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Ivanec (Town, Varaždin County, Croatia)

Flag of Ivanec - Image by Željko Heimer, 12 February 2003

Flag of Ivanec
Coat of arms of Ivanec
Table flag of Ivanec

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Flag of Ivanec

The symbols of Ivanec are prescribed by Decision Odluka o grbu i zastavi općine Ivanec (text), adopted on 13 June 1996 by the Town Assembly.
Decision Odluka o izmjenama i dopunama Odluke o grbu i zastavi općine Ivanec (text), adopted on 12 December 1996 by the Town Assembly, changes the description of the coat of arms and the flag, but only in attampt to make it more heraldical, probably after the reception of the approval from the Ministry of Administration or upon their suggestion.
The Town Statutes Statut Grada Ivanca, adopted on 14 November 2001 by the Town Assembly and published in the County official gazette Službeni vjesnik Varaždinske županije, No. 24, include the description of the coat of arms and the flag, which is omitted in the current Statutes Statut Grada Ivanca, adopted by the Town Assembly in 2009.
The Town Protocole Rules (Pravila o protokolu Grada Ivanca, text), June 2008, determine various celebrations and commemorations. They regulate the flying of flags around the town and elsewhere, and especially determine who is responsible for hoisting and lowering of them, and who shall provide for replacement of those when they deteriorate etc.

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

Željko Heimer, 20 December 2009

Coat of arms of Ivanec

Coat of arms of Ivanec - Image by Željko Heimer, 12 February 2003

The coat of arms of Ivanec is "Argent, a Maltese Cross gules, and in chief two mullets azure".
The Maltese Cross is the symbols of the Knights of the Order of St. John, who established in 1369 a fort near the modern town and after whom the town is named ("Ivan" being equal to "John"). The coat of arms is apparently always shown in gray to represent silver, and the shield shape is that of the 11th century, so-called Norman shape, as was presumably used by the Knights.

Željko Heimer, 12 February 2003

Table flag of Ivanec

Table flag of Ivanec - Image by Željko Heimer, 12 August 2000

The vertical table flag, as shown on the website of the Valentino flagmaker, contains the name of the town inscribed in arc below the coat of arms.

Željko Heimer, 12 August 2000