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Flag of Oroslavje - Image by Željko Heimer, 17 November 2002
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Oroslavje is a picturesque town located some 10 kilometers north of Zagreb.
Željko Heimer, 17 November 2002
The symbols of Oroslavje are prescribed by Decision Odluka o grbu i zastavi grada Oroslavje, adopted on 2 December 1998 by the Town Assembly and published on 30 December 1998 in the County official gazette Službeni glasnik Krapinsko-zagorske županije, No. 12.
The symbols of Oroslavje are described in the Town Statutes Statut Grada Oroslavja, adopted on 10 October 2001 by the Town Assembly and published on 25 October 2001 in Službeni glasnik Krapinsko-zagorske županije, No. 13. This is repeated in the current Statutes, Statut Grada Oroslavja, adopted on 13 July 2009 by the Municipality Assembly and published on 22 July 2009 in Službeni glasnik Krapinsko-zagorske županije, No. 15 (text).
The flag is prescribed as "... rectangular in proportions 1:2. The flag is coloured blue with the coat of arms, bordered yellow, in the middle".
Željko Heimer & Sebastijan Fuštin, 10 September 2011
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Coat of arms of Oroslavje - Image by Željko Heimer, 17 November 2002
The coat of arms is prescribed as "in blue a goden-yellow upright displayed eagle". The arms are canting, orao meaning "an eagle" in Croatian.
Željko Heimer & Sebastijan Fuštin, 10 September 2011
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Ceremonial flag of Oroslavje - Image by Željko Heimer, 12 June 2004
The ceremonial flag and coat of arms are prescribed by Decision Odluka o izgledu svečanog grba i zastava grada Oroslavje, adopted on 5 May 1999 by the Town Assembly and published on 28 June 1999 in Službeni glasnik Krapinsko-zagorske županije, No. 9.
The ceremonial flag is a blue vertical hanging banner with the ceremonial coat of arms in the middle and below an image of the entrance of the Perivoj town park.
The ceremonial coat of arms is as the regular one, bordered golden and with three golden seven-pointed stars on each side of it and a ribbon with the name "Oroslavje" above the shield.
Željko Heimer & Sebastijan Fuštin, 10 September 2011
The former symbols of Oroslavje are prescribed by Decision Odluka o grbu i zastavi Grada Oroslavje, adopted on 27 March 1997 by the Town Assembly and published on 14 April 1997 in Službeni glasnik Županije Krapinsko-zagorske, No. 2.
The flag is prescribed as "coloured blue, rectangular in shape, in proportions 1:2. In the middle of the field is the coat of arms of the Town of Oroslavje. The main charge of the coat of arms is turned towards the flag hoist".
The coat of arms is prescribed as follows.
... in a shield shape, curved in the base. The shield is edged in golden yellow. Inside the shield, on a blue background, there is an eagle. The eagle is one of the symbols, that is, the characteristics of Oroslavje. The eagle sculpture was once in Gornje Oroslavje, and is today on the central square of the town. It is assumed that Oroslavje was named after an engle. The eagle is coloured golden yellow, its wings spread, the head turned to the right. The eagle stands on architecture (gate at the entrance of the Prpić family park). The architecture is silver and white and stands on the base colured green (grass, park).
Željko Heimer, 10 September 2011