The Croatian Heraldic and Vexillological Society (HGZD) was founded on 4 May 2006 in the ceremonial hall of the Croatian History Museum in Matoševa Street. On the occasion of its 20th anniversary, on 6 May 2026, a gathering was held in the Dragon Hall of the Society of Brothers of the Croatian Dragon (DBHZ) in […]
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Hrvoje Kekez
Handbook for Students “Croatian Heraldic Heritage I. – Selected Topics”
Edited and prepared by Prof. emer. dr. h. c. Mirjana Matijević Sokol and associate professor Dr. Tomislav Galović, Croatian Heraldic Heritage I. – Selected Topics, is a historiographically relevant and well-structured selection of texts on Croatian heraldic heritage created by the work of sixteen authors. The work covers 362 pages and is equipped with an […]
»Grb i zastava« № 31 Issued
The № 31 of »Grb i zastava« was printed, in its Volume XVI, soon to be posted to subscriber addresses. Additional copies of the GiZ you may order from Leykam International. We copy here from the »Editorial«: Dear Reader, I hope you are still well and healthy. It appears that the consequences of pandemic, earthquakes, […]
A New Thematic Number of »Hrvatska revija« on Heraldry
»Hrvatska revija« (Croatian Review) is a journal of the Croatian Matrix (Matica hrvatska) covering social and cultural issues. The journal was established in Zagreb in 1928 and issued until 1945. It was reestablished in 1951 in Buenos Aires, and since 1991 it has again been issued quarterly in Zagreb under the Matrix. The latest number of Revija has the […]
»Grb i zastava« № 19 Issued
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 […]
Round Table on Heraldry at Kliofest History Festival 2014
HGZD members participated in the discussion panel titled “Symbols of Croatian Identity – on Coats of Arms, Heraldry and Historiography” as part of the History Festival “Kliofest 2014” organized by the Croatian National Board on History Sciences (Zagreb), Society of the Croatian History (Zagreb), National and University Library (Zagreb), Croatian State Archives (Zagreb), Union of […]
9th HGZD Tribune, 29.3.2011 – Hrvoje Kekez
Our 9th Tribune was held on Tuesday, 29th March 2011 at 18:30 in the premises of the Zagreb Classical Gymnasium Society (DZKG), 44 Preradovićeva street. Mr. Hrvoje Kekez, Medieval History Department, the Croatian History Institute, held the lecture »Nobility of Zelina and their Arms«. The nobility of the Zelina region is recorded already in the […]
»Grb i zastava« № 8 Issued
»Grb i zastava« № 7 Issued
1st HGZD Tribune, 23.03.2010 – Hrvoje Kekez
The 1st HGZD Tribune was held on 23 March 2010 in the lecture hall of the Classic Gymnasium of Zagreb Society (DZKG). On the occasion we had pleasure of listening to the lecture by Mr. Hrvoje Kekez, research assistant at the Croatian Institute of History, about the English heraldic authority – the College of Arms. […]










