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by Željko Heimer
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The city of Rijeka, the capital of Primorsko-goranska
zupanija, known otherwise after her Italian name Fiume, had rich
history. As it was a separate "crown-land" under
Hungarian crown, separated from Croatian background to serve as
Hungarian port city, it had its own "landesfarben" -
three striped flag based on the coat of arms. The colour order is
quated differently in several sources as blue over red over
yellow and red over yellow over blue. However, as we shall see
further on, it seems that the last variant was more popular, even
if possibly the first one may be more according to the letter of
law.
The coat of arms were granted on 6-JUN-1659 by Croatian king and
Austrian emperor Leopold I. It considsted of red oval shield with
bicefalous eagle looking sinister standing on a clif holding a
vase pouring the watter around the clif. The coat of arms is
reference to Rijeka (litterary meaning "river") and the
short swift water-rich river Rjecina after which the city is
named.
In any case, after the World War I the cit