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Kneginec Gornji (Varazdin, Croatia)

Opc'ina Kneginec Gornji

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by Željko Heimer, 19 August 2004



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On the official web site of the County of Varaždin, <www.varazdinska-zupanija.hr>, some communities are represented with their coats of arms, presumably those who have adopted them as yet.
Gornji Kneginec - Gules on a Mount Vert a Tower embatteled Argent with a barred Window Sable from that is issuing a Hand properholding Scales Or, in chief a Crown Or and overall a wreath dexter three Mais Ears Or and sinister a Vine Branch Or. An unusual one, there must be an interesting story behind it, alas I don't know it (yet).
Population: 5,000 (Zemljopisni atlas Republike Hrvatske", Školska knjiga, Zagreb 1993).
Željko Heimer, 15 Febuary 2003

As Tomsilav Sipek noticed, the Večernji list (Zagreb daily newspaper) issued a story today in the regional issue for norhern Croatia a story on the adoption of the new symbols for the community of Kneginec Gornji. See <www.vecernji-list.hr>.
The adopted symbols are besed on the previous more complicated symbols. The overcomplicated coats of arms was symplified in lines with the heraldic practice introduced in the last decade in Croatia. The flag is (dark) blue with the coats of arms in the middle.
Also, on the community web site there is the story on the new symbols (from some days ago