President of HGZD and the International Federation of Vexillological Associations (FIAV) Heimer participated at the British Flag Institute (FI) Annual General Meeting and Winter Conference, held in the People’s History Museum in Manchester on 20 November 2021. The meeting and conference were held combined in live participation and on-line video presence. The event was opened […]
Seminar „Heritage and Identity“, Dubovac, 29 October 2021
A seminar organized by the Academic OCuncil of the Croatian Academic Union (HAZ), supported by the City Museum of Karlovac, was organized under the title “Heritage and Indentity”. The lectures were given in beautiful surroundings of the Fortified Castle of Dubovac in Karlovac: MSc Hrvojka Božić, director of teh Karlovac City Museum; lecture: „Beginings of […]
World Vexillology Day and the 15th HGZD Anniversary Marked During the 6th Congress of Croatian Historians in Rijeka
The World Vexillology Day on 1 October and the 15th Croatian Heraldic and Vexillological Assocation (HGZD) Anniversary (2006 – 2021) were marked during the 6th Congress of Croatian Historians in Rijeka between 29 November and 2 october 2021 with the overall topic “Culture”, during the section “Auxilary History Sciences and Source research Practices”. The section moderators […]
Heimer named honorary member of CISV
President of HGZD and FIAV Heimer was named honorary member (Socio d’Onore) of the Italian Center for Vexillological Studies (Centro italiano studi vessillologici, CISV) by the General Assembly of that Italian national vexillological association, during the 26th Italian national vexillological meeting, held on 11 – 12 September 2021 in Brescia. It is a great personal […]
15th Regular Annual HGZD Assembly 2021
The 15th Regular Annual HGZD Assembly was held based on line 3 Art. 16 and line 5 Art 17 of the HGZD Statutes on 10 June 2021 at 18h using videoconferencing system Zoom. The Assembly unanimously adopted the Annual Report for 2020, the Financial Report for 2020 and the 2021/22 Plan of Activities. The Assembly elected […]
Exhibitions at Cres and Lošinj, May – September 2021
During the summer 2021 two poster exhibitions were held in the premises of Italian communities in Cres and in Mali Lošinj, prepared by our member Jasminka Ćus Rukonić with the title “Venetian Traces at the Islands of Cres and Lošinj” held on the occasion fo 1600 aniversary of the establishment of Venece. They were held in the Italian Community […]
Paper on flags of Split issued in »Kulturna baština«
A paper by Željko Heimer was issued in the number 46 of the journal »Kulturna baština« (=City of Split Heritage Journal) for 2020. The »Kulturna baština« journal is published since 1973 by the Split’s Friends of Cultural Heritage Society, providing papers on general history of Split and its surroundings, architecture, urbanism, archaeology, monument protection, art, music, […]
»Grb i zastava« № 29 Issued
The № 29 of »Grb i zastava« was printed, in its Volume XV, soon to be posted to abonoments addresses. Additional copies of the GiZ you may order from Leykam International. We copy here from the »Editorial«: A totally unbelievable year has passed, and we are still trapped by a global pandemic. We are somewhat […]
Poster Exhibition in RIjeka “Croatian Coat of Arms and Flag Through the History”
The poster exhibition “Croatian Coat of Arms and Flag Through the History” was opened on 28 May 2021 on the occasion of the Statehood Day 30 May and the Croatian Flag Day 5 June in the Pećine Local Council in Rijeka. The exhibition author is president of the International Federation of Vexillological Associations (FIAV) and […]
15 Years of HGZD
The Croatian Heraldic and Vexillological Society (HGZD), established on 4 May 2006, is celebrating its 15th anniversary in 2021. In fifteen years, the Society has published 29 volumes of the Grb i zastava journal; it published or co-published three monographs and proceedings; co-organized two scientific conferences; held about a hundred public lectures at the HGZD […]









