La Fédération Internationale des Associations Vexillologiques/The International Federation of Vexillological Associations/Međunarodna federacija veksiloloških udruga http://www.fiav.org
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 […]
(Translated with permission, from the magazine “Hrvatski vojnik”, nr. 534, 8 Sep 2017, p. 47, http://hrvatski-vojnik.hr/pdfmagazin/hv_534.pdf#47) Prepared by Domagoj VLAHOVIĆ ♦ VEXILOLOGY Željko Heimer, officer of the Croatian Armed Forces, collaborator of the Hrvatski vojnik and vexillologist (scientist researching flags, their history, meaning and use), received a great international recognition for his work The International […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
With the spring issue of 2016 our journal »Grb i zastava« enters its volume 10. The number 19 was just sent to the printers and our members may expiect it soon in their mail boxes. Additional copes may be ordered through the Leykam International publishing house. From the »Editorial« we copy: … this issue of GiZ […]
The Portland Flag Association (PFA) recently started an initiative to designate the October 1 as World Vexillology Day and invited other vexillological associations to support the idea and join in marking the World Vexillology Day already this year. The World Vexillology Day is envisaged as a celebration of flags and their study (vexillology), organized by participating […]
The 25th International Congress of Vexillology (25ICV) was held from 4 until 10 August 2013 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Željko Heimer participated for HGZD. In the academic program he held the paper “Croatian Municipal Ceremonial Flags“, and he took part in the work of the General Assembly of the International Federation of Vexillological Associations (FIAV), […]
We participated in the 24th International Congress of Vexillology, organized by the North American Vexillological Association (NAVA) and the Chesapeake Bay Flag Association (CFA), 1-5 August 2011, in Alexandria, VA in the Washington, D.C. area. During the Congress, the Fédération internationale des associations vexillologiques (FIAV) held the 22nd Session of its General Assembly. The main […]
The 23rd International Congress of Vexillology was held in Yokohama, Japan from 12 to 18 July 2009. Željko Heimer participated the Congress as the HGZD delegate. The vexillological congresses are held biannually by the International Federation of Vexillologic Organizations (FIAV), of which HGZD is a member since the previous Congress in Berlin 2007. The hosts […]
 FIAV | Međunarodna federacija veksiloloških udrugaInternational Federation of Vexillological AssociationsLa Fédération Internationale des Associations Vexillologiques | & | Međunarodna genealoška i heraldička konfederacijaInternational Confederation of Genealogy and HeraldryLa Confédération Internationale de Généalogie et d'Héraldique |  CIGH |
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