The Croatian Heraldic and Vexillological Association in co-operation with the Society of Brethren of the Croatian Dragon had the pleasure to host the acknowledged Croatian heraldic artist working in Sweden, Mr. Davor Zovko, who held a series of lectures in the attractive premises of the Dragon Tower over the Stone Gates in Zagreb, on Thursday, […]
Lecture by Željko Heimer: National Symbols of the Jewish People and the State of Israel, 15.05.2017
The Flag Heritage Foundation issued »Vexillology as a Social Science« by Željko Heimer
The sixth publication in The Flag Heritage Foundation Monograph and Translation Series, titled Vexillology as a Social Science, was issued in April. It is the English adaptation of the major part of the doctoral thesis by Željko Heimer, defended at the Postgraduate Doctoral Studies of Sociology at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Studies of […]
Lectury by Matea Brstilo Rešetar in the Croatian Nobility Union, 20.03.2017.
In the remises of the Croatian Nobility Union, Teslina ulica 13/1, Zagreb, on Monday, 20 March 2017 at 18:30h Matea Brstilo Rešetar, HGZD secretary, director of the Croatian History Museum in Zagreb and senior custodian of its Heraldry and Sphragistics Collection will hold a lecture titled Heraldry and Sphragistics Collection of the Croatian History Museum […]
Lecture by Heimer: Coats of Arms and Flags of Bjelovar
On the occasion of the 175th anniversary of Croatian Martix, the Croatian Matrix Chapter in Bjelovar invites you at the lecture by the president of the Croatian Heraldic and Vexillological Association in Zagreb, LTC Dr Željko Heimer Coats of Arms and Flags of Bjelovar. The lecture is held on Friday, 3 March, at 19h in […]
10th HGZD Assembly 2017
Zagreb, 10 February 2017 INVITATION TO THE ANNUAL ASSEMBLY of the Croatian Heraldic and Vexillological Association Esteemed heraldists and vexillologists, dear friends! The 10th Regular Annual HGZD Assembly meets on Tuesday, 28 February 2017 in the Croatian History Museum (HPM), Matoševa st. 9, Zagreb, at 5 p.m. Proposed schedule and agenda: 1. Guided Tour to […]
Lecture »Introduction to Heraldry for Tourist Guides«, 2.2.2016.
As part of the development education programme of the Tourist Guide Association of Zagreb and the Central Croatian Region (DTVZ, www.dtvz.hr), Željko Heimer, the HGZD president is giving a lecture »Introduction to Heraldry for Tourist Guides«, in the Jewish Community of Zagreb Auditorium Hall, Palmotićeva st. 16, 2nd Floor at 18:00 h, Thursday, 2 February […]
»Grb i zastava« № 20 Issued
In Memoriam Dr Whitney Smith
The father of modern vexillology, Whitney Smith established in 1961, together with Gerhard Grahl, the first vexilological journal The Flag Bulletin, and the next year estanlished the Flag Research Centre (FRC). He was its director until his retirement in 2013 when the entire considerable library and archive was transferred to the University of Texas in […]
HGZD president appointed a FRC Fellow
The US institute for flags named the Flag Research Center (FRC), [in Croatian known as Centar za proučavanje zastava from the translation of the W. Smith’s Flags and Arms Across the World: Grbovi i zastave svijeta, Globus, Zagreb, 1982., p. 7], established in 1962 by Whitney Smith in Winchester, Massachusetts, was reorganized recently, after Smith’s […]










