2001, 8 in the village of Žumberak) is located west of Zagreb and south of Samobor, towards the Slovenian border in the relatively low mountains of the same name.
The administrative organization in the area is somewhat dim, since there where several changes in the mid 1990s, combining and recombining the territories of the neighbouring municipalities of Krašić and Sošice. Žumberak is one of those few municipalities in Croatia that have their administrative seat in a settlement of a different name than the municipality iself, here the village is Kostanjevac (102 inh.).

In Žumberak is the only compact area in Croatia where there are relatively numerous members of the Greek-Catholic Church. The Catholic community preserving the Eastern Orthodox rite, but recognizing the authority of the Pope, organized in its own diocese in Croatia, with the seat of the Bishopric set traditionally in Križevci, though there are almost none of his followers in that area. Beside the population of Žumberak, there are occasional smaller groups in Slavonia, that are mostly Ukrainians and Ruthenians settled relatively late.

Željko Heimer, 9 June 2004

Flag of Žumberak

The symbols of Žumberak are mentioned (not described) in the Municipality Statutes Statut Općine Žumberak, adopted on 1 March 2006 by the Municipality Assembly and published on 10 March 2006 in the Zagreb County official gazette Glasnik Zagrebačka županije, No. 5.

The flag is blue with the coat of arms, bordered yellow, in the middle. A vertical version of the flag is also used.

Željko Heimer, 12 September 2009

Coat of arms of Žumberak

Coat of arms of Žumberak - Image by Željko Heimer, 9 June 2004

The coat of arms of Žumberak is: "Vert seme of mullets argent".
The symbolic of the coat must be the scattered villages (silver mullets) in the green nature - the region is rich with well-preserved natural forests (part of it is also a nature reservation). The Municipality Statutes claim that "the coat of arms of the municipality of Žumberak is the historical coat of arms of the municipality of Žumberak". I am not aware of the existence of such an item and I am not even sure that there was ever a muniicpality of Žumberak before 1997.

Željko Heimer, 31 July 2006

Former coast of arms of Žumberak

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

The coat of arms used by Žumberak before the current design (image) is quartered by a cross or, chequy gules and argent and vert semee of mullets argent.

The first symbols of Žumberak were prescribed by Decision Odluka o grbu i zastavi Općine Žumberak, adopted on 19 December 1996 by the Municipality Assembly and published on 21 April 1997 in the official gazette of the town of Jastrebarsko Službeni vjesnik Grada Jastrebarsko, No. 2 (text).

The flag is described in Article 7 as "green, in proportions 1:2, bordered golden-yellow, and with the coat of arms in the centre."
The coat of arms is described in Article 4 as follows:

In shield shape outlined with a golden line. On the right side a cross depicted golden in wattle shape, and around it 32 six-pointed golden starts. On the left side of the coat of arms chequy fields. The background of the shield is blue.

Željko Heimer, 31 January 2015