Brinje (Municipality, Lika-Senj County, Croatia)

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Flag of Brinje - Image by Željko Heimer, 8 October 2005

• Presentation of Brinje
• Flag of Brinje
• Coat of arms of Brinje

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• Croatia
• Lika-Senj County (Croatia)
• Croatia: Local flags

Presentation of Brinje

Brinje, located some 60 km north of Gospić, was an important medieval fortified town held by the Frankopan family. Today Brinje is a municipality with some 6,000 inhabitants, 2,000 of which are in the place of the same name, the center of the municipality.

Željko Heimer, 7 September 2003

Flag of Brinje

The symbols of Brinje are mentioned (but not described) in Article 4 of the current Municipality Statutes Statut Općine Brinje, adopted on 21 July 2009 by the Municipality Assembly and published on 3 August 2009 in the County official gazette Županijski glasnik Ličko-senjske županije, No. 13.

The flag is in proportions 1:2, light blue with the coat of arms, bordered yellow, in the middle.

Željko Heimer, 5 December 2009

Coat of arms of Brinje

Coat of arms of Brinje - Image by Željko Heimer, 8 October 2005

The coat of arms is "Azure an hawk displayed proper holding a tower argent roofed gules".
The tower is a representation of the 14th century three-storey Gothic St. Mary chapel, part of the Sokolac Castle around which Brinje was formed. The arms are canting, sokol meaning "hawk" in Croatian.

Željko Heimer, 7 September 2003