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 […]
New book Željko Heimer: »Exploring Vexillology through Military Unit Flags«, HGZD, Zagreb, 2016.
The English edition of the doctoral thesis by Željko Heimer was issued under the title “Exploring Vexillology through Military Unit Flags” published by HGZD and distributed though the American publishing house Lulu specialized for the print-on-demand. The issue was edited by Edward B. Kay, under whose guidance the book represents a real gem in any […]
Marking of the World Vexillology Day in Zadar
The HGZD joined the initiative to mark the World Vexillology Day. On the occasion of our Society 10th anniversary, the HGZD will celebrate the World Vexillology Day during the Fifth National Congress of Croatian Historians, in Zadar, 5-8 October 2016. All around the world, for the first time this year, the World Vexillology Day is […]
Issued »Proceedings of the Scientific and Professional Symposium “Symbol, Identity and Homeland War”, Zagreb, 31 October 2014«, HGZD, Zagreb, 2016
Following preparations that took longer then we initially hoped for, finally the proceeding book of the symposium was issued. The scientific and professional symbposium “Symbol, Identity andthe Homeland War” was held in Zagreb on 31 October 2014 in the Library of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Zagreb, co-organized by […]










