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Breznički Hum (Municipality, Varaždin County, Croatia)

Flag of Breznički Hum, left, as prescribed, right, as used - Images by Željko Heimer, 22 August 2014

Presentation of Breznički Hum
Flag of Breznički Hum
Coat of arms of Breznički Hum
Ceremonial flag of Breznički Hum
Table flags of Breznički Hum

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Presentation of Breznički Hum

The municipality of Breznički Hum (1,575 ihabitants, 557 in the village of Breznički Hum) is located in the southern end of Varaždin County, on the main road leading from Zagreb to Varaždin (more generally, on the road Rijeka-Zagreb-Budapest-Minsk).
In the 1992 Regulation, the name of the municipality was given as "Hum Breznički", but in 1997 it was reverted.

Željko Heimer, 10 October 2004

Flag of Breznički Hum

The symbols of Breznički Hum (the ceremonial flag excepted) are prescribed by Decision Odluka o opisu i uporabi grba i zastave Općine Breznički Hum, adopted on 20 December 2001 by the Municipality Assembly and published on 21 December 2001 in the County official gazette Službeni vjesnik Varaždinske županije, No. 29.
Article 5 of the Municipality Statutes Statut Općine Breznički Hum, adopted on 7 February 2006 and published on 8 February 2006 in Službeni vjesnik Varaždinske županije, No. 3, includes the full description of the coat of arms and the flag. This is repeated in the Statutes Statut Općine Breznički Hum, adopted on 10 July 2009 and published on 11 August 2009 in Službeni vjesnik Varaždinske županije, No. 27, and in the current Statutes Statut Općine Breznički Hum, adopted on 18 March 2013 and published on 19 March 2013 in Službeni vjesnik Varaždinske županije, No. 10 (text).

The symbols were designed by the Heraldic Art d.o.o. company from Rijeka.

The flag is in proportions 1:2, dark blue with the coat of arms, bordered yellow, in the middle.
The municipality appears to have recently purchased a light blue flags without the outline around the coat of arms (photo, photo).

Željko Heimer &: Marko Vitez, 22 August 2014

Coat of arms of Breznički Hum

Coat of arms of Breznički Hum - Image by Željko Heimer, 18 May 2013

The coat of arms of Breznički Hum is "Azure a water pump argent and a post horn or in chief".
I think that the post horn may refer to the importance of the place for traffic.

Željko Heimer, 10 October 2004

Ceremonial flag of Breznički Hum

Ceremonial flag of Breznički Hum - Image by Željko Heimer, 22 August 2014

The ceremonial flag (photo, manufacturer's website; photos, photos) is a blue gonfalon with three triangularly ending tails and with a golden frineg along the bottom, the coat of arms in the middle, the name of the municipality above in two arches and linden branches ornament below in the tails.
While the flag was designed by Heraldic Art, it was produced by another company - exhibiting some difference is style compared with ceremonial flags produced by Heraldic Art.

Željko Heimer &: Marko Vitez, 22 August 2014

Table flags of Breznički Hum

Table flags of Breznički Hum - Images by Željko Heimer, 22 August 2014

The municipality uses a blue vertical flag with the coat of arms in the centre and the golden inscription "OPĆINA" above and "BREZNIČKI HUM" below in arches (photo), and a white vertical triangularly ending flag with the coat of arms and inscriptions in blue letters (photo; photo).

Željko Heimer &: Marko Vitez, 22 August 2014