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Page created: 16th September 2000 Last updated: 15th November 2011
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Map of the Koprivnica and Križevci County.

Koprivnica and Krizevci County - Cities

Koprivničko-križevačka županija - gradovi

1. Koprivnica
   • Koprivnica, 1996 – 2010
   • Koprivnica, 1991 – 1996
2. Đurđevac
3. Križevci

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 the 1997 reform the community of Đurđevac was given a city status.

• Koprivnica and Krizevci County
• Croatia - Counties
• Croatia

Koprivnica

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The coat of arms of the City of Koprivnica is the historical coat of arms of the free royal city of Koprivnica. The decision of the civic assembly described the coat of arms: "In semicircular shield of blue field a white tower without gates embattled and with carved columns. Above the tower there is a yellow royal (Anjou) crown, and to the left and right each a double yellow fleur-de-lis also symbolising the Anjou house that granted the free royal city status to Koprivnica." The flag is light blue with the coat of arms bordered yellow in the middle. The ceremonial flag is vertical version of the light blue flag ending in swallowtail. The same swallowtailed design is used for the ceremonial table flags as well.

Koprivnica, 1996 – 2010

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The current design was adopted in 1996, with minor differences: the hatching in the lower part of the crown is mirrored, the flag had no yellow border around the arms prescribed, and the ceremonial flag is shown with the yellow border along the edges of the flag. It appears that the desig formalized in 2010 was in use since 1996 nevertheless.

Koprivnica, 1991 – 1996

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The coat of arms adopted in 1991 is modernization of the old seal: azure a tower gules issuing from an embatteled wall argent between two double fleurs-de-lis orand in the chief a crown gold toped with a cross. In the base an ornament also or. The flag was light blue withthe coat of arms in its centre.
The coat of arms of Koprivnica originates from a seal of 1545, which also includes two severed Turkish heads atop the tower. It has been used in artistic variations until 1948. A new design was made in mid-1960's replacing the lilies with corn ears and the crown with a star. The city used a red flag with the arms painted in it from 1718 (Ernečić, or 1778, Glas Podravine), now much damaged in the Croatian History Museum Zagreb.

Đurđevac

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The coat of arms of Đurđevac is vert a rooster displayed or crested, galloped and armed gules sitting an a hurt and in the chief two mullets also or. The flag is yellow with the coat of arms in the middle.
In the new administrative division of Croatia Đurđevac gained the status of a city only in 1997, when, on the solemn session of the Council in February 1997 the new coat of arms adopted in March previous year, were presented, after the approval from the Ministry was gained. A golden peacock on a cannonball reminds to the legend, according to which the city was saved from Turkish siege by firing peacocks instead of cannonballs. The stars are taken from the Ernust family arms. Sigismund Ernust, ban (vice-roy) of Dalmatia, Croatia and Slavonia since 1494 rebuild the fortress of Đurđevac to its present shape.
The official gazette 4/06 inludes a drawing of the flag where the flag field is shown white with coloured coat of arms, however, it must simply be a printng error, since everywhere else the flag is clearly described as yellow. The 2006 decisions do not change the essence of the coat of arms and the flag.

Until 1997 Đurđevac had status of a community.

Križevci

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The coat of arms of Križevci was granted in 1752, when Empress Maria Theresia united the upper and lower towns - Gornji and Donji Križevac. It is canting, since the name refers to crosses (city is named in Latin Crux, German Kreutz and Magyar Korös). It can be blazoned as Azure, two hands proper clasping each other embowed, dexter armoured Argent and sinister clad Or, holding a triple cross patte of the second between in chief two mullets of the third. The armoured hand stands for the military administration of the upper town, and the other civilian hand is for the mercantile lower town. The coat of arms was used more or less throughout in different artistic rendering, differing mainly in representation of the outer ornaments. The current simple shield is adopted in early 1990's, in the same time as the flag is adopted for the first time.
On 1 October 2002, the City Administration adopted a decision changing the coat of arms and the flag, but the details are unknown. The intention is to make the coat of arms closer to the original 18th century artistic rendition.

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