Four years ago, four national institutions engaged in the research and preservation of the national symbolic heritage, each in its own way: the Croatian Historical Museum (HPM), the Croatian Institute of History (HIP), the Croatian Heraldic and Vexillological Society (HGZD) and the Society of Brethren of the Croatian Dragon (DBHZ) declared 5 June as the […]
Croatian Post, Inc. has accepted HGZD’s proposal to publish a series of postage stamps in 2023 on the occasion of the 175th anniversary of the Croatian tricolor. Croatian Flag Day (June 5) was jointly established in 2018 by four national institutions (the Croatian Institute of History, Croatian History Museum, Society of Brethren of the Croatian […]
The poster exhibition “Croatian Coat of Arms and Flag Through the History” was opened on 28 May 2021 on the occasion of the Statehood Day 30 May and the Croatian Flag Day 5 June in the Pećine Local Council in Rijeka. The exhibition author is president of the International Federation of Vexillological Associations (FIAV) and […]
The latest issue of the interdisciplinary scientific journal that publishes scientific and professional articles in the field of historical and related humanities, Radovi Zavoda za hrvatsku povijest Filozofskog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu (Journal of the Institute of Croatian History) in the issue 2 Vol 52 for December 2020 published a review of Željko Heimer’s monograph […]
In its weekly edition of March 28, 2021, the Croatian daily Večernji list published a special article entitled “Croatia – 30 Years of Independence”, which, along with forty other interesting articles and conversations about this key moment in Croatian history on 154 pages, also contains the text “Symbol of Identity: Croatian Flag through the History” […]
Croatian national broadcasting company HRT published on its news portal on August 23, 2020 an article about flags that appear in connection with recent events in Belarus, which we transfer here translated https://vijesti.hrt.hr/646215/zasto-bjeloruski-prosvjednici-koriste-bijelo-crveno-bijelu-zastavu-umjesto-sluzbene Why are Belarusian protesters using a white-red-white flag instead of the official one? A frequent sight in the current protests in Belarus […]
Text and photos Slavica Šarović, Portal for National Minorities of Croatia https://nacionalnemanjine.hr/promovirana-knjiga-zastave-izraela/ English translation: HGZD. The book Zastave Izraela/The Flags of Israel by Lieutenant Colonel Dr. Željko Heimer, LF, FF, promoted on 3 December at 19h in the Jewish Community of Zagreb auditorium, is particularly interesting because a Croatian author considers flags of another country, […]
FIAV (International Federation of Vexillological Associations) and HGZD President visited Skopje on 6–9 October 2019 as a guestof the Macedonian Heraldic Society (MGD), being its proud honorary member. On 8 October 2019 in the name of FIAV he presented to MGD president Jovan Jonovski a charter confirming the MGD membership to FIAV. MGD was admitted […]
During his visit to the Macedonian Heraldic Society, FIAV (international Federation of Vexillological Associations) and HGZD President Heimer held a lecture “National Symbols of Jewish People and the State of Istrael” on 7 Ictober 2019 inthe newly renovated lecture hall of the Jewish Community in the Republic of Macedonia.
The FIAV (International Federation of Vexillological Associations) and the HGZD President visited Skopje on 6-9 October 2019, where he was a guest of the Macedonian Heraldic Society, being its proud honorary member. In the course of his visit he held a lecture “Symbols as attributes of states: with examples from the contemporary use of flag […]
 FIAV | Međunarodna federacija veksiloloških udrugaInternational Federation of Vexillological AssociationsLa Fédération Internationale des Associations Vexillologiques | & | Međunarodna genealoška i heraldička konfederacijaInternational Confederation of Genealogy and HeraldryLa Confédération Internationale de Généalogie et d'Héraldique |  CIGH |
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