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Križevci (Town, Koprivnica-Križevci County, Croatia)

Flag of Križevci - Image by Željko Heimer, 26 February 2014

Presentation of Križevci
Flag of Križevci
Coat of arms of Križevci
Table flag of Križevci
Former symbols of Križevci
- 1994
- 1991

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Presentation of Križevci

The Town of Križevci (21,155 inhabitants in 2011, 11,219 in the town of Križevci) was established in the early Middle Ages; in 1225 it became the seat of a County and in 1245 it was granted Free Royal Town rights by Ban Stjepan, which was confirmed by King Bela IV in 1253. At the time the sessions of the State Parliament were held in Križevci. The town was developed as dual, the aforementioned part became the upper town (Gornji Križevac), while the lower town (Donji Križevac) was granted civic rights in 1405, when it was fortified against the Turks. The two competing towns were finally united in 1752 by Empress Maria Theresa, therefore the plural form of the name Križevci ("Crosses"; Latin, Crisium; German, Kreutz; Magyar, Kórös).
Križevci is the seat of the Greek Catholic Bishopric of Croatia.

Željko Heimer, 20 February 2002

Flag of Križevci

The symbols of Križevci are prescribed by Decision Odluka o grbu i zastavi Grada Križevaca, adopted on 20 November 1997 by the Town Assembly and published in the Town official gazette Službeni vjesnik grada Križevaca, No.7. The Decision was amended by Odluka o izmjenama i dopuni Odluke o grbu i zastavi Grada Križevaca, adopted on16 November 2009 and published on 20 November 2009 in Službeni vjesnik grada Križevaca, No.7 (text).
The symbols were approved on 20 February 1997 by the Ministry of Administration, as reported by D. Ernečić [erc03].

The flag is in proportions 1:2, grayish blue with the coat of arms, bordered white, offset to the hoist.
Grayish blue is considered the traditional color of the town.

Željko Heimer, 26 February 2014

Coat of arms of Križevci

Coat of arms of Križevci - Image by Željko Heimer, 26 February 2016

The coat of arms is "Azure, two hands proper clasping each other embowed, dexter armoured argent and sinister clad or, holding a triple cross patty of the second between in chief two mullets of the third".
In 1752, the united town was granted a coat of arms with a triple cross, canting for the town name, with two arms holding it and a crown above the shield. One is armoured to represent the former upper town that was under military government and the other is in civilian cloth for the mercantile, lower town. The symbol of the upper town was a simple cross, while the symbol of the lower town was a double cross (Glas Podravine, 22 March 1996).
Subsequently, the coat of arms was used in different artistical renditions, differing mainly in the outer ornaments (for instance, in the 1970s, with the cartouche and crown and a ribbon inscribed with the town name in base; Varaždinske vijesti, 13 March 1971). The current simple shield, designed by Zdenko Balog, a local heraldist, was adopted in 1997, together with the flag.
The Town Assembly insisted on having a crown over the shield, even if the state regulations explicitly prohibit it (Glas Podravine, 12 April 1996).

On 1 October 2002, the Town Assembly adopted a Decision to change the coat of arms and the flag (local news). The intention was to revert to the historical design of the coat of arms and flag, accordingly. This was in the mid 1990s rejected by the central authorities, but the town authorities believe that they shall have more luck this time.

Željko Heimer, 7 November 2013

Table flag of Križevci

Table flag of Križevci, three designs - Images by Željko Heimer, 15 October 2015

The Municipality Assembly used at least three different table flags:
- The first design (photo, 2010) is simply the horizontal flag rotated 90 degrees and hoisted vertically.
- The second design (photo , 2015) is a vertical, triangularly ending, blue flag with the coat of arms and the town's name inscribed in white in an arch below it.
- The third design (photo, 2015) is a vertical rectangular flag with the coat of arms from the 1990s set in the bottom above a two lined inscription of the town's name, all in silver/gray.

Željko Heimer & Marko Vitez, 15 October 2015

Former symbols of Križevci

1994

Former flag and arms of Križevci - Images by Željko Heimer, 27 October 2016

The symbols adopted in 1991 were slightly modified by Decision Odluka o grbu i zastavi Grada Križevaca, adopted on 30 September 1994 by the Town Assembly and published on 1 October 1994 in Službeni vjesnik grada Križevaca, No. 5.
The only difference with the previous symbols is the addition of the crown above the shield.

Željko Heimer & Marko Vitez, 27 October 2016

1991

Former flag and arms of Križevci - Images by Željko Heimer, 27 October 2016

The first symbols of Križevci were prescribed by Decision Odluka o grbu i zastavi općine Križevci, adopted on 23 December 1991 by the Municipality Assembly and published on 28 December 1991 in the Municipality official gazette Službeni vjesnik općine Križevci, No. 8.
The flag was prescribed to consist of three colours - blue on the left, silver on the right and a thin stripe of white inbetween. The coat of arms was set in the centre of the flag, all its charges being shown in silver.
The coat of arms was prescribed as the historical design, without the crown above the shield and any other ornament outside it.

The Town Statutes Statut Grada Križevaca, adopted on 24 February 1994 by the Town Assembly and published on 28 February 1994 in Službeni vjesnik grada Križevaca, No. 5, simply states that the coat of arms is the historical one and that the flag contains it, while its colour is the basic colour of the coat of arms.

Željko Heimer & Marko Vitez, 27 October 2016