In Zagreb, in the Tower over the Stone Gates, the seat of the Brotherhood of the Croatian Dragon (DBHZ), the Croatian Heraldic and Vexillological Association, on the occasion of the World Vexillology Day, organized the presentation of Daniela Kušpilić’s book “Flags from the Stern, Mast and Bow: Catalog of the Collection of Flags and Signal […]
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Željko Heimer
Ćus Rukonić Book Promotion in Rijeka
After the presentation in Cres and Mali Lošinj last month, Jasminka Ćus Rukonić’s monograph “heraldic Heritage of the Cres-Lošinj Islands” was presented in Rijeka on 6 July 2023. The presentation was held in the beautiful Marble Hall, the so-called The Governor’s Palace, or the Maritime and Historical Museum of the Croatian Littoral, Rijeka. At the […]
Commemorative postage stamps “Croatian flags” presented, 5 June 2023.
In the Tower over the Stone Gates in Zagreb, on 5 June 2023, the Croatian Heraldric and Vexillological Association (HGZD), the Brotherhood of the Croatian Dragon Society (DBHZ) and Croatian postal authority HP – Hrvatska pošta d. d. held a ceremony promoting the new issue of postage stamps of the Republic of Croatia […]
Exhibition of the Rijeka flag in the LC Pećine, 12 April 2023
The exhibition “Rijeka Flags Through History and Today” by Željko Heimer was opened in the Pećine Local Committee. The incentive for the systematic research of the city flag came from the Association of the Free State of Rijeka, which for years supported the initiative for the city to receive a historical tricolor as the official […]
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 “Brothers 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 financial statements, […]
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 Brotherhood of Croatian Dragon Society was issued in the latest number of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]