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by Željko Heimer, 9 January 2005
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Josipdol is a community in he Karlovac County, population
6,500 (about 1,100 in the town of the same name itself), some 40
km southwest of Karlovac, south of
the city of Ogulin. The ancient city
of Modruš, nowdays in ruins is ocated in the community.
Modruš provided the name of the 1886-1918 westernmost
Croatian county of Mudruš-Rijeka. The medieval rulers of
Modruš were the Frankopan famly, one of the most important
of Croatian feudal families - princes of Krk and Modruš.
The Coat of Arms and the flags were adopted in
2003, without dobt designed by the Heraldik-art d.o.o. The coat
of arms of Josipdol is argent a heraldic helmet proper with a
mantle gules and or and for the crest a wing per fess gules and
or a mullet of the last in the first.
This is the helmet and the crest of the Frankopan family, whise
coat of arms is: per fess gules and or in the first a mullet of
the second. Such helmet and crest are usually set above the
shield, that would contain the main heraldic emblems, and the use
of helmet as a charge in the shield itself is very unusual.
The flag is red with the coat of arms in the middle.
The Ceremonial Flag is red gonflaon with the
coat of arms in the middle, the