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by Zeljko Heimer, 22 August 2004
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The community of Kršan is situated in the central eastern
part of Istria, 15 km southeast of Pazin.
Population 3,400, but only about 200 in the old town of the same
name.
The coat of arms of Kršan is Gules a spearhead Argent. It is
the older coat of arms of the Pazinski (de Pisino) family. In XIV
century they renewed the Kršan castellum that was ruined in
the wars between the counts of Görz and the partriarchs of
Aquilea. A barnch of the family under the name Kršanski
(Germ. Chersainer) ruled Kršan until the middle XVII
century. The coat of arms is pictured in the St. Nicolas church
in Pazin and also on a stone carvings in the walls of Kršan.
The modern artistical representation must have been adopted
around 1995, most probably designed by the Rijeka company
Heraldik-art d.o.o. I have no info on the flag itself, but
the flag manufacturer's site at <www.zastave.com> (belonging
to a company near Varaždin named "Valentino")
showes a table flag photo. Since the photo is very small I had to
do some "reconstruction" to draw the image that may not
be entirely accurate. The ceremonial flag ost probably looks the
same, possibly with different type of the ending in the base. The
table flag is light blue with the coat of arms between a vine and
olive branches an