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Črnomelj (Municipality, Slovenia)

image by Tomislav Šipek, 7 May 2022

Description of the flag
Previous flag
Coat of arms

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Description of the flag

The Municipality of Črnomelj adopted new symbols on 20.05.2021
https://www.uradni-list.si/glasilo-uradni-list-rs/vsebina/2021-01-1752/odlok-o-grbu-in-zastavi-obcine-crnomelj/

Instead of a horizontal triband, the new flag is horizontally divided white over green and the shield has straight sides.

Graphics https://www.uradni-list.si/files/RS_-2021-081-01752-OB~P001-0000.PDF

Municipal website https://www.crnomelj.si/sl/o-obcini/obcinski-simboli/
Valentin Poposki, 7 May 2022

The municipality of Črnomelj (14,580 inhabitants in 2020, 5,496 in the town of Črnomelj; 33,970 ha), located 100 km south-east of Ljubljana, forms the south-eastern corner of Slovenia, on the border with Croatia.

Črnomelj was first mentioned in 1228, when the Bela Krajina parish was established. Protected by a castle, the settlement quickly developed into a commercial and administrative center of the country. Already before 1251, Črnomelj gained market rights. Črnomelj was fortified in the 14th century, and the town, nestled between the banks of rivers, the castle and the crusaders' commandery, lived slowly in the rhythm of the annual harvest, sowing and harvesting and seven annual fairs. In 1408, Črnomelj was first mentioned as a town, and in the same year the Turks besieged it but they would never seized it. However, Črnomelj was conquered by Protestants, whose preachers successfully spread the new religion in the second half of the 16th century and established a Protestant school.
Sleepy during the 17th and 18th centuries, Črnomelj re-emerged in the 19th century as a regional center with associated court and administration offices. Connected with the rest of Slovenia by railway in 1914, Črnomelj was abruptly modernized. At the outbreak of the Second World War, it was occupied by the Italians and held until capitulation. At that time, Črnomelj became the center of the liberated territory, in which the foundations of the Slovenian state were laid. The first session of the Slovenian National Liberation Council (SNOS) took place in Črnomelj on 19 and 20 February 1944, and a day later the Slovenian National Theater (SNG) performed its first play. In the post-war period, Črnomelj developed into the cultural, economic and administrative center of White Carniola.
https://www.crnomelj.si/
Municipal website

The flag and arms of Črnomelj is prescribed by Decision Odlok o grbu in zastavi Občine Črnomelj, issued on 20 May 2021 by the Municipal Council and published on 21 May 2021 in the Slovene official gazette, No. 81, p. 4,784.

Article 5.
The coat of arms has the shape of a shield, charged in the center with a round castle tower with a doorway, three wide windows on the first floor and four zines at the top. The motif of the tower is based on the oldest depiction of the town's seal, dated 1587. The colors of the coat of arms are based on the first color depiction of the coat of arms from the end of the 17th century.
The design is based on historical sources and heraldic rules.
The proportions of the coat of arms are based on a historical sources, 1:1.5 or 2:3.

Article 6.
The colors of the coat of arms are red and black, red for the shield's border and the tower, black for the rest of the shield.
The colors used for the coat of arms are:
- red (border and tower): CMYK 0-91-76-0; RGB 231-49-55
- black (shield): CMYK 0-0-0-100; RGB 0-0-0

Article 7.
The coat of arms of the municipality of Črnomelj is the coat of arms of the town of Črnomelj.

Article 10.
The flag consists of two colored areas, white and green, representing a green landscape and a white sky. The coat of arms is half immersed in the green landscape, while the white sky rises above it. The height of the coat of arms is 2/3 of the flag's width; it is placed in the center.

Article 11.
The flag can be hoisted either horizontally or vertically; in both cases it consists of two colored areas. In the horizontal version, the upper field is white and the lower one green. In the vertical version, the left field is white and the right one green.
The proportions of the flag are 2:1 in horizontal layout and 1:2 or 1:3 in vertical layout.
The colors used for the flag are:
- red: CMYK 0-91-76-0; RGB 231-49-55
- black: CMYK 0-0-0-100; RGB 0-0-0
- white: CMYK 0-0-0-0; RGB 255-255-255
- green: CMYK 80-0-70-40; RGB 0-119-81
The flag can also be used in the form of a table flag.

