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Podvelka (Municipality, Slovenia)

Flag of Podvelka, horizontal and vertical versions - Images by Željko Heimer, 19 September 2002

Presentation of Podvelka
Municipal flag of Podvelka
Coat of arms of Podvelka

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Presentation of Podvelka

The municipality of Podvelka-Ribnica, located in the Drava valley (Carinthia), seceded in 1995 from the municipality of Radlje ob Dravi. In 1998, Podvelka-Ribnica was divided into the two municipalities of Podvelka and Ribnica na Pohorju.

Željko Heimer, 19 September 2002

Municipal flag of Podvelka

The flag and coat of arms of Podvelka are prescribed by Decision Odlok o grbu in zastavi Občine Podvelka, adopted on 21 October 1999 and published in the official regional gazette Medobčinski uradni vestnik, 36/1999.

The flag and arms of Podvelka-Ribnica are prescribed by Decision Odlok o grbu in zastaviObčine Podvelka-Ribnica, published in the official regional gazette Medobčinski uradni vestnik, 1/1997 (text not available).
It is strongly suggested that the 1999 symbols of Podvelka are the same as the symbols adopted for Podvelka-Ribnica in 1997. Especially, Article 16 of the 1999 Decision states that the "symbols of the Municipality of Podvelka-Ribnica are taken over by the Municipality of Podvelka, while the newly formed Municipality of Ribnica na Pohorju shall decide on it own symbols. With the adoption of this Decision, the Decision on the coat of arms and the flag of the Municipality of Podvelka-Ribnica issued in Medobčinski uradni vestnik, 1/1997 is invalidated."

The symbols were designed by Valt Jurečič of Heraldika d.o.o. and Heraldica Slovenica, who kindly provided drawings from which the images shown on this page were made.

The flag is rectangular, in proportions 2:5, vertically divided red-white-red with the middle field being square and containing the tower and trees from the coat of arms.

Stanič & Jakopič [j2s05] give the colour specifications as:
- Dark yellow: Pantone 109
- Light yellow: Pantone 1225
- Green: Pantone 361
- Blue: Pantone 361
- Red: Pantone 185
- Black: Pantone Black

Željko Heimer, 10 January 2009

Coat of arms of Podvelka

Coat of arms of Podvelka - Image by Željko Heimer, 19 September 2002

The coat of arms of Podvelka pictures a chapel tower typical of the region flanked by two fir trees on a green mount with a water below. The icons on the tower are supposed to represent pictures bleached by weather.

Željko Heimer, 19 September 2002