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Page created: 14th August 2000 Last updated: 15th November 2011
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 Sisak and Moslavina County.

Sisak and Moslavina County - Cities

Sisačko-moslavačka županija - gradovi

1. Sisak
2. Glina
   • Gornji Klasnić, 1993 – 2006
3. Hrvatska Kostajnica
   • Utolica, 1993 – 2006
4. Kutina
   • Kutina, ca. 199x
5. Novska
   • Novska, 199x
6. Petrinja
   • Petrinja, 199x
   • Jabukovac, 1993 – 2006

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 1993, with the new administrative division (re)introducing the county system the kotars were introduced as intermediate level of local self-governing in areas with dense Serb population, as a means to granting them wider self-government. However, due to the aggression and occupation the kotars never lived up, and were dismembered in 1997 reform. In the Sisiak and Moslavina County there was Kotar Glina established, with seat in the same named town, consisting of communities of: Divuša, Donji Kukuruzari, Dvor, Gornji Klasnić, Glina, Gvozdansko, Hrvatska Dubica, Hrvatska Kostajnica, Lasinja, Mečenčani, Topusko, Utolica, Vojnić and Vrginmost. In the 1997 reform some of those are lost, some are included in neighbouring counties and some are promoted to city status. In any case, the Kotar and its communities never functioned, and certainly did not have the symbols.
Except those, in 1997 the communities of Ivanić Grad, Kloštar Ivanić and Križ are excluded from the County and added to Zagreb County (Ivanić Grad was promoted to city status even earlier), while the communities of Vojnić and Lasinja was added to Karlovac County. In 2006 communities of Gornji Klasnić, Jabukovac and Utolica were included into the neighbouring cities.

• Sisak and Moslavina County
• Croatia - Counties
• Croatia

Sisak

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The coat of arms is a modernisation of the old arms of Sisak, granted in XIXth century (1838, 1874 or 1896 according to different sources): azure, on an island vert surrounded with rivers a city massoned argent with three circular towers embatteled and with loopholes and on the rivres a ship (Laszowski, 1934), odnosno: shield-shaped depicting a three-towered fortress, trhee rivers and a ship. Above the shield a crown of five towers (Statut, 2001). The flag is quartered by a white cross in blue and green, with the coat of arms in the middle. It is not known if the design is approved by the Ministry of Administration.

Glina

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The coat of arms of Glina depicts the plan of the city with confluence of the river Maja into Glina and with her streets crossing at right angles forming a shape similar to the Croatian coat of arms. The flag is blue with the coat of arms in the centre of it, arranged for the horizontal or vertical hoisting.

Until 1997 Glina had status of a community.

Hrvatska Kostajnica

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The coat of arms shows a three towered fortification with a wall in base forming a golden yard in which is standing a lamb carrying a flag. Images based on imprecise data!
The coat of arms is modernization of the coat of arms granted to the city in 1893. The flag is light blue with the coat of arms in the middle. While the prescription states that the coat of arms should be 40×30 cm in a 90×180 cm flag, the actual flags in use display a larger coat of arms.

Until 1997 Hrvatska Kostajnica had status of a community.

Kutina

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The coat of arms is blue with a golden bordered 4x4 red and white chequy plate rotated 45 degrees surmounted by a silver magpie. In the crest there is white scarf with golden fringe and two oak leaves. The flag used occasionally is white with the coat of arms in the middle, although the tricolour flag below is also used. The table flag contains the name of the city inscribed under the downward offset coat of arms.
Kutina bears the arms of their medieval lords Csupor de Monoszlo (Čupor Moslavački), whose most prominent member was Demetrius II Csupor de Monoszlo, installed in 1446 for the bishop in Knin. The coat of arms of Csupor family is known already in 14th century. Until the end of 15th century the family died out and their estates were eventually inherited by Erdödy family that since then held also their second attribute de Monoszlo. The magpie is said to symbolize labour towards richness.

Kutina, ca. 199x

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The previous flag do not conform to the national regulations regarding the municipal symbols; however it seems that was used still at least in 2002 and probably even longer. It has red stripe in upper edge and blue in the lower, each covering one sixth of the length, and the coat of arms set in the middle of the central white stripe. The flag is described to have a triangular indentation at the fly end and should be edged with yellow around the outer edges and should have yellow fringe along the fly end. This was probably used only for indoors flags.
The coat of arms was also used in variant with a purple field.

Novska

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The coat of arms is gules a cross double parted argent. The flag is blue with the coat of arms bordered yellow in the middle.

Novska, 199x

Flag unknown.

Novska was using a different coat of arms during 1990's, tierced per fess chief per pale, 1. chequy gules and argent, 2. azure three oak leaves and two acorns proper and 3. tierced in teine, azure and maroon fimbriated argent overall a stork proper. This complicated coat of arms was probably rejected by the ministry of Administration and the simple heraldic design was adopted in late 1990's.

Petrinja

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The coat of arms of Petrinja is per fess gules and argent ovarall a castle embattled of the second issuant masoned and with a gates sable, portcullis or and two towers roofed of the first and an hawk sable displayed crowned also or holding the pinnacles of the towers. Petrinja uses a coat of arms in a seal as a military community since 17th century, showing an Imperial eagle with sword and sceptre above a castle issuing from the base. In 19th and 20th century this is shown as azure a castle argent issuant with two towers roofed gules and in the chief an eagle sable holding a sword and a sceptre. Ströhl mentions that the shield is topped with a royal crown with purple lining. When Petrinja gained the city status in 1872, the 1896 Statutes determined its arms as described above - replacing the imeprial eagle with a hawk, crowning it, but removing the sword and the sceptre. This signifies transfer from the military administration into the Civil Croatia. In 1990's a similar coat of arms with red background was used (also on a blue flag), but was not formally adopted. Variations of the red-white shield are used since late 1990's, still without official adoption and at least since 2003 a white flag with two rows of red and white cheques along both the top and bottom edge with that coat of arms is reported. The official adoption process is not finished yet.

Petrinja, 199x

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