Baska (The Coast-Gorski Kotar, Croatia)

Opc'ina Baška

Last modified: 2003-08-30 by dov gutterman
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by Zeljko Heimer, 22 August 2003

• Overview
• Ceremonial Flag
• Coat of Arms
• 1995 Symbols
• Reported Wrong Ceremonial Flag
• Cultural Society "Šoto"

See also:

• The Coast-Gorski Kotar County
• Croatia
• Collection of Croatian Local Flags at FAME

Overview

Baska (Baška) - The coat of arms picture the patron saint of Baska St. John. On the ceremonial flag there is also the floral motive taken from Bascanska ploca, the first written monument in Croatian language, preserved in a church near Baska, on the island of Krk. Adopted: around 1995 (?).
Source: Tourist Board of the Community of Baska, <www.multilink.hr/baska>.
Zeljko Heimer

Baška is a community of about 1500 inhabitants on southern end of Krk island. It was an imporant place in early Croatian history, and the oldest stone monument written in Croatian language (in Glagolitic script) is preserved there. The ornament from the monument is part of the Ceremonial Flag.
Zeljko Heimer, 1 Juky 2003

By reading the documents issued in the official gazette I have found out that the ceremonial flag that was reported by me in 1998 is quite wrong (see: Reported Wrong Ceremonial Flag). Unfortunat