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Page created: 14^th August 2000 Last updated: 17^th July 2010
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Map of the Zagreb County. Note: The seat of administration is in Zagreb, which itself is not a part of the County.

Zagreb County

Zagrebačka županija

Zagreb County, 1995 –

Zagreb County - Cities

Zagreb County - Communities

Legal notice: The counties, cities and communities in the Republic of Croatia by their decision on adoption and use of the coats of arms and flags limit the use of these symbols only after obtaining an explicit written permission. However, most of the units of local government and self-government by the same decisions explicitly allow the free use of the symbols in the educational and scientific purposes and in the artistic creation, under condition that such use does not offend the dignity and honour of the local unit. The author of these pages considers that the depiction of the coats of arms and the flags here meets the conditions of free use in that sense.

See also:

Croatia - Counties

Croatia

City of Zagreb not being part of the County

Zagreb County, 1995 –

Zagrebačka županija

Seat of administration: Zagreb

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Adopted: 19^th May 1995 (valid 28^th September 1995), confirmed 27^th March 1996 (in official gazette 22^nd April 1996)
Source: Odluka o grbu, zastavi i slovoliku (logotipu) Županije Zagrebacke, Glasnik Županije Zagrebačke, br. 10/II, Zagreb, 28. rujna 1995.
Odluka o izmjenama Odluke o grbu, zastavi i slovoliku (logotipu) Županije Zagrebacke, Glasnik Županije Zagrebačke, br. 10/II, Zagreb, 28. rujna 1995.
Odluka o grbu, zastavi i slovoliku (logotipu) Zagrebacke županije, Glasnik Zagrebacke županije, br. 5/II, Zagreb, 22. travnja 1996.
Rješenje Ministarstva uprave RH Klasa:UP/I-017-02/94-01/37, Ur.br:515-04-03/1-95-2, Zagreb, 7. srpnja 1995; on approval of the coat of arms and the flag
Odluka o mjerilima i postupku za odobravanje uporabe grba i zastave Zagrebačke županije, 12.11.2002, Glasnik Zagrebačke županije, br. 19/2002, 15.11.2002.
Odluka o izmjenama i dopunama Odluke o grbu, zastavi i slovoliku (logotipu) Zagrebačke Županije, 25.05.2010, Glasnik Zagrebačke županije, br. 10/2010, 26.05.2010.
Information kindly provided by: Miroslav Burić, Upravni odjel za drustvene djelatnosti, Zagrebacka županija

The well in the escutcheon is representing the sources Mandusevac that once were in the place of the main city square of Zagreb, and where there is a fountain now. The other elements of the arms are, of course, based on the arms of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia. Barry vert and argent from the fourth quarter (that together with the third quarter) originates from the coat of arms of Slavonia, are taken as a basis for the flag. In the grants of arms issued by the empress and queen Maria Teresia on 17-JUL-1759, when the County of Zagreb was officially formed for the first time, the barry (then also wavy) vert and argent, is explained as the rivers Sava and Kupa "encircling the County". An other explanation that was popularised around the time of the adoption of this flag is that the barry Vert and Argent is the old arms of the Turopolje noble community, south of Zagreb.

The County of Zagreb re-established in 1993, but the city of Zagreb itself was excluded from it in a separate city with a county status, so the County included only so called "Zagreb ring". In 1995 the two were merged. The City of Zagreb, while having county status used only the flag of Zagreb (q.v.). In 1997 the City of Zagreb was granted special status within the County. The County of Zagreb (still being only the "ring") adopted a flag equal to the one above, but in ratio 2:3, on 30-JUN-1994, decision was issued (and valid since) 28-SEP-1995. At the same time the Decision on changes of the Decision (19-MAY-1995) was issued, and made valid, so the 2:3 flag was never effectively valid.

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