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Page created: 1^st October 2000 Last updated: 5^th December 2009
^The FAME is a site devoted to the systematic and scientific study of flags and coats of arms. Such symbols often bear strong political and other messages. Inclusion of those symbols here does not mean that the author supports or approves of the ideas they may stand for.	This site is harvested for the NSK digital archives.

Map of the Lika and Senj County.

Lika and Senj County - Cities

Ličko-senjska županija - gradovi

Gospić

Gospić, 199x – 1999

Novalja

Otočac

Senj

The regulations on the local flags in Croatia require that a flag of a city or community be of a field of one colour with the coat of arms in the middle or offset towards hoist. Some exceptions from this rule are tolerated for the cities with traditional flag established before these rules were made, while some cities choose to ignore the regulations and use a flag of their liking. It may be that in time the latter exceptions would be replaced.
In 1997 the community of Novalja was given status of a city.

Legal notice: The counties, cities and communities in the Republic of Croatia by their decision on adoption and use of the coats of arms and flags limit the use of these symbols only after obtaining an explicit written permission. However, most of the units of local government and self-government by the same decisions explicitly allow the free use of the symbols in the educational and scientific purposes and in the artistic creation, under condition that such use does not offend the dignity and honour of the local unit. The author of these pages considers that the depiction of the coats of arms and the flags here meets the conditions of free use in that sense.

See also:

Lika and Senj County

Croatia - Counties

Croatia

Croatia - Medieval flags on 14th century flags of Senj

Gospić

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Adopted: 1999
Source: Gospić On-Line http://www.gospic.hr 19.02.2003
(Odluka o grbu i zastavi Grada Gospića, Službeni vjesnik Grada Gospića, 4/94 i Odluka o izmjeni Odluke o grbu i zastavi Grada Gospića, Službeni vjesnik Grada Gospića, 2/99, according to: Službeni vjesnik Grada Gospića 6/02 i 7/05)
Statut Grada Gospića, 14.07.2009, Službeni vjesnik Grada Gosipća, br. 7/2009, 14.07.2009.
Internet portal Grada Gospića, http://www.gospic.hr, 15.03.2004.
Design: Heraldic Art d.o.o. Rijeka

The coat of arms is Gules a wolf rampant argent langued and armed of the first holding a sword erect argent hilted and pommed or. The flag is blue with the coat of arms bordered yellow in the middle. The ceremonial flag is dark blue with the coat of arms in the middle and the name of the city above in two arcs, with golden linden and oak branches below ending triangularly with the fringe.

Gospić, 199x – 1999

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In use: since around 1995 ?
Abandoned: 1999
Source: HRT, 1999.

Until the end of 1990's Gospić was using the coat of arms of modern design, showing a church, the Croatian chequy field and horizon line of mountains around Gospić. The flag as seen hoisted in the city assembly hall is white with blue horizontal edges and the coat of arms in the middle.

Novalja

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Adopted: around 1995 ?
Source: Croatia - Tourist Guide, Leksikografski zavod Miroslav Krleža, Zagreb, 2000.
Statut Grada Novalje, 23.11.2001, Županijski glasnik Ličko-senjske županije, br. 26/2001
Statut Grada Novalje, 14.07.2009, Županijski glasnik Ličko-senjske županije, br. 12/2009, 307.07.2009.
Grad Novalja www.novalja.hr 21.07.2003
Design: Heraldic Art d.o.o. Rijeka

The coat of arms of Novalja is Azure Christ’s' monogram or. The form of the cross with initial P is of a form found from early Christian remains in Novalja. P also stands for PAX (peace). The flag is white with the coat of arms in the middle.
The ceremonial flag is surprisingly not white, but dark blue with the coat of arms in the middle, name of the city above, vine and olive branches below and tails in the fly (the image is reconstruction based on description).

Until 1997. Novalja had status of a community.

Otočac

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Adopted: 25^th October 1995
Source: from Enver Ljubović Grbovi plemstva Gacke i Like, Adamić, Rijeka, 2001. :
- Odluka o grbu i zastavi, Gradsko vijeće Otočca, 25. listopada 1995.
- Odobrenje, Ministarstvo uprave RH, 3. siječnja 1996.
- Milan Kranjčević, Grb i zastava Grada Otočca, Časopis Otočac 2., Narodno sveučilište Otočac i Poglavarstvo Grada Otočca, Otočac, 1996, str. 5.-19.
vertical ceremonial version, author's note of flag shown on HRT, 1998.
Design: Heraldic Art d.o.o. Rijeka

The coat of arms is Argent, a Lion rampant Gules crowned Or and in chief three Crescents of the second fesswise. The coat of arms is set in the middle of a red flag, in ceremonial banner containing also the name of the city above and two branches in golden yellow below. The name of the city is attributed "in Gacka", this being the name of the region. The two branches are of the two most representative trees found in Gacka - oak and fir.
The coat of arms is uses elements on the 1430 family arms of dukes of Frankopan (argent two lions rampant gules crowned Or holding together loafs of bread, Frankopans are much better know elsewhere by their 1330 coat of arms per fess Gules and Or, in chief a Mullet of the last) and crescents from arms of other ancient rulers of Gacka, the Vilić family (or an eagle crowned displayed sable overall on a bar argent three crescents gules, from Korjenić-Neorić armorial 1595.).

Senj

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Adopted: 15^th April 1992
Source: Tourist leaflet, Tourist Board of the City of Senj, undated (around 1996)
Commemorative coin 5 Kuna 1995, 500 years of the printing house in Senj
HRT, 1997
Grad Senj http://www.senj.hr 19.02.2003
Enver Ljubović: Povijesni razvoj grba Grada Senja, Grb i zastava, br. 3, svibanj 2008.
Statut Grada Senja, 23.06.2009, Službeni glasnik Grada Senja, br. 6/2009, 29.06.2009.
Design: Ivan Blažević, academic painter from Novi Vinodolski

The coat of arms pictures the saint patron of the city, St. George killing the dragon. In background there is a silhouette of the Fort Nehaj, made in such way as to associate to the Croatian coat of arms. The coat of arms is encircled in an ornament including floral and naval elements. The flag is a tricolour of colours derived from the coat of arms, according to the Central-European tradition. Such flag was in use in 17th century, according to written reports, but is not preserved today. Both coat of arms and the flag are apparently against the general rules set by the Ministry of Administration regarding the local symbols, but since those were adopted quite early they were allowed to stay.

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