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Zagreb was recently divided into 17 districts. In fact the
division was legally made several years ago, but the districts
were never actually made. Only recently the first elections for
the districts were made and they are now in process of
establishing themselves. At this moment there is no yet talk not
as far as I now any discussion among legislators either, about
possible symbols of those districts (nor even right of adopting
some is mentioned, I believe). However, I don't doubt that
eventually there shall be some symbols.
eljko Heimer, 5 March 2001
In the first half of 1960's a reorganization of local
administration was performed in Yugoslavia, so also the way the
city of Zagreb was organized. Since about 1963 the communities
were established as the basic units of local government, so that
in 1964 the city of Zagreb was actually composed of 14
communities:
- Centar
- Crnomerec
- Dubrava
- Maksimir
- Medvecak
- Novi Zagreb
- Pecenica
- Samobor
- Sesvete
- Susedgrad
- Trenjevka
- Trnje
- Velika Gorica
- Zapreic
Some of these communities were considered the "inner"
communities forming the city core, while others were
"outer" - the surrounding towns that became more and
more suburbs of the metropolis. I believe that at the end of
1980's the "inner" communities were considered: Centar,
Crnomerec, Dubrava, Maksimir, Medvecak, Novi Zagreb,
Pecenica, Trenjevka and Trnje, while the
"outer" were Sesvete, Susedgrad, Samobor, Velika Gorica
and Zapreic, the last three today separate cities in the Zagreb County. There was some regulation
differences among those.
In late 1970's and in 1980's some of these communities adopted
emblems (coats of arms, they were regularly called). As far as I
was able to find out, only three of the "inner"
communities adopted an emblem, and in each of the three cases,
the designer was Pero Cimbur, winning the design competition.
Many details of their adoption process is described in his book
"Natjecanje za grb", 1985 [cim85]
Of the "outer communities" I believe that only Samobor used a coat of arms, the one
including the name and date in it, and that was recently replaced
with the more heraldic version. However, I was not able to find
out anything about when this version started to be used - late
80's or maybe only in 90's?
To the best of my knowledge, none of the communities, including
those who adopted coats of arms, used any flags at all. Some
table flags might have been in use, but so far I was unable to
document any.
eljko Heimer, 23 September 2007
image by eljko Heimer, 2 November 2008
Dubrava (being the part of the city of Zagreb - which is not
the same as the independent community of
Dubrava in the Zagreb County today!) adopted a coats of arms
in late 1980's, I believe. It showed in a blue outlined white
shield a stylized red rose composed as a scheme of a new modern
pentagonal settlement, in its core a red pentagonal filed
containing white inscription "19.X" (the day of the
community) and at the top a five-pointed red star. The shield is
topped with the three white towers, thus symbolically connecting
it with the coat of arms of Zagreb.
eljko Heimer, 23 September 2007
The 21 rectangle forming the "rose" (note that the
word "rose" is actually not mentioned by the author of
the design) represent the 21 local community, subdivisions that
formed the community of Dubrava while the entire setting
represent the new urban settlement. The date shown there 19
October refers to the date of the 5th Land Conference of the
Communist Party of Yugoslavia, held on 19th though 23rd October
1940 in Dubrava (considering the party was illegal, it was quite
remarkable event). The letter V in the base also refers to the
5th Conference.
The coat of arms was adopted in June of 1985, when the Cimbur's
book was already well into the printing process and the story
about it was added to the book at the very last minute.
eljko Heimer, 2 November 2008
image by eljko Heimer, 2 November 2008
Susedgrad - the community is named after the old city that was
standing on the westernmost slopes of the Medvednica mountain,
guarding the entrance towards Zagreb from the west above the Sava
river (or if you want to look it that way, guarding the Styria
from the Turk raids that would try to enter it along the Sava
River). The old city is nowadays just a ruin above the slowly
developing suburban and industrial area named Podsused beneath
it. The coat of arms adopted depicts the ruined tower of
Susedgrad standing on a mount , behind it a cog wheel and two
lightning bolts within it issuing from the old tower and above
all a red five-pointed star, depicting industrialization,
electrification and the communist party - the elements that were
crucial to the development at the time. As Susedgrad was not the
"inner" community, i.e. was not considered
"really" a part of the city of Zagreb, but was just a
"joined" community, the design do not include any
reference to the city of Zagreb itself (like the three towers
included in Dubrava and Trenjevka coats of arms).
The coat of arms was adopted during 1983.
eljko Heimer, 23 September 2007 and 2 November
2008
image by eljko Heimer, 2 November 2008
The Coat of Arms of Tresnjevka I remember very well this being
the community where I lived (and still live though there is no
community of than name any more). A lapel pin I preserved helps
my memory, too. The shield is white with blue cog wheel with
three towers from the Coat of Arms of Zagreb being incorporated
as the three topmost cogs and though it flying a red flag with
golden outlined five-pointed star, in the chief is the name of the
community (in black or blue?). The cog wheel represents the
industry that is (or was) very strong in the community, three
towers are clear connection with Zagreb. The red revolutionary
banner is reminder that Tresnjevka, as workers' suburb at the
time, the core of the revolutionary movement in Zagreb (it was
nicknamed "Red Tresnjevka").
eljko Heimer, 5 March 2001
The 21 rectangle forming the "rose" (note that the
word "rose" is actually not mentioned by the author of
the design) represent the 21 local community, subdivisions that
formed the community of Dubrava while the entire setting
represent the new urban settlement. The date shown there 19
October refers to the date of the 5th Land Conference of the
Communist Party of Yugoslavia, held on 19th though 23rd October
1940 in Dubrava (considering the party was illegal, it was quite
remarkable event). The letter V in the base also refers to the
5th Conference.
The Coat of Arms was adopted in June of 1985, when the Cimbur's
book was already well into the printing process and the story
about it was added to the book at the very last minute.
eljko Heimer, 2 November 2008