Podturen (Municipality, Međimurje County, Croatia)

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Flag of Podturen - Image by Željko Heimer, 25 August 2014

• Presentation of Podturen
• Flag of Podturen
• Coat of arms of Podturen
• Table flag of Podturen
• Former symbols of Podturen

See also:

• Croatia
• Međimurje County (Croatia)
• Croatia: Local flags

Presentation of Podturen

The municipality of Podturen (4,392 inhabitants in 2001, 1,542 in the village of Podturen) is located some 15 km north-east of Čakovec, near the point where the borders of three states (Croatia, Slovenia, Hungary) meet.

Željko Heimer, 6 June 2005

Flag of Podturen

The symbols of Podturen are prescribed by Decision Odluka o grbu i zastavi Općine Podturen, adopted on 25 April 2007 by the Municipality Assembly and published on 16 May 2007 in the County official gazette Službeni glasnik Međimurske županije, No. 5.
The symbols were officially presented on 5 June 2007, the Municipality's Day.

The flag is in proportions 1:2, yellow with the coat of arms in the middle.

Željko Heimer & Miljenko Hajdarović, 24 March 2008

Coat of arms of Podturen

Coat of arms of Podturen - Image by Željko Heimer, 25 August 2014

The coat of arms is "Argent a mill wheel proper and in the base two barrulets wavy vert".
The wavy lines represent river Mura that forms the northern border of the municipality while the wheel represents the main industry on which the municipality was developed.

Željko Heimer & Miljenko Hajdarović, 7 June 2007

Table flag of Podturen

Table flag of Podturen - Image by Željko Heimer, 25 August 2014

The table flag (photo) is a light yellow vertical flag with the coat of arms and a green inscription of the municipality name above and in an arc below.

Željko Heimer & Marko Vitez, 25 August 2014

Former symbols of Podturen

Former flag and arms of Podturen - Images by Željko Heimer, 6 June 2005

The first modern symbols of Podturen were adopted in 18 December 2004 by the document Zakljucak o odabiru likovnog rješenja zastave i grba Općine Podturen, published in the Municipality review Službene stranice Općine Podturen (text)
The symbols were adopted following a public contest. The winner of the contest is Daniel Hampamer.

The flag is in proportions 1:2, blue with the coat of arms, bordered yellow, in the middle.
The coat of arms is "vert a mill wheel or and in the base wavy azure two barrulets wavy argent".

The design was not approved by the Ministry since a mill wheel is already present on "600 coats of arms of the local selfgoverment units".

Željko Heimer & Miljenko Hajdarović, 7 June 2007