Postojna (Municipality, Slovenia)

Last modified: 2003-04-19 by ivan sache
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• Presentation of the municipality
• Coat of arms
• Historical coat of arms

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• Slovenia
• Slovenia: Municipal flags

Presentation of the municipality

Postojna had the municipality status before the 1990s.

Zeljko Heimer, 24 January 2000

Coat of arms

 by Zeljko Heimer

The coat of arms has been in use at least since the 1980s. It is made of a shield divided per fess azure and gules, overall an eagle displayed argent, in base per chevron embowed argent a proteus proper. Bordered or and crowned with mural corwn or.
Proteus or olm (Proteus anguinus; in German, Grottenolm) is an endemic spieces of Amphibians (in Slovenian, it is literally called "human fish") living in everlasting darkness of karst caves. It is the symbol of a huge cave system that has opening in Postojna. Its proper color is very light pinkish, but usually it is shown on coat of arms in golden-orange.

Zeljko Heimer, 24 January 2000

Historical coat of arms

from the Postojna municipal website

The municipal arms of Postojna were granted by Emperor Franz Joseph I on 9 May 1909. at the same time the town of Postojna was given its civic status,
Thosee arms which are esentially the same as the modern ones. The coat of arms of Postojna is blazoned in the original grant (in Slovenian, my translation) as:

Per fess azure and gules, overall an eagle displayed argent beaked and membered or and langued gules, in base per chevron embowed argent a Proteus proper, bordered with bronze ornament and crowned with a silver mural crown with five visible embattlements

In modern rendition the shield is bordered or and crowned with asimplyfied mural crown.

Zeljko Heimer, 23 September 2002