The Graphic Appendix shows three versions of the vertical flag:
- 1:2, coat of arms centered;
- 1:3, coat of arms centered;
- 1:3, coat of arms shifted to the flag's top.

https://www.uradni-list.si/glasilo-uradni-list-rs/vsebina/2021-01-1752/odlok-o-grbu-in-zastavi-obcine-crnomelj/

Photo
https://moja-dolenjska.si/obcina-crnomelj-danes-praznuje/

The previous symbols of Črnomelj were prescribed by Decision Odlok o simbolih Občine Črnomelj, issued on 25 March 1992 by the Municipal Council and published on 10 April 1996 in the Slovene official gazette, No. 18, p. 1,432.

Article 2.
The coat of arms of the municipality of Črnomelj is the coat of arms of the town of Črnomelj.
The coat of arms has the shape of a black shield bordered by a red line. In the center of the shield is a castle tower with a doorway, three wide windows on the first floor and four zines at the top. The tower is red. The basis for the tower figure is the tower from the seal of the town of Črnomelj from 1587.

Article 3.
The flag of the municipality of Črnomelj is green-white-green, with the coat of arms of the municipality of Črnomelj in the center. The green color is light green. The colors of the flag are arranged horizontally from top to bottom in the following order: green, white, green. Each color occupies one third of the width of the flag. The ratio between the width and the length of the flag is one to two.
The center of the coat of arms on the flag is at the intersection of the diagonals of the flag. The upper and lower parts of the coat of arms extend to half of the two green fields of the flag.
https://www.uradni-list.si/glasilo-uradni-list-rs/vsebina?urlurid=1992874

Photos
https://radiokrka.si/clanek/novice/zakljucena-2-redna-seja-obcinskega-sveta-obcine-crnomelj-679427
https://www.osmjc.si/diploma-obcine-crnomelj/
https://radiokrka.si/clanek/novice/foto-v-crnomlju-podelili-najvisja-priznanja-759591

Ivan Sache, 18 May 2022

Vertical versions of the flag

images by Tomislav Šipek, 7 May 2022

Previous flag

image by Željko Heimer, 5 January 2006

Črnomelj may have already adopted a flag and coat of arms before the 1990s, but there is no definitive information on those.
The flag and arms are prescribed by Decision Odlok o simbolih občine Črnomelj, adopted on 25 March 1992, and published on 10 April 1992 in the official Slovene gazette Uradni list Republike Slovenije, 18/1992, with effect on 18 April 1992.
Decision Odlok o simbolih občine Črnomelj, adopted on 30 April 1996, and published on 13 December 1996 in the official Slovene gazette Uradni list Republike Slovenije, 71/1996 with effect on 21 December 1996, superseded the previous Decision, but did not change anything but some minor procedural things regarding rights of use and penalties for misuse.
The Decision was amended by Odlok o spremembah in dopolnitvah Odloka o simbolih občine Črnomelj ((text), adopted on 11 June 2009 and published on 23 June 2009 in the official Slovene gazette Uradni list Republike Slovenije, 47/2009,

The flag is rectangular, in proportions 1:2, horizontally divided green-white-green, with the municipal coat of arms in the middle. The size of the coat of arms is 2/3 of the flag height. The green is defined as light green. There is no mention of the vertical flag, but it seems that it is used, with the coat of arms rotated upright.
The images of the flag and coat of arms were made after Stanič & Jakopič [j2s05].

Željko Heimer, 5 January 2006

Coat of arms of Črnomelj

Municipal coat of arms of Črnomelj - Image by Željko Heimer, 5 January 2006

The municipal coat of arms of Črnomelj is the coat of arms of the town of Črnomelj - black outlined in red, with a red tower with doors opening, three windows in first floor and four crenels at the top. The base for this representation is a civic seal from 1587. In all the representations I have seen the shield was shaped in the form adapted for car license plates, but it is possible that the official shape is somewhat different.

Željko Heimer, 28 September 1999