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![[Flag of S<kofja Loka]](../images/s/si-122.gif)
by Željko Heimer
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The coat of arms and flag of Škofja Loka (22,040 inhabitants) are prescribed by decision Odlok o grbu, zastavi, prazniku in pecatu Občine Škofja Loka, adopted on 10 April 1997, and published in the official Slovene gazette Uradni list Republike Slovenije, 23/1997.
The flag is rectangular, in proportion 2:5, horizontally divided yellow-green. Yellow and green are the traditional colours of Škofja Loka, but why and when they came into use is not clear yet.
Željko Heimer & Peter Hawlina, 12 October 2002
![[Coat of arms of S<kofja Loka]](../images/s/si)122.gif)
by Željko Heimer
The coat of arms of Škofja Loka is:
Vert on a base sable a gate or in entrance a Moor's head sable crowned gules
The Moor's head is common element in the arms and seals of various cities that were under the rule of the diocese of Freising (Bayern) throughout Central Europe. The use of the head