The Flags from Stern, Mast and Bow catalog deals with the Collection of flags and signal flags, being among the most numerous collections of the Croatian Maritime Museum Split in terms of the number of artifacts, more precisely it numbers 298 objects. These were mostly inherited from the maritime museums that existed in Split from […]
Mate Božić at TV Jadran on heraldry of Croatian lands, 23. 1. 2023.
Member of the Croatian Heraldic and Vexillological Society and co-author of the monograph and university textbook CROATIAN COAT OF ARMS genesis, symbolism, history Mate Božić, mag. educ. phil. et hist. On 23 January 2023 was a guest on TV Jadran in Split in the show Dalmacija moga oka on 23 January 2023, in which he […]
Lecture on Heraldic Artist Milan Sunko, Zagreb, 18 January 2023
During the customarly Wensdays dragon feasts (events, lectures) in the Tower over the Stone gates on 18 January 2023, a lecture entitled “Milan Sunko – (almost) forgotten heraldic artist of world renown who was revered by the old dragons” was held by Master of Ceremonies of the “Brothers of the Croatian Dragon”, Lt. Colonel Dr. […]
Lecture by Mate Božić: Lion, Kuna and Euro, Split, 17 January 2023
Member of the Croatian Heraldic and Vexillological Association Mate Božić, mag. educ. phil. et hist., held a presentation on 17 January 2023 in Split titled LION, KUNA AND EURO: From Leopard’s Heads to Satyr’s Horns. The lecture was held in the premises of the Faculty of Philosophy in Split, organized by the Association of former […]
HGZD Elective Annual Assembly 2023
The Croatian Heraldic and Vexillological Association (HGZD) held its Sixteenth Regular Elective Annual Assembly on 17 December 2022, in the Dragon Hall of the “Brothers of the Croatian Dragon” in Tower over the Stone Gates, Kamenita 3, Zagreb. The President of HGZD submitted to the Assembly the Annual Work Report for 2022 and financial statements, […]
On Great Croatian Heraldic Artist Milan Sunko
An original scientific paper by Dr. Željko Heimer, president of the Croatian Heraldic and Vexillological Association (HGZD) and the International Federation of Vexillological Associations (FIAV) as we as the Master of Ceremonies and Herold – Chief of the Draconian Heraldic Office of the Brotherhood of Croatian Dragon Society was issued in the latest number of […]
Željko Heimer’s book presented in Zagreb: ‘The Rijeka tricolor becomes an integral part of the Croatian identity’
(Translated from https://www.novilist.hr/rijeka-regija/rijeka/nova-knjiga-dr-sc-zeljka-heimera-u-monografiji-iznio-argumente-o-povijesnoj-rijeckoj-trobojnici/ dš, 18 November 2022, Rijeka danas, Rijeka.) In the seat of the Brotherhood of the Croatian Dragon Society in Tower above the Stone Gates in Zagreb, a book by Lt-Colonel Dr. Željko Heimer FLAGS OF RIJEKA – A MONOGRAPH OF TWO CENTURIES OF THE CITY’S STRUGGLE FOR THE RIGHT TO ITS FLAG […]
Prof. Galović Held a Lecture on Heraldry in the Krško City Museum
The Krško City Museum (Mestni muzej Krško) in cooperation with the Scientific Research Center of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (Znanstvenoraziskovalni center Slovenske akademije znanosti in umetnosti) organized on October 18, 2022, a lecture by Associate Professor Dr. Tomislav Galović entitled Central European Heraldic Heritage (on the example of Croatia and Slovenia) [Srednjeevropska […]
New book by Dr. Heimer: In his monograph, he presented arguments about the historical Rijeka tricolor
(Translated from https://www.novilist.hr/rijeka-regija/rijeka/nova-knjiga-dr-sc-zeljka-heimera-u-monografiji-iznio-argumente-o-povijesnoj-rijeckoj-trobojnici/ author Jakov Kršovnik, September 2, 2022, Novi list, Rijeka, photos by Ana Križanec) The historical flag today is not the official flag of the City, but the ceremonial flag of the City of Rijeka: a tricolor of horizontal stripes of dark carmine, golden yellow and ultramarin I think that this unique Rijeka […]
Post-Congress Vexilological Event – Rijeka 2022
A meeting named Post-Congressional Vexilological Event – Rijeka 2022 was held at the Faculty of Teacher Education of the University of Rijeka (UFRI) in cooperation with the Croatian Heraldic and Vexillological Society (HGZD) on 18 July 2022, as an event following the 29th International Vexilological Congress held in Ljubljana previous week, organized by the Slovenian […]