![[Municipality flag]](../images/h/hr-za-pk.gif)
image by Željko Heimer, 31 July 2013
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image by Željko Heimer, 31 July 2013
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The municipality of Pakoštane (3,884 inhabitants in 2001, 2,113 in the village of Pakoštane) is located about 30 km south-east of Zadar, between the coast and the Vransko Lake that is just a few km inland from the coast.
Željko Heimer, 3 November 2007
The symbols of Pakoštane (municipal website) were designed by the Heraldic Art d.o.o. company, from Rijeka, and approved by the Ministry of Administration / Central State Office for Administration before 2006.
The flag (photo) is in proportions 1:2, light blue with the coat of arms, bordered yellow, in the middle.
Although the drawing on the municipal website shows a dark blue
flag with a light blue coat of arms, the photo of the flag actually used clearly shows a light blue flag with a dark blue coat of arms.
Željko Heimer, 10 November 2010
![[Municipality arms]](../images/h/hr)za-pk.gif)
image by Željko Heimer, 31 july 2013
The coat of arms is "Azure a unicorn rampant or".
Željko Heimer, 10 April 2009
![[Municipality ceremonial flag]](../images/h/hr-za_pk.gif)
image by Željko Heimer, 31 July 2013
The ceremonial flag is a blue gonfalon ending triangularly with a golden fringe at the bottom, with a coat of arms in the centre of it quartered: Pakoštane proper, argent an inflamed sword argent hilted or, argent a fleur-de-lis gules and azure a saltire or, topped with the name of the municipality in two arches above and with branches of grapevine and olive below.
This is, to my knowledge, the only example of a ceremonial flag showing
a coat of arms different from the municipal one; presumably, this is a
ceremonial version of the arms. The three additional quarters are prone
to be speculated on their meaning. My first impression is that they
may represent patron saints revered in the municipality; Pakoštane has four churches - St. Justin, St. Michael, St. Roch and
Assumption of the Lord (in the order of their building) -, the last one
being the parish church today, while the St. Roch church was desacralized
some 100 years ago. I assume that the unicorn is standing for the current parish church, that is, the Assumption; clearly, the inflamed sword stands for St. Michael. However, the fleur-de-lis and saltire are not so easy to decipher.
On the other hand, the Municipality Statutes prescribe four church holidays
to be officially celebrated - Assumption, St.
Michael (29 September), St. Anthony [of Padua] (13 June) and Holy Trinity.
However, there does not seem to be a link either to fleur-de-lis or saltire with this set either.
Željko Heimer, 10 April 2009
![[Municipality flag]](../images/h/hr-za-pk-vr.gif)
image by Željko Heimer, 16 February 2022
The flags are white with coat of arms.
Tomislav Šipek, 16 February 2022
Coat of arms
![[Municipality flag]](../images/h/hr-za-pk-vr).gif)
image by Željko Heimer, 16 February 2022
The coat of arms of Vrana is quartered, argent a cross formy gules, gules a crown of King Zvonimir or, azure a tiara proper and sable a cross formy argent. On a helm afrontee a torse gules and argent a hand issuant holding a sword erect between a pair of wings sable. Mantle gules and argent. Supporters St. Michael armoured holding an inflamed sword and scales and St. Catherine holding a palm branch vert standing in front of a lion couchant all over a ribbon inscribed "Sv. Mihovil - Vrana - Sv. Nediljica".
The coat of arms symbolize the history of the place - established as a benedictine monastery of St. George, it was presented to Pope by King Zvonimir in 1076. The monastery was afterwards given to Templars and then to knights of St. John. The monastery kept the royal insignia used for the coronations of Croatian and Croatian-Hungarian rulers in Biograd.
Tomislav Šipek, 16 February 2022
Ceremonial Flag
![[Municipality flag]](../images/h/hr-za-pk-vr1.gif)
image by Željko Heimer, 16 February 2022
The ceremonial flag is a white gonfalon with three triangularly ending tails with golden fringe and the coat of arms in the centre.
Tomislav Šipek, 16 February 2022
