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Flag of Tomislavgrad - Image by Željko Heimer, 10 May 2004
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Tomislavgrad was originally called Duvno. In the 1920s, Duvno was renamed Tomislavgradd uring the celebrations of the millenium of the Croatian Kingdom and of the crowning in 925 of the first Croatian King, Tomislav, crowned in the fields surrounding the town. It was told that the town was actually named in honour of the son of the King of Yugoslavia, Prince Tomislav, who had in turn been named after the old Croatian King for the same occasion.
After the Second World War, the town was renamed back Duvno, until the 1990s, when the name of Tomislavgrad was reinstated.
The symbols of Tomislavgrad (municipal website) are prescribed by Decision Odluka o grbu i zastavi općine Tomislavgrad, adopted on 12 June 1997 by the Muncipal Assembly and published in the Municipal official gazette Službeni glasnik općine Tomislavgrad, No. 4.
The flag is in proportions 1:2, bicolour of white over red with the coat of arms in the middle.
Željko Heimer & Marko Puljić, 10 May 2004
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Coat of arms of Tomislavgrad - Image by Željko Heimer, 10 May 2004
The coat of arms is "Per fess, chief gules a crown or, base argent a church gules". The shield is bordered or.
The crown representing King Tomislav appears on two Croatian County flags (Šibenik-Knin County and Split-Dalmatia County), there referred as the crown of King Zvonimir. The church is the Duvno basilica.
Željko Heimer & Marko Puljić, 10 May 2004
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Table flag of Tomislavgrad - Image by Željko Heimer, 10 May 2004
A table flag, maybe used as a ceremonial flag, too, is reported with the arms surrounded by a wreath of maize and topped by the name of the town.
Željko Heimer & Marko Puljić, 10 May 2004