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Klana (Municipality, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Croatia)

Flag of Klana - Image by Željko Heimer, 1 October 2005

Presentation of Klana
Flag of Klana
Coat of arms of Klana
Rejected symbols of Klana

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Presentation of Klana

Klana is a municipality located some 15 km north of Rijeka, towards the Slovenian border. It has about 2,000 inhabitants, some half of that number in the town of the same name that is the center of the municipality.

Željko Heimer, 23 March 2005

Flag of Klana

The flag of Klana is in proportions 1:2, green with the coat of arms in the middle.
Green symbolizes the woods of the Klana region.

Željko Heimer, 1 October 2005

Coat of arms of Klana

Coat of arms of Klana - Image by Željko Heimer, 1 October 2005

The coat of arms is "Azure an anchor argent".

Željko Heimer, 1 October 2005

Rejected symbols of Klana

Rejected flag and arms of Klana - Images by Željko Heimer, 23 March 2005

Novi list, 23 March 2005, relates the process of adoption of the coat of arms and flag of Klana.
The Municipal assembly adopted at first a historical coat of arms that is preserved in the State Archives as a seal from the 19th century. The seal shows a shield with an anchor, crowned and supported by a lion and a griffin. The design was adopted in 1996 but in 1997 the Ministry of Administration refused to approve it, as elements around the shield are not allowed, and suggested a shield with an anchor only.
However, the inhabitants of Klana are not satisfied with that emblem since they live in highlands, away from the sea, and do not identify themselves with an anchor. In the last session of the Municipality Assembly, a new design was adopted in which the anchor was combined in top with a helberd. The Municipality hoped that the Commission for approval of the symbols of the Central Office for the State Administration would approve that design. They also decided that if the Commission did not approve it [which happened], they should go back to the previous suggestion to adopt a blue shield with a silver anchor only [which they eventually did]. In any case, they agreed for the flag to be green with the coat of arms in the middle.
The Municipality Assembly explained that the town of Klana is known to have had organized night watch (sentry) for centuries. The officers of this service were carrying a kind of helberd locally called rankun.

Željko Heimer & Robert Grubiša, 23 March 2005