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by Zeljko Heimer, 16 June 2004
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Zabok was given in 1335 to a noble family who took a name
after it - Zaboky. Their coat of arms, gules, a griffin and lion
or holding a crown together, was taken by the moder city of Zabok
for its arms. That coat of arms is also found on the light blue
flag of the city. Until 1997 Zabok had the status of a community.
Zeljko Heimer
The coat of arms and the flag are described in the Statutes
avaiblable on-line at <www.zabok.hr>: Statut Grada
Zaboka, 30.11.2001, Službeni glasnik Krapinsko-zagorske
županije 12/94, 17/95, 4/97, 7/99, 16/99, 4/01, 5/01 i ?/01
In earlier years the Coat of Arms was used with golden beasts,
but the Statutes (article 5) clearly describes them as silver
(though probably it have been changed so at some point). The
original colours of the Coat of Arms of Zaboky de Zabok family,
whose arms Zabok took as its own, are actually unknown, the
blazon in Bojnicic's 1899 armorial (part of the great [sib76] series) simply says:
"Greif und Löwe gegen einander aufsprigngend, halten mit
den Vorderpranken gemeinsam einen Reichapfel." (more or
less: A gryphin and a lion rampant reguardant hodling together in
the front paws a royal orb.) without any colour indication (but
with note that the Coat of Arms is found confirmed in 1690 in the
Croatian State Archives). Probably the colour uncertainiy was
reason for the change. The Statutes mentions even older origin:
noted in 1575 and on seal ring of 1606.
The coat of arms is set in a light blue flag off-set towards
hoist (height is prescribed 2/3 of the hoist, space twoard the
three cosest edges are euqal, and the Coat of Arms ratio is
5:4.5). The flag is fringed silver (probably only in more
elaborate artifacts).
The previous version with the golden bests is
also reported on flags around 1998. Probably the change to silver
was around this date.
Zeljko Heimer, 16 June 2004
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by Zeljko Heimer, 16 June 2004
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Coat of Arms
by Zeljko Heimer, 16 June 2004