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by Zeljko Heimer, 25 Febuary 2003
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Virje is a community 10 km south-east of Koprivnica and 5 km
NW of Ðurdevac with about 5,400 inhabitants. The CoA and the
flag are described in the statutes of 2001 issued in the official
gazette (avilable on <www.glasila.hr>):
Statut Opcine Virje, 4. listopada 2001. Službeni glasnik
Koprivnicko- križevacke županije, br. 11/01, god. IX,
Koprivnica, 5. listopada 2001. They must have been adopted
somewhat earlier, say about 1997. I saw the CoA on a road sign at
the entrance into the town in September 2000. Dov Gutterman
located the CoA image at the <www.virje.hr>
site on 26 August 1999, together with a number of local flags of
various associations. Now we can fill up the info with the flag,
too.
According to the Vladimir Šešet, visitor of my site,
the coat of arms and the flag are consecrated on 11th November
1994 on the Day of the Community - St. Martin's Day.
The coat of arms is blazoned: In golden yellow triangular shield
bordered red, a red cloak cut per bend. The cloak is St. Martin's
cloak, St. Martin being the patron of Virje. The cloak has
painted a white cross on the inside and it has a circular clasp
on the dexter shoulder. The flag is yellow with the coat of arms
set near the hoist. The flag and the coat of arms are approved by
the Ministry of Administration.
St. Martin is known for his deed of cutting his cloak in two and
sharing it with a beggar. In many CoAs (and therefore some flags
too) the sceene is shown, usually often with St. Martin sitting
on a horse, giving a piece of his cloak to a beggar. You will see
him quite a while in Croatian CoA's , being a revered saint in
various Croatian regions (but he is also revered in other parts
of Central Europe, but also in Northern Italy and Southern
France). Over here, he is mostly known as patron of the vine
making, St. Martin's Day being the date when traditionally the
young vine is baptized and proclaimed ready to be consumated.
Zeljko Heimer, 25 and 26 Febuary 2003
kc-vi.gif)
by Zeljko Heimer, 25 Febuary 2003
resized from <virje.hr>,
located by Dov Gutterman, 26 August 1999
This is the flag of the local voluntarly fire department,
showing the sain patron of firemen
The site is the site of the community of Virje.
Zeljko Heimer, 28 August 1999
That would be St. Florian. I bought a woodcarving of him
in Vienna a few years ago--it purports to protect one's house
from fire
Joseph McMillan, 29 August 1999
There are more flags on the site: Take a look at <virje.hr/kultura2.html#vrh>
and <virje.hr/kultura3.html#vrh>.
Dov Gutterman, 3 September 1999
