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Koprivnica-Krizevci (Croatia)

Koprivnicko-krizevacka zupanija

by Zeljko Heimer

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Croatia
collection of Croatian local flags at the FAME.

The flag is quatered red and blue, with the arms of the county in the middle. The arms are per chevron azure and barry gules and argent [this was latter changed to argent only], tripple cross and double fleur de lys or and cock azure stantant winged or on the triple island vert, all within bordure or (or that is the best blazoning I can do). In ordinary words the shield is blue with a golden triple cross and double fleur de lys in each corner, with a triangular spike from bottom with three red and three white stripes, in which there is a cock standing on the green triple island. The cock is blue with wings with some yellow. The shield is bordered in yellow.

The flag is the same when hoisted vertically (i.e. that would make it *S*/*** ->M vN in my notation).

I belive that both flag and the arms are new (1995 or 96), but they are, surely, based on the older arms of Koprivnica and Krizevac, both important towns in late 18th century. The arms of Krizevac (whic I have seen now in use, but I haven't seen the flag) is (light) blue, with two hands, one in armour, holding a tripple cross, and with the moutning star and crescent in each corner. I don't know the history of this cross, but the connection of the cross with Krizevac is quite obvious if you consider cro. Kriz = eng. Cross. I belive that the flag have this arms on the blue field, but I haven't seen it.

Koprivnica has the blue arms with a castle wit three towers on a kind of a bridgelike structure (I haven't get a closer look, and I have no references by hand) surrounded with two golden double fleurs de lys. The flag (which I saw) is blue with this arms.
Zeljko Heimer 18-AUG-1996