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Velika Gorica (Zagreb, Croatia)

Grad Velika Gorica

Last modified: 2012-12-29 by ivan sache
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image by Željko Heimer, 13 May 2007



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Overview

I located a site (in Croatian) with image and information about the flag of Velike Gorica: the site is <public.srce.hr/~markruz/zastava.html>.
Pascal Vagnat 24 December 1998

This city located near Zagreb's Pleso International Airport, south of the Croatian capital.
Muhamed Mesic 24 December 1998

Velika Gorica gained the status of a city in the new territorial division of the Republic of Croatia in 1995. The coat of arms and the flag of Velika Gorica are adopted on 22 July 1997: Sabre, oxen rampant Argent holding in forelegs a house of the second roofed Gules. In chief, sinister a crescent of the second, dexter three mullets Or one above two.
The extinct kind of oxen Tur (Bos primigenius) gave name to Turopolje - a wide plain which the city covers today. The building in its forelegs is the town hall of Turopolje (today a museum), of the medieval Noble community of Turopolje. The crescent and stars are taken from the coat of arms of the Community. The red colour of the flag is chosen as the traditional colour of the Turopolje noblemen.
Željko Heimer

Statut Grada Velike Gorice, 14.11.2006, Službeni glasnik Grada Velike Gorice, br. 17/2006, 15.11.2006. available at <www.gorica.hr>, include vectorial image of the coat of arms that I used for the image.
At <www.gorica.hr>, there is description of the coat of arms and flag in Croatian.
The date of adoption provided there is 22 July 1997, but according to my notes, this is the date when a previous design was adopted , and this was changed to the current design some months afterwards.
Željko Heimer, 13 May 2007

The "conclusion": Zakljucak o davanju odobrenja o uporabi grba Grada Velike Gorice Vatrogasnoj zajednici Grada Velike Gorice, 26. srpnja 2007, Službeni glasnik Grada Velike Gorice, br. 14/2007, 28. rujna 2007 at <www.gorica.hr>, grants the right of use the coat of arms to a local fire-fighters association.
The 2006 statutes that we refer above is available at <www.gorica.hr>.
Željko Heimer, 29 March 2008

Coat of Arms and flag designed by Heraldic Art d.o.o from Rijeka and approved by the Ministry of Administration/Central State Office for Administration before 2006.
Željko Heimer, 23 May 2008


1997 Flag


image by Željko Heimer 31 December 1998

The coat of arms and the flag of the same elements as current, were adopted on 22 July 1997, and were in unofficial use for almost a year.
Željko Heimer


Coat of Arms


image by Željko Heimer, 13 May 2007

Previous Coat of Arms


image by Željko Heimer