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by Željko Heimer, 23 March 2005
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Robert gribiša sent me from the Rijeka newspapers
"Novi list" (<www.novilist.hr>)
about the process of adoption of the Coat of Arms and the flag of
the Community of Klana:
The article explains that Klana is the last community in that
does not have the symbols approved yet in the Primorsko-goranska
County. (This is not exactly true according to my count, but I
may easily be wrong: I believe that Lokve does not have symbols
approved yet though last info I have on Lokve is indeed old; also
I have no info on the symbols of Vinodol community as well as
those of Rab city.) Anyway, the local assembly adopted at first a
historical coat of arms that is preserved in the State archives
in a form of a seal from 19th century. The seal showes a shield
with an anchor, crowned and supported by a lion and a griffin.
This was adopted in 1996 in its entirety, but in 1997 the
Ministry of Administration refuzed to approve it as it does not
alow the elements around the shield and suggested a shield with
an anchor only. However, the local inhabitants of Klana are not
satisfied with that emblem since they are a community in
highlands away from the sea and do not identify themselves with
an anchor. On the last session of the communal assembly the new
design was adopted in which the anchor was combined in its top
with a helberd. The community hop