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by Zeljko Heimer
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City of Kraljevica, Primorsko-goranska zupanija, Croatia
The city of Kraljevica is located at the south edge of Bakar bay
is easter part of Kvarner, near the point where the island of Krk
is closest to the coast. The city is located at a very good
natural harbor point. It is populated in 15th century, and at
first named Portorium, meaning the "customs place",
latter corrupted to "Porto Re" - royal port, or in
Croatian version which is in use since early
17th century - Kraljevica. The roads from inland reach the coast
at this point, and in middle 18th centry a military shipyard was
build here. In the 1993 reform Kraljevica lost status of a city
(bacame community), but it was regained in 1997.
The coat of arms of Kraljevica is already mentioned in pre-WWI
sources, so it must have been granted by Austrian emperors. It
was recently (re)adopted, together with the accompanying flag.
The coat of arms in canting, refering to the Italian name of the
city: Azure, an Anchor Or ensigned by a Crown.
The flag is blue with the coat of arms bordered yellow in the
middle, ratio is 1:2.
Sources:
1. http://www.kraljevica.hr
- showing the drawing of the ceremonial flag (must see)
2. e-mail from techers of Kraljevica school, image of the CoA
from their archive
Zeljko Heimer, 29 November 1999
by Zeljko Heimer
The ceremonial flag, as usual in coastal region of Croatia, is
vertical gonfanon-type flag with three rectangular tails, blue,
ornamented with golden embroidery, with the coat of arms in the
middle and name of the city in arc above it. (The part with name
is missing from my source, so that part is reconstructed, based
on customs in other such flags.) The wreath around the coat of
arms is two fig branches.
Zeljko Heimer, 29 November 1999
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by Zeljko Heimer
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