President of the Republic of Croatia awarded the HGZD President

The President of the Republic of Croatia Prof. Dr. Ivo Josipović, on the occasion of the Independence Day, on 5 October 2010, awarded the HGZD President mr. sc. Željko Heimer with the Order of the Croatian Wattle for exceptional contribution to development and reputation of the Republic of Croatia and the well-being of its citizens, […]

29th International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences, Stuttgart, Germany 2010

We had a chance to show on this Congress that the decision made on the previous one in Quebec 2008 to admit HGZD into the International Confederation for Genealogy and Heraldry (CIGH) membership was justified. We had no less then three lecturers from HGZD among the 55 lectures from 20 countries presenting on the Congress […]

City of Vodice Seeks for its Coat of Arms and its Flag

Vodice, grb, 9.12.2015.

The City of Vodice, now one of increasingly few cities in Croatia without an approved coat of arms and flag, published recently a public contest for their design. If you are inspired and find time for it, see details at  http://www.grad-vodice.hr i.e. http://www.grad-vodice.hr/assets/files/javni_poziv_grb.pdf The dead-line is 2nd November 2010. If you decide to run, we […]

»Grb i zastava« № 7 Issued

The spring issue of our journal »Grb i zastava« was published in the end of May and presented on the HGZD General Assembly on 25 May 2010. In the mean time it was sent by mail to our members, subscribers and to institutions and associations with whom we exchange publications. The № 7 of GiZ […]

2nd HGZD Tribune, 27.4.2010 – Mario Jareb

Our second meeting in 2010 as part of our Tribune was held on Tuesday, 27th April 2010 at 18:30 in the hall of Classic Gymnasium of Zagreb Society (DZKG), 44 Preradovićeva st., 1st floor. Lecture »Red or white – right or wrong?« by Dr. Mario Jareb, senior research assistant in the Croatian Institute of History […]

Lecture by Heimer on Zagreb for Classical Gymnasium Association, 19.4.2010

On Monday, April 19th 2010 at 7pm the Zagreb Classical Gymnasium Association organized as part of their regular meetings a lecture by Željko Heimer “The coats of arms and the flags of the City of Zagreb” with a presentation from his book of the same title. With the full auditorium of the former Gymnasium students […]

Book »Hrvatski nacionalni simboli« by Mario Jareb Promoted

A new book titled »Hrvatski nacionalni simboli« (Croatian National Symbols) by Dr Mario Jareb, senior research assistant in the Croatian Institute of History (HIP), was publicly promoted in the HIP ceremonial hall in Zagreb on 14 April 2010. Beside the author, the book was promoted by Stjepan Bekavac, editor in chief, the book reviewers Dr […]

Flags from the Military Museum in »Hrvatski vojnik«

In the several recent issues of the weekly magazine »Hrvatski vojnik« published by the Croatian Ministry of Defence, articles on some of the flags from the MoD Military Museum were published. The articles are available also in the Internet issue of the journal (in Croatian). They include these flags: Flag of the 6th Home Defence […]