On May 21, 2024, the President of the Croatian Heraldic and Vexillological Association Željko Heimer, held a lecture on “Croatian flags from the Thirty Years’ War – in the Swedish Military Museum in Stockholm” in cooperation with the Croatian-Swedish Society, at the premises of the Croatian Nobility Association, Teslina ul. 13/1, Zagreb. Lecture summary Croatian […]
Category: Meetings
Philatelic Exhibition at UFRI, Rijeka, 6 – 20 October 2023
The Faculty of Teacher Education of the University of Rijeka (UFRI), the Croatian Heraldic and Vexillological Association (HGZD) and the Society of Brethren of the Croatian Dragon (DBHZ) organized the Philatelic Exhibition “Postal Stamps of the Republic of Croatia with Statehood Motifs”, October 6 – 20, 2023 , in the UFRI lobby (Sveučilišna avenija 6, […]
Book Promotion: Flags from Stern, Mast and Bow, 27.9.2023
In Zagreb, in the Tower over the Stone Gates, the seat of the Society of Brethren of the Croatian Dragon (DBHZ), the Croatian Heraldic and Vexillological Association, on the occasion of the World Vexillology Day, organized the presentation of Daniela Kušpilić’s book “Flags from the Stern, Mast and Bow: Catalog of the Collection of Flags […]
On Flags of Football Clubs at the Conference in Rijeka on 8 September 2023
President of HGZD Željko Heimer and Željko Ševerdija, a member of HGZD from Rijeka, held a presentation on the flags and symbols of football clubs from Croatia that participated in the highest level of national club competitions (i.e. in the premiere league), in Rijeka on September 8, 2023 at conference “Football Day through a legal, […]
Ćus Rukonić Book Promotion in Rijeka
After the presentation in Cres and Mali Lošinj last month, Jasminka Ćus Rukonić’s monograph “heraldic Heritage of the Cres-Lošinj Islands” was presented in Rijeka on 6 July 2023. The presentation was held in the beautiful Marble Hall, the so-called The Governor’s Palace, or the Maritime and Historical Museum of the Croatian Littoral, Rijeka. At the […]
Commemorative postage stamps “Croatian flags” presented, 5 June 2023.
In the Tower over the Stone Gates in Zagreb, on 5 June 2023, the Croatian Heraldric and Vexillological Association (HGZD), the Society of Brethren of the Croatian Dragon (DBHZ) and Croatian postal authority HP – Hrvatska pošta d. d. held a ceremony promoting the new issue of postage stamps of the Republic of […]
Exhibition of the Rijeka flag in the LC Pećine, 12 April 2023
The exhibition “Rijeka Flags Through History and Today” by Željko Heimer was opened in the Pećine Local Committee. The incentive for the systematic research of the city flag came from the Association of the Free State of Rijeka, which for years supported the initiative for the city to receive a historical tricolor as the official […]
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 Society of Brethren of the Croatian Dragon, Lt. […]
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 Society of Brethren 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 […]