Split-Dalmatia County (Croatia)

Splitsko-dalmatinska županija

Last modified: 2012-11-24 by ivan sache
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Flag of Split-Dalmatia County - Image by Željko Heimer, 20 March 2005

• Presentation of Split-Dalmatia County
• Flag of Split-Dalmatia County
• Coat of arms of Split-Dalmatia County
• Subdivisions of Split-Dalmatia County
  • Towns

    Split (County seat) Hvar Imotski Kaštela Komiža Makarska Omiš Sinj

    Solin Stari Grad Supetar Trilj Trogir Vis Vrgorac Vrlika

  • Municipalities:

    Baška Voda Bol Brela Cista Provo Dicmo Dugi Rat Dugopolje Gradac

    Hrvace Jelsa Klis Lećevica Lokvičići Lovreć Marina Milna

    Muć Nerežišća Okrug Otok Podbablje Podgora Podstrana Postira

    Prgomet Primorski Dolac Proložac Pučišća Runovići Seget Selca Sućuraj

    Sutivan Šestanovac Šolta Tučepi Zadvarje Zagvozd Zmijavci

See also:

• Croatia
• Croatia: Local flags

Presentation of Split-Dalmatia County

Split-Dalmatia County is situated in the middle Dalmatia. Even if it is the only county that have the name of Dalmatia in it, it does not encompass the whole historical Kingdom of Dalmatia.

Željko Heimer, 20 March 2005

Flag of Split-Dalmatia County

The symbols of Split-Dalmatia County are prescribed by Decision Odluka o grbu i zastavi Županije splitsko-dalmatinske, adopted on 12 December 1995 by the County Assembly and published in the County official gazette Službeni glasnik, No. 9.
The flag is blue with a yellow panel at hoist in the middle of which the coat of arms is set.

Željko Heimer, 20 March 2005

Coat of arms of Split-Dalmatia County

Coat of arms of Split-Dalmatia County - Image by Željko Heimer, 20 March 2005

The coat of arms is: "Azure a crown of Zvonimir or". The crown of Zvonimir is based on the representation of the crown on the head of a Croatian king found on the old Croatian engraving in a baptistery built in early Romanesque 11th century style. The baptistery is found in Split, and it is believed that the figure represents King Zvonimir-Dmitar (?-1089, ruled from 1075), who liberated Dalmatia from Venetians, and organized the capital and the seat of the Croatian Parliament in Knin. The same crown design is used on the coat of arms of the Sibenik-Knin County.
Since the County does not encompass the whole historical Kingdom of Dalmatia, there is no sense in using the historical Dalmatian coat of arms, "Azure three leopard's heads or". However, the historical connection is retained by the use of the same colours in the modern County's symbols.

Željko Heimer, 20 March 2005