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Trbovlje (Municipality, Slovenia)

Flag of Trbovlje, horizontal and vertical versions - Images by Željko Heimer, 16 June 2017

Presentation of Trbovlje
Municipal flag of Trbovlje
Coat of arms of Trbovlje
Former coat of arms of Trbovlje

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Presentation of Trbovlje

Trbovlje had community status before the 1990s.

Željko Heimer, 30 March 2000

Municipal flag of Trbovlje

The flag and coat of arms of Trbovlje are prescribed by Decision Odlok o grbu in zastavi Občine Trbovlje, adopted on 27 May 1996 and published in the official local gazette Uradni vestnik Zasavja, No. 9. This was repeated, adding a detailed construction sheet for the coat of arms, in Decision Odlok o grbu in zastavi občine Trbovlje (text), adopted on 20 April 2015 and published on 21 April 2015 in Uradni vestnik Zasavja, No. 11.
The descriptions of the symbols is also included in the municipal Statutes Statut občine Trbovlje, adopted on 19 December 2016 and poblished on 20 December 2016 in Uradni vestnik Zasavja, No. 19.

Construction sheet for the flag of Trbovlje - Image by Željko Heimer, 12 September 2005

The flag is prescribed in Article 8 of the 2015 Decision, as follows.

The flag is rectangular in shape, in proportions 1:2. The colours are ordered as follows: blue at the top, green at the bottom divided with a black stripe. The flag is divided along its width in six fields, for that the blue covers 3.5 fields, the black a half of a field and the green the bottom two fields. Along its length the flag is divided into twelve fields. The stylized ore heap from the coat of arms is shown, set over the black stripe in the 9th through 11th field, with its top at the crossing of the 10.5 field along the length and the 2.5 field along the width. The colours used for the flag are:
- Green: RAL 6018;
- Blue RAL 5015;
- Black RAL 9004.

The vertical flag of Trbovlje was seen on TV on 17 May 2002.

Željko Heimer, 16 June 2017

Coat of arms of Trbovlje

Coat of arms of Trbovlje - Image by Željko Heimer, 16 June 2017

The coat of arms is prescribed in Article 4 of the 2015 Decision, as follows.

The coat of arms is in a shield shape,its bottom edge being oval. The coat of arms is shaped symmetrically, divided into the top and bottom parts. In the bottom part is, on a green background representing the green valley, a stylized black miner wagon, representing the mining tradition. In the top part, coloured blue representing the sky above the valley, are two chimneys set symmetrically and a stylized ore heap raising above the wagon. All the symbols are black, as well as the shield edge. The colours used for the coat of arms are:
- Green: RAL 6018;
- Blue RAL 5015;
- Black RAL 9004.

Kobel and Pirchegger (Steirische Ortswappen einschliesslich jener der ehemaligen Untersteiermarck, Graz, 1954) show a different coat of arms for Trbovlje (German, Trifail): "Argent two miner's hammers in saltire over a triple mount vert in base a mine shaft supported by wooden beams." Historically, the municipality of Trbovlje war formed in 1850 and was granted marketplace rights in 1926. It is unclear if the Kobel-Pirchegger's arms was used in any of these periods.

Željko Heimer, 16 June 2017

Former coat of arms of Trbovlje

Former coat of arms of Trbovlje - Image by Željko Heimer, 15 September 2004

Zalokar's book [zal90] shows the former coat of arms of Trebovlje, that was obviously the inspiration for the current one.
The former coat of arms has a somewhat different shield with the chief white and the chimneys red. It also includes a red fist rising from the wagon and atop a red five-pointed star. All of this symbolizes mining, industry and the revolutionary past of Trbovlje.

Željko Heimer, 15 September 2004