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Hoče - Slivnica (Municipality, Slovenia)

Municipal flag of Hoče - Slivnica, horizontal and vertical versions - Images by Željko Heimer, 6 August 2002

Presentation of Hoče - Slivnica
Municipal flag of Hoče - Slivnica
Coat of arms of Hoče - Slivnica

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Presentation of Hoče - Slivnica

The municipality of Hoče - Slivnica was formed in 1998, by secession from Maribor.

Željko Heimer, 6 August 2002

Municipal flag of Hoče - Slivnica

The flag and arms of Hoče - Slivnica are prescribed by Decision Odlok o grbu in zastavi Občine Hoče - Slivnica, adopted on 26 July 2000, and published in the official local gazette Medobčinski uradni vestnik Gorenjske in Stajerske regije, 12/2000. Regulation Pravilnik o uporabi zastav v občini Hoče-Slivnica (text), adopted on 2 March 2009 and published on 23 March 2009 in the official local gazette Medobčinski uradni vestnik Gorenjske in Stajerske regije, describes the use of the flag, prescribing the dates, locations and which flags shall be officially hoisted in the municipality; the European Union, Slovenian and municipal flag, as well as flags of other organizations, may be used.

The symbols were designed by Valt Jurečič of Heraldika d.o.o. and Heraldica Slovenica, who kindly provided drawings from which the images shown on this page were made.

The flag is rectangular, in proportions 2:5, yellow with a green square field in the middle, charged with the semi-wheel and branch from the coat of arms.

Željko Heimer, 25 June 2010

Coat of arms of Hoče - Slivnica

Coat of arms of Hoče - Slivnica - Image by Željko Heimer, 6 August 2002

The coat of arms can be blazoned as "Argent in base of a mount vert a wheel issuant from which is rising a branch leaved all or".
The elements of the coat of arms represent the Pohorje mountains (green hill), the importance of the region as a road-crossing (railroad wheel) and the nature and tradition (chestnut tree).

Željko Heimer, 6 August 2002