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Donji Lapac is located some 60 km east of Gospić. The town was established in the 18th century after the liberation of the region from the Ottomans. It suffered much damage in both the First World War and in the Homeland War. It has 1,900 inhabitats, about 800 in the town of the same name, the other in 17 surrounding villages. In the 1990s it was part of the breakaway Serbian Krajina, reintegrated to Croatia in 1995 after the liberation operation "Storm". In the 1992 administrative reform, it was made part of the special administrative unit Kotar Knin, part of Zadar-Knin County, but in 1997 it was made part of Lika-Senj County.
Željko Heimer, 5 December 2009
The flag is blue with a yellow bordered coat of arms in the middle.
Tomislav Šipek, 11 April 2023
In 2022, there was a minor redesign of the coat of arms and the flag itself.
In doing so, the flag is used in a lighter tone.
https://radio-gospic.com/2023/02/potpisani-ugovori-o-radu-zazeli-bolji-donji-lapac-faza-iii/
Tomislav Šipek, 7 June 2024
image by Željko Heimer, 7 June 2024
The coat of arms of Donji Lapac is "Gules an eagle displayed sable armed or and langued of the first".
The coat of arms is based on an historical seal, already recorded in 1448 according to Laszowski's Grbovi Jugoslavije [lsv39]; Laszowki shows the same coat of arms with a somewhat more basic depiction of the
eagle (image).
Željko Heimer, 18 October 2011
The arms are based on a seal from 1448 and tombstones from the 15th century, as the coat of arms of the ancient Croatian tribe of Lapčans (Genus Lapac).
Tomislav Šipek, 11 April 2023
image by Željko Heimer, 7 June 2024
image by Željko Heimer, 7 June 2024