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by Zeljko Heimer, 26 December 2004
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Ližnjan is a community in the easter part of the
southernmost tip of the Istrian peninsula, 50 km south of Pazin . Population 2,000, some 700 in
the town of the same name. The community has the Pula Airport on
its territory. The community uses a [Previous]
coat-of-arms-like emblem in a shield shape: quartered by a cross
or, argent, gules, azure and vert. The shield is crowned with a
yellow crown. The emblem is probably not approved by the
Ministry and no flag to go with it was reported.
Source: Opcina Ližnjan <www.liznjan.hr>
(25.10.2003).
Zeljko Heimer, 26 August 2004
According to an artcile in the local newspapers Glas Istre of
22 December 2004 at <www.glasistre.hr>,
the community adopted symbols on 20 December 2004, after it was
approved from the Ministry. The company that designed the symbols
is "MOD" from Pula (accoridng to the pulic records of
the Ministry of Justice, there is a company named MOD d.o.o. from
Pula lead by Danilo Dragosavac, who is known as a photographer).
The coat of arms of Ližnjan is azure a broom branch
or. The Spanish broom (Spartium junceum L.)
called locally brnistra or žuka blossoms
from April to July in the Ližnjan litoral. The flag
is yellow with the coat of arms offset towards the canton.
Zeljko Heimer, 26 December 2004
The name Spartium comes from Ancient Greek sparton,
a broom's rope, the broom being called in Ancient Greek spartos.
In French, the making of hats, bags, carpets... with smooth and
resistant vegetal fibers is called sparterie (I have not
found the English equivalent). Different plants can be used,
including the graminaceous plants sparte (Lygeum
spartum) and alfa (Stipa tenacissima,
aka vegetable horsehair).
Ivan Sache, 27 December 2004
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by Zeljko Heimer, 26 December 2004
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by Zeljko Heimer, 26 August 2004