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Zabok (Town, Krapina-Zagorje County, Croatia)

Flag of Zabok - Image by Željko Heimer, 16 June 2004

Presentation of Zabok
Flag of Zabok
Coat of arms of Zabok
Former symbols of Zabok

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Presentation of Zabok

The Town of Zabok had until 1997 the Municipality Status.

Željko Heimer, 7 September 2003

Flag of Zabok

The current Town Statutes, Statut Grada Zaboka, adopted on 1 July 2009 by the Town Council and published in the County official gazette Službeni glasnik Krapinsko-zagorske županije, include the descriptions of the coat of arms and the flag. This is word for word repeated from the previous Statutes, Statut Grada Zaboka, adopted on 30 November 2001 by the Town Council and published on 15 December 2001 in Službeni glasnik Krapinsko-zagorske županije, though the symbols were adopted earlier.

The flag is described with detailed geometric determinations as a "rectangular flag of turquoise blue, in proportions M:1:2. On the left side of the flag, equally distanced from the edges is the coat of arms of the town, reaching two thirds of the flag's size, in proportions M:5:4.5. The flag is edged with a silver fringe".

Željko Heimer, 25 December 2009

Coat of arms of Zabok

Coat of arms of Zabok - Image by Željko Heimer, 16 June 2004

The coat of arms of Zabok is "Gules, a griffin and a lion or holding a crowned orb together".
The blue item the heraldic beasts are holding together is named in the Statutes "a helmet with a white diadem and a white cross". It is expressely stated that the coat of arms is a based of the family arms of Zaboky de Zabok family, documented in 1575 and shown on a seal ring dated 1606.

Zabok was given in 1335 to a noble family who took a name after it, Zaboky. The original colors of the coat of arms of the Zaboky de Zabok family are actually unknown, the blazon in Bojničić's 1899 Armorial [bjn99a] simply says: Greif und Lšwe gegen einander aufsprigngend, halten mit den Vorderpranken gemeinsam einen Reichapfel (A griffin and a lion rampant regardant holding together in the front paws a royal orb), without any color indication, but with a note that the coat of arms is found confirmed in 1690 in the Croatian State Archives. Probably the color uncertainty was the reason for the change in the arms.

Željko Heimer, 3 August 2006

Former symbols of Zabok

Former symbols of Zabok - Images by Željko Heimer, 16 June 2004

In earlier years the coat of arms was used with golden beasts. This coat of arms was also reported on flags around 1998
A photo (page no longer available) of the Town Hall conference room shows the large coat of arms displayed on the wall matching the current description, while the flag staffed in the corner is the previous version with golden heraldic beasts. I guess they decided not to throw it away once produced, which confirms that the "golden version" of the coat of arms/flag is still tolerated.

Željko Heimer, 25 December 2009