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Ozalj (Town, Karlovac County, Croatia)

image by Željko Heimer, 31 July 2013

Presentation of Ozalj
Flag of Ozalj
Coat of arms of Ozalj
Former symbols, 1994-2002
Ceremonial flag of Ozalj
Table flag of Ozalj

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Presentation of Ozalj

The Town of Ozalj (7,932 inhabitants in 2001, 1,164 in the village of Ozalj) is situated about 10 km north-west of Karlovac.
The fort of Ozalj has been known since at least the 12th century; in the Middle Ages, it was a significant fortification owned by important families, such as Babonić, Frankopan and Zrinski. Ozalj was the unofficial capital of Croatia as Ban Petar Zrinski was having his seat there. This is also the peak of Ozalj's history, as Petar Zrinski and Frank Krsto Frankopan tried to get liberty for Croatia from the Vienna absolutism and were soon killed in Wiener Neustadt in 1671. A hydroelectric plant was built in Ozalj in 1908, on the last waterfall on river Kupa. From 1992 until 1997 Ozalj had the status of Municipality.

Željko Heimer, 16 October 2005

Flag of Ozalj

The symbols of Ozalj are prescribed by Decision Odluka o grbu i zastavi Grada Ozlja, adopted on 30 July 2002 by the Town Assembly and published in the Town official gazette Službeni glasnik Grada Ozlja, no. 5.
The Decision was amended by Decision Odluka o izmjenama i dopunama Statuta Grada Ozlja, adopted on 5 October 2005.
The current Town Status Statut Grada Ozlja, adopted on 14 July 2009 and published the same day in Službeni glasnik Grada Ozlja, no. 5, includes the description of the coat of arms and the flag, as introduced in the 2001 Statutes amended in 2005, and thus included in the consolidated text Statut Grada Ozlja (pročišćeni tekst), adopted on 13 February 2006 and published on 16 February 2006 in Službeni glasnik Grada Ozlja, No. 1.

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

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

Željko Heimer & Lidija Žganjer, 24 December 2009

Coat of arms of Ozalj

image by Željko Heimer, 31 July 2013

The coat of arms of Ozalj is "Gules a tower or and in the chief dexter a key argent in pale wards down to dexter and in the chief sinister a sickle also argent in pale blade to sinister".

Željko Heimer, 16 October 2005

Former symbols, 1994-2002

images by Željko Heimer, 10 December 2021

The flag of the town in the period 1994-2002 was yellow with the coat of arms in the middle and a series of squares of the Croatian check next to the hoist.

The adopted coat of arms was blue, in the upper part a silver depiction of the old town of Ozalj, in the lower right oblique a shield of Frankopan (in red two gold steered lava breaks bread all gold) and in the lower left the shield of Zrinski (split, red, two black wings and a tower with silver walls surmounted by two stars).

Tomislav Šipek, 12 December 2021

Ceremonial flag of Ozalj

image by Željko Heimer, 31 July 2013

The ceremonial flag is a yellow gonfalon with the coat of arms in the middle, green inscription of the town name above and green grapevine ornaments with light yellow bunches of grapes in the three rectangular tails.

Željko Heimer & Lidija Žganjer, 24 December 2009

Table flag of Ozalj

image by Željko Heimer, 9 November 2015

The table flag (photo) is a vertical yellow rectangular flag with the coat of arms in the centre and the town name inscribed in red above the arms in a line and below it in an arch.

Željko Heimer & Marko Vitez, 9 November 2015