The General Assembly of the International Federation of Vexillological associations (FIAV) held its session during the 28th International congress of Vexillolgy, held from 15 to 20 July 2019 in San Antonio, Texas, US. The Assembly elected the HGZD president, Lieutenant Colonel Dr. Željko Heimer for the new FIAV president, the sixth since its establishment n […]
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Participation at the 28 International Congress of Vexillology San Antonio, Texas, USA
The HGZD President Željko Heimer participated at the 28th International Congress of Vexillology HEMISFLAG: 28ICV held in San Antonio, Texas, USA from 14 to 20 July 2019. The majority of the Congress program was held in the oldest hotel in San Antonio, the Saint Anthony Hotel. It was organized by the Vexillological Association of teh […]
Lecture on the Rijeka flag history in Rijeka, 18.06.2019
In the Italian Union of Rijeka (Circolo) on 18 June 2019, invited by the Free State of Fiume society, Željko Heimer held a preview of the presentation on the development of the ijeka flags – on two centuries of controversies and struggle of the citizens for its flag, prepared as a paper for the 28th […]
Acknowledgment by the Croatian-Turkish Friendship Association, 11.06.2019
On 11 June 2019 the Croatian-Turkish Friendship Association (HTUP) awarded acknowledgements on the occasion of 25th anniversary of its work, to thank institutions and individuals who contributed to the association’s work. Recognizing contribution in development of Croatian-Turkish friendship relations, thus brining closer understanding of Turkish and Ottoman flags to the members and friends of the […]
Lecture by Heimer in the Gola Primary School, 06.06.2019
Željko Heimer held a lecture on Croatian coat of arms and flag inthe Gola Primary School in Gola (Korpivnica-križevci County) on 6 June 2019. The lecture was attended by pupils of the sixth, seventh and eighth grade. They ha chance to repeat and enlarge their knowledge in design and meaning of the Croatian national symbols […]
Lecture by Dr. Mario Jareb on the occasion of the Croatian Flag Day, 05.06.2019
PredLast year the Croatian Heraldic and Vexillological Asscoation (HGZD), together with the Croatian History Institute, the Croatian History Museum and the Society of Brethren of the Croatian Dragon, held a ceremonial gala to start the initiative to establish the Day of Croatian Flag, as an official memorial day on 5 June, in memory of the […]
12th HGZD General Assembly
Following the lecture fromthe »Croatian Symbolic Identity« cycle by Prof. Dr. Skoko, in the the Trešnjevka Cultural Centre, on 30 May 2019, the HGZD held the 12th session of its General Assembly. The invitation for the Assembly was accompanied with the texts in form of Info-Bilten, an extraordinary number of the Grb i zastava journal […]
Božo Skoko: »Image of Croats and Croatia in World – through History and Today«, lecture in the cycle »Croatian Symbolic Identity«
Associate Professor Dr. Bo#o Skoko held the lecture »Image of Croats and Croatia in World – through History and Today«, in the small classroom of the Trešnjevka Cultural Centre, on 30 May 2019, as part of the cycle »Croatian Symbolic Identity«. The lecture cycle is a joint project of the Trešnjevka Cultural Centre and the […]
Marin Sabolović: »Visual Identity of the Croatian Armed Forces with Particular Focus on Dress Uniforms«, lecture in the cycle »Croatian Symbolic Identity«
Marin Sabolović, mag. geog., held the lecture »Visual Identity of the Croatian Armed Forces with Particular Focus on Dress Uniforms«, in the small classroom of the Trešnjevka Cultural Centre, on 16 May 2019, as part of the cycle »Croatian Symbolic Identity«. The lecture cycle is a joint project of the Trešnjevka Cultural Centre and the Croatian […]
11th Lecture in the Cycle »Flags of European and World Countries« – Poland, 20.5.2019
The 11th lecture in the Cycle »Flags of European and World Countries« organized by the Coordination of Croatian Friendship Societies and the Croatian-Polish Friendship Society, under auspices of President of the Republic, titled »Polish Flags« was given by the HGZD president Heimer in the auditorium of the Coordination on 20 May 2019.