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by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 22 Mar 2002, after image by Peter Exner;
flag adopted 3 Apr 1996
Benátky nad Jizerou town, District Mladá Boleslav: much better image
of Benátky flag you can see on www.benatky.cz
. Golden grapevine on flag and in Arms - this is Arms of Lord of Dražice
(z Dražic). Two members of this Noble Family were Archbishops of Prague,
while Arnošt z Pardubic, member of above mentioned Family of Stará and
Pardubice was in 14. Cent.
the very first Archbishop of Prague. There is another escutcheon in
the Town Arms - Black with golden basilisk. This figure, rarely used in
our heraldry, is Emblem of Lord (later Baron) Vražda of Kunvald.
Aleš Křížan, 21 May 2002
image from this
webpage, located by Jarig Bakker, 25 Mar 2002