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Metlika (Municipality, Slovenia)

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Coat of arms of Metlika

[Coat of arms of Metlika]by Željko Heimer

The coat of arms of Metlika is prescribed in the successive municipal statutes Statut Občine Metlika, adopted on 1 June 1995 and published in the official Slovene gazette Uradni list Republike Slovenije 41/1995; Statut Občine Metlika, adopted on 25 March 1999 and published in the official Slovene gazette Uradni list Republike Slovenije, 34/1999; and Spremembe in dopolnitve statuta Občine Metlika, adopted on 28 June 2001 and published in the official Slovene gazette Uradni list Republike Slovenije, 71/2001.

The coat of arms of the municipality of Metlika is the historical coat of arms of the town of Metlika. It pictures on a silver field on green base a red castle with one tower around which are standing two ravens, looking outwards. This coat of arms is related to a legend involving ravens watching from a watch tower.

Željko Heimer, 20 December 2003

Table flag of Metlika

[Table flag]by Željko Heimer

There is no flag prescribed in the municipal statutes. However, a picture on the website of the Ministry of Interior shows a table