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Grad (Municipality, Slovenia)

Flag of Grad
Coat of arms of Grad
- Previous version of the coat of arms

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Flag of Grad

Stanič & Jakopič [j2s05] write that Grad has not adopted any symbols yet. The municipal administration of Grad has confirmed that there is no flag nor coat of arms currently in use in Grad.

Željko Heimer, 24 September 2006

Coat of arms of Grad

Coat of arms of Grad - Image by Željko Heimer, 5 November 2012

A new artistic rendition (image) of the previous coat of arms is used on the tourist leaflets (photo) issued in March 2011, and in the local bulletin, starting April 2012.

In comparison with the previous design, the top crown is made golden and rather into the style of a Count's coronet in the tradition of the Holy Roman Empire (a nine-pearled crown). The elements in the shield itself are more correctly shown, the bird is in a somewhat different stature and the previously unidentifiable element under it is now clearly shown as a crown.
The new drawing includes now four different designs of the crown, among the six crowns depicted - namely, one topping the achievement, the other topping the inescutcheon, the third in the base of the Hungarian Modern cross (twice), and the fourth design in the base of the quarter azure (twice).

Željko Heimer, 5 November 2012

Previous coat of arms of Grad

Previous coat of arms of Grad - Image by Pascal Gross, 19 October 2003

According to the monography Grad na Goriškem, the historical coat of arms of Grad is the coat of arms of the Szechy family, carved above the entrance to the old town.

Željko Heimer, 24 September 2006