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Rakovica (Municipality, Karlovac County, Croatia)

Flag of Rakovica - Image by Željko Heimer, 8 March 2000

Presentation of Rakovica
Flag of Rakovica
Coat of arms of Rakovica
Ceremonial flag of Rakovica
Rakovica Uprising (1871)

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Presentation of Rakovica

The municipality of Rakovica is located on the main road from Karlovac to the Plitviće lakes and farther south.
It is the place where so called Rakovica Uprising started in 1871 under the leadership of Eugen Kvaternik. Even if the uprising was unsuccessful, it was the first attempt of creation of the modern national state.

Željko Heimer, 8 March 2000

Flag of Rakovica

The symbols of Rakovica are prescribed by Decision Odluka o grbu i zastavi općine Rakovica, adopted by the Municipality Assembly on 10 June 1997.
The current Municipality Statutes Statut Općine Rakovica, adopted on 30 January 2006 by the Municipality Assembly and published in the County official gazette Glasnik Karlovačke županije, include the description of the coat of arms and the flag, probably repeated from the previous Statutes Statut Općine Rakovica, published in 2001 in Glasnik Karlovačke županije, No. 29.

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

The flag is in proportions 1:2, Bordeaux red with the coat of arms in the middle.

Željko Heimer & Mira Bićanić, 24 December 2009

Coat of arms of Rakovica

Coat of arms of Rakovica - Image by Željko Heimer, 8 March 2000

The coat of arms of Rakovica is "Or, a crayfish gules". The crayfish is canting the name of the municipality.

Željko Heimer & Mira Bićanić, 8 March 2000

Ceremonial flag of Rakovica

Ceremonial flag of Rakovica - Image by Željko Heimer, 8 March 2000

The image attached to the text of the aforementioned Decision contains, beside the coat of arms and the flag, the ceremonial, vertical flag, which is not at all prescribed by the Decision. The status of that flag is unclear.
The flag is of gonfanon type, a vertically hoisted richly embroidered banner, rectangular with triangular ending, bordered in yellow and with a yellow fringe along the lower edges, also with five yellow bordered red rectangular sleeves for the crossbar along the upper hoist. The proportions are, rather approximately, 1:2. In the middle there is the coat of arms bordered yellow, above it there is arched inscription in two rows "OPĆINA RAKOVICA", and below there are four branches of different species typical for the region.

Željko Heimer & Mira Bićanić, 8 March 2000