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Kršan (Municipality, Istria County, Croatia)

Chersano

Flag of Kršan - Image by Željko Heimer, 23 July 2013

Presentation of Kršan
Flag of Kršan
Coat of arms of Kršan
Table flag of Kršan
Folklore association "Ivan Fonović - Zlatela"

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Presentation of Kršan

The municipality of Kršan (Italian, Chersano; 3,264 inhabitants in 2001, 227 in the village of Kršan) is located in the central eastern part of Istria, 15 km south-east of Pazin.

Željko Heimer, 22 August 2004

Flag of Kršan

The symbols of Kršan are described in the Municipality Statutes Statut Općine Kršan (text), adopted on 20 October 2001 by the Municipality Assembly and published on 22 October 2001 in the Municipality official gazette Službeno glasilo Općine Kršan, No. 5.
This was repeated in the Municipality Statutes Statut Općine Kršan (text), adopted on 29 March 2006 by the Municipality Assembly and published on 30 March 2006 in Službeno glasilo Općine Kršan, No. 2, and in the current Municipality Statutes Statut Općine Kršan (text), adopted on 29 July 2009 by the Municipality Assembly and published on 30 July 2009 in Službeno glasilo Općine Kršan, No. 6.

The symbols were designed by the Heraldic Art d.o.o. company, from Rijeka.

The flag is described in proportions 1:2, light blue, with the coat of arms set at the crossing point of the flag's diagonals, bordered with a thin golden border. The height of the coat of arms is 2/3 of the flag's width.

Željko Heimer, 4 September 2009

Coat of arms of Kršan

Coat of arms of Kršan - Image by Željko Heimer, 23 July 2013

The coat of arms is the historical coat of arms, on a triangular (heart-shaped) shield colored red and outlined in black containing a black outlined silver arrowhead, its point toward the top.
It is the older coat of arms of the Pazinski (de Pisino) family. In the 14th century they renewed the Kršan castellum that had been ruined in the wars between the counts of Görz and the Patriarchs of Aquilea. A branch of the family under the name Kršanski (German, Chersainer) ruled Kršan until the middle 17th century. The coat of arms is pictured in the St. Nicholas church in Pazin and also on a stone carving in the walls of Kršan.

Željko Heimer, 4 September 2009

Table flag of Kršan

Table flag of Kršan - Image by Željko Heimer, 23 July 2013

The table flag, once shown on the website of the Valentino flagmaker, is light blue with the coat of arms between a grapevine and an olive branch and the name of the municipality above.

Željko Heimer, 22 August 2004

Folklore association "Ivan Fonović - Zlatela"

Flag of the folklore association - Image by Željko Heimer, 25 December 2013

The flag of the folklore association (image) appears to be displayed on most community events in which the society takes part. The flag is made in the gonfalon style of ceremonial municipal flags, with the municipal coat of arms replaced with the society's emblem and the inscriptions in accordance. The emblem includes the municipal arms set infront of double pipes (diple or dvojnice), a characteristic instrument of the Istrian folk music. The inscription above reads in three arches "Kulturno umjetničko društvo" / "Ivan Fonović - Zlatela" / "Kršan", and, below, in old Croatian Glagolitic script in two arches, "Zlatela" / "Kršan".

Željko Heimer & Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 25 December 2013