Tag: Croatia

Lectures Cycle »Flags of European and World Countries« – Heimer: The Coat of Arms and the Flag of Croatia, 20.06.2018

Coordination of Croatian Friendship Societies started with its first lecture held on 20 June 2018, its new cycle of lectures titled »Flags of European and World Countries«. Željko Heimer will present in the cycle symbols of countries with which Croatia, through the Coordination, cherish friedship relations. The lectures have the goal to present and promote various […]

25th HGZD Tribune, 18.6.2018 – Mate Božić »The Oldest Croatian Land Arms«

The Croatian Heraldic and Vexillological Association held its 25th Tribune on Monday 18 June 2018 in the Bogdan ogrizović Library in Zagreb, when Mate Božić gave lecture titled »The Oldest Croatian Land Arms«. The lecture was based on the paper written by Mate Božić and Stjepan Ćosić “Nastanak hrvatskih grbova: Podrijetlo, povijest i simbolika od 13. […]

Book Announcement – Miroslav Granić and Denis Martinović: »Nobility of the Kingdom of Dalmatia 1814-1918«, State Archives in Zadar and Literary circle Split, Zadar, 2018

The book »Plemstvo kraljevine Dalmacije 1814.-1918.« (Nobility of the Kingdom of Dalmatia 1814-1918) counts 605 pages,illustrating and writing on individual and family nobility inscribed in the Nobility Index of the Heraldic Commission and the Division for heraldic Issues in Zadar. The authors are Miroslav Granić and Denis Martinović,and the publishers are Državni arhiv u Zadru […]

»Večernji list« presents large posters of Croatian coats of arms and flags

Večernji list - posteri grbova i zastava

Croatian Heraldic and Vexillological Association proudly presents posters which are gifts of the »Večernji list« Zagreb daily newspapers  to their readers on Monday, 9 October and Tuesday 10 October. We gladly co-operated in their preparation, in accordance with ut statutory goals – promotion of heraldry and vexillology as scientific disciplines, and popularization of Croatian heraldic […]

21st Anniversary of »The FAME« web site

21 godina »The FAME«

On the 3 July 2017 the 21st annivarsary of the web site »The Flags & Arms of the Modern Era« (»The FAME«) was marked. The site is edited since 3 July 1996 by Željko Heimer.It presents through drawings and texts the coats of arms and flags of the “modern era” (defined by the author arbitrary […]

»Grb i zastava« № 20 Issued

Just as the previous issue that opened the tenth volume, the new celebratory № 20 of our journal »Grb i zastava« is issued in extended volume at 36 pages. It was just sent to the printers and our members may expect it soon in their mail boxes. Additional copes may be ordered through the Leykam […]

New book Željko Heimer: »Exploring Vexillology through Military Unit Flags«, HGZD, Zagreb, 2016.

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 […]

Issued »Proceedings of the Scientific and Professional Symposium “Symbol, Identity and Homeland War”, Zagreb, 31 October 2014«, HGZD, Zagreb, 2016

Zbornik “Simbol, identitet i Domovinski rat”, 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 […]

New book Trako Poljak: »Croatian Symbolic Identity«, TIM press, Zagreb, 2016

Trako Poljak: Hrvatski simbolički identitet, TIM press, Zagreb, 2016.

Recently the Zagreb publisher TIM press issued a new monograph by Doc. Dr. Sc. Tijana Trako Poljak titled »Croatian Symbolic Identity« with subtitle »Meanings of National Symbols from Croatian Citizens’ Perspectives«. On 316 pages of paperback binding the monograph is result of the doctoral thesis and the scientific qualitative emipirical research performed in 2013. This […]