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by Zeljko Heimer, 22 July 2004
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Knin is a city in the Šibenik-Knin County situated in the
hinterland some 60 km northeast of Šibenik. The city
florished during the reign of the king Dmitar Zvonimir in 10th
cenutury, so it is often nick-named poetically the City of
Zvonimir (Zvonimirov grad, just like Šibenik is then named
Krešimirov grad). The city is important corssroad and
railroad junction. In the newer history it became infamous as the
capital of the self-proclaimed Republic of
Serbian Krajina, liberated in August 1995.
Knin was a community in Zadar-Knin County (Županija
Zadarsko-kninska), until 1997 when it gained status of a city and
included in the (since then called) Šibenik-Knin County.
Before 1997 Knin was also capital of a kotar (district) of the
same name including several other communities, but this
organization never functioned properly as the area was occupied,
and Knin was de facto capital of the Serb state formed from the
parts secessioned of Croatia (in fact, it was capital de jure
according to the laws of Serb Krayina, but those laws were not
recognized in Croatia).
The coat of arms of Knin is based on the historical pattern,
though am not sure when that dates from and who exactly it looked
like. During the last decades of the socialism (i.e. in 1980's)
it used a Coat of Arms showing the Paschal
lamb passant in a blue shield on green base, but devoided of any