The Croatian Heraldic and Vexillological Association (HGZD) received the news with great sadness that the Slovenian heraldist and great friend of our Association Valt Jurečič passed away on 26 September 2024. Valt (he would also sign Walt) was a pivotal figure in Slovenian heraldry and vexillology at the end of the 20th and the beginning […]
Category: In Memoriam
In memoriam Amer Sulejmanagić (1961–2024)
We received with much regret the sad news that a member of the Croatian Heraldic and Vexillological Association – Amer Sulejmanagić – passed away on 15 June 2024. The tireless researcher of Croatian and Bosnian heraldic themes was born in Sarajevo on 2 January 1961, where he graduated in 1985 from the Faculty of Architecture […]
Prof. Josip Kolanović Died
We are noting you with sorow that Prof. Dr. Sc. Josip Kolanović (83) died in Zadar. Prof. Kolanović was a member of the HGZD Court of Honor, an esteemed Croatian archivist and historian. He was an initiator of revival of modern Croatian municipal heraldry and vexillology in mid-1990s. Through his efforts, as director of the […]