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by Zeljko Heimer, 10 June 2004
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Dubravica is a community in north-western corner of the Zagreb County some 20 km NW of Zagreb. Population about 5,500, the main vilage of the same name having no more then about 500. In 1992 when the administrative reform in Croatia wasd made the region was prescribed to be part of the community of Hruaevec Kupljenski, however this was against the wish of the local population and such community was never constituted. Rather the community of Dubravica was estabished already in 1995.
The community symbol bacame a rather unusual endemic carnivorious plant named in Croatian 'rosika' (in local dialect 'rozga'). The Coat of Arms is: Agrent a 'rosika' plant vert with two thorny traps and with two flowers and two buds both of the first. The flag is blue with the coat of arms bordered golden. The Ceremonial Flag is a blue golfalon with three rectangular tails containing oak ornaments, the coat of arms is in the middle and the name of the community above in two arches.
Sources: Puhacki orkestar Rozga, <www.orkestar-rozga.hr>,10.06.2004. Prigorski Kaj, mjesecnik Grada Zapreaica, 2003
Zeljko Heimer, 10 June 2004
by Zeljko Heimer, 10 June 2004
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by Zeljko Heimer, 10 June 2004