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Map of the Šibenik and Knin County.

Sibenik and Knin County

Šibensko-kninska županija

Šibenik and Knin County
- Šibenik and Knin County, 1997 – 1999
- Šibenik County, 1993 – 1997

Sibenik and Knin County - Cities

Sibenik and Knin County - Communities

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.

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Croatia - Counties

Croatia

Šibenik and Knin County

Šibensko-kninska županija

Seat of administration: Šibenik

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Adopted: 9^th July 1999
Source: HRT, 2. 12. 1999.
Author's observation in Šibenik, August 2001.
HRT, 4. 6. 2002.
Odluka o pokretanju postupka za utvrđivanje grba, zastave i dana Županije Šibenske, 27.07.1995, Službeni vjesnik Županije Šibenske, br. 7/95, 10.08.1995.
Zaključak o grbu i zastavi Županije šibenske, 11.12.1996, Službeni vjesnik Županije Šibenske, br. 13/96, 20.12.1996.
Odluka o grbu i zastavi Šibensko-kninske županije, 22.12.1997, Službeni vjesnik Šibensko-kninske županije, br. 17/97, 29.12.1997.
Odluka o izmjeni Odluke o grbu i zastavi Šibensko-kninske županije, 09.07.1999, Službeni vjesnik Šibensko-kninske županije, br. 7/99, 23.07.1999.
Rješenje Ministartsva uprave, kl. UP/I-017-02/99-01/29, urbr. 515-02-01/1-99-2, 18.05.1999, Službeni vjesnik Šibensko-kninske županije, br. 7/99, 23.07.1999.
Statut Šibensko-kninske županije, 28.09.2001, Službeni vjesnik Šibensko-kninske županije, br. 11/01, 16.10.2001.
Design: Heraldic Art d.o.o. Rijeka

The coat of arms is Gules a Crown Or superimposed over a Sword erect Argent hilted and pommed of the second.
The hinterland of Sibenik coastal area, the region around Knin was the core of medieval Croatian kingdom, that is indicated in the coat of arms with the crown of that period. The sword is symbol of determination to defence. The flag is blue with white stripes along top and bottom edge and the golden outlined coat of arms in the middle. The ceremonial flag is dark blue gonfalon with the coat of arms bordered yellow in the middle. Above the coat of arms is inscribed name of the County and below the coat of arms are set three details from the Šibenik-Drniš headgear (black spiralled curves) that reaches within the three flag tails at the bottom. The middle tail is longer and al are fringed at the bottom. The symbolic of colours is described: red for the traditional red headgear of Šibenik and Drniš region, the etnographic symbol that occured in the 19th century during the National Revival movement in Dalmatia, the crown is of the type used by the Croatian national rulers in the time of Krešimir and Zvonimir. The blue stands for the sea and the stripes for the river Krka.
The vertical flag is seen in use on the County Assebly sessions in 2002 as table flag.

Larger part of the County of Šibenik and Knin was until 1997 included in the County of Zadar and Knin, as it was part of District (Kotar) of Knin. The area was liberated in 1995, and in 1997 more natural borders of the counties were made.

Šibenik and Knin County, 1997 – 1999

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Adopted: 22^nd December 1997
Abandoned: 9^th July 1999
Source: Odluka o pokretanju postupka za utvrđivanje grba, zastave i dana Županije Šibenske, 27.07.1995, Službeni vjesnik Županije Šibenske, br. 7/95, 10.08.1995.
Zaključak o grbu i zastavi Županije šibenske, 11.12.1996, Službeni vjesnik Županije Šibenske, br. 13/96, 20.12.1996.
Odluka o grbu i zastavi Šibensko-kninske županije, 22.12.1997, Službeni vjesnik Šibensko-kninske županije, br. 17/97, 29.12.1997.

The coat of arms adopted in 1997 differed from the current on in some artistic details but most notably that the sword was pointing downwards. The flag was described simply as blue, but it seems that the dark blue was used (to be confirmed). The Ministry did not approve this design and was changed in 1999.

Šibenik County, 1993 – 1997

Županija Šibenska

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Adopted: 11^th December 1996
Abandoned: 22^nd December 1997
Source: Odluka o pokretanju postupka za utvrđivanje grba, zastave i dana Županije Šibenske, 27.07.1995, Službeni vjesnik Županije Šibenske, br. 7/95, 10.08.1995.
Zaključak o grbu i zastavi Županije šibenske, 11.12.1996, Službeni vjesnik Županije Šibenske, br. 13/96, 20.12.1996.

The County of Sibenik did not adopt any coat of arms or flag, however it began with the adoption process and determined preffered design that was sent to the Ministry of Administration for approval. In the mean time the reorganization of the state subdivisions changed the name of the County and its territory, so the design was adopted with changed inscriptions in 1997. This flags were probably never produced.

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