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 […]
On Great Croatian Heraldic Artist Milan Sunko
An original scientific paper by Dr. Željko Heimer, president of the Croatian Heraldic and Vexillological Association (HGZD) and the International Federation of Vexillological Associations (FIAV) as we as the Master of Ceremonies and Herold – Chief of the Draconian Heraldic Office of the Society of Brethren of the Croatian Dragon was issued in the latest number […]
Željko Heimer’s book presented in Zagreb: ‘The Rijeka tricolor becomes an integral part of the Croatian identity’
(Translated from https://www.novilist.hr/rijeka-regija/rijeka/nova-knjiga-dr-sc-zeljka-heimera-u-monografiji-iznio-argumente-o-povijesnoj-rijeckoj-trobojnici/ dš, 18 November 2022, Rijeka danas, Rijeka.) In the seat of the Brotherhood of the Croatian Dragon Society in Tower above the Stone Gates in Zagreb, a book by Lt-Colonel Dr. Željko Heimer FLAGS OF RIJEKA – A MONOGRAPH OF TWO CENTURIES OF THE CITY’S STRUGGLE FOR THE RIGHT TO ITS FLAG […]
Prof. Galović Held a Lecture on Heraldry in the Krško City Museum
The Krško City Museum (Mestni muzej Krško) in cooperation with the Scientific Research Center of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (Znanstvenoraziskovalni center Slovenske akademije znanosti in umetnosti) organized on October 18, 2022, a lecture by Associate Professor Dr. Tomislav Galović entitled Central European Heraldic Heritage (on the example of Croatia and Slovenia) [Srednjeevropska […]
New book by Dr. Heimer: In his monograph, he presented arguments about the historical Rijeka tricolor
(Translated from https://www.novilist.hr/rijeka-regija/rijeka/nova-knjiga-dr-sc-zeljka-heimera-u-monografiji-iznio-argumente-o-povijesnoj-rijeckoj-trobojnici/ author Jakov Kršovnik, September 2, 2022, Novi list, Rijeka, photos by Ana Križanec) The historical flag today is not the official flag of the City, but the ceremonial flag of the City of Rijeka: a tricolor of horizontal stripes of dark carmine, golden yellow and ultramarin I think that this unique Rijeka […]
Post-Congress Vexilological Event – Rijeka 2022
A meeting named Post-Congressional Vexilological Event – Rijeka 2022 was held at the Faculty of Teacher Education of the University of Rijeka (UFRI) in cooperation with the Croatian Heraldic and Vexillological Society (HGZD) on 18 July 2022, as an event following the 29th International Vexilological Congress held in Ljubljana previous week, organized by the Slovenian […]
HGZD Donated GiZ Set for a New Vexillological Library in Catalonia
During a break between lectures on 12 July 2022 at the 29th International Congress of Vexillology in Ljubljana 2022, Sebastià Herreros, secretary of the Catalan Vexillological Assocation (ACV) handed the FIAV president a letter from the mayor of the Catalan town of Sant Clement de Llobregat, informing the world vexillological community about the renovated library […]
Honorary Membership and Golden Medal to Ted Kaye
During the 29th International Congress of Vexillology (ICV) Ljubljana, 11-15 July 2022, in front of the audience of some 50 vexillologists from all over the world, HGZD president Željko Heimer delivered a golden medal and honorary membership of the HGZD to Edward B. (Ted) Kaye. For the occasion the flag-bearer of the HGZD flag was […]