Breznički Hum (Municipality, Varaždin County, Croatia)

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Flag of Breznički Hum - Image by Željko Heimer, 10 October 2004

• Presentation of Breznički Hum
• Flag of Breznički Hum
• Coat of arms of Breznički Hum
• Ceremonial flag of Breznički Hum

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• Croatia
• Varaždin County (Croatia)
• Croatia: Local flags

Presentation of Breznički Hum

The Municipality of Breznički Hum is located in the southern end of Varaždin County, on the main road leading from Zagreb to Varaždin (more generally, on the road Rijeka-Zagreb-Budapest-Minsk). The population is about 1,700 inhabitants.
In the 1992 Regulation, the name of the municipality was given as "Hum Breznički", but in 1997 it was reverted.

Željko Heimer, 10 October 2004

Flag of Breznički Hum

The symbols of Breznički Hum (except the ceremonial flag are prescribed by Decision Odluka o opisu i uporabi grba i zastave Općine Breznički Hum, adopted on 20 December 2001 by the Municipality Assembly and published on 21 December 2001 in the County official gazette Službeni vjesnik Varaždinske županije, No. 29.
Article 5 of the Municipality Statutes Statut Općine Breznički Hum, adopted on 7 February 2006 by the Town Assembly and published on 8 February 2006 in Službeni vjesnik Varaždinske županije, No. 3, includes the full description of the coat of arms and the flag.
This was repeated in the current Statutes Statut Općine Breznički Hum, adopted on 10 July 2009 by the Town Assembly and published on 11 August 2009 in Službeni vjesnik Varaždinske županije, No. 27.

The flag is in proportions 1:2, dark blue with the coat of arms, bordered yellow, in the middle.

Željko Heimer, 20 December 2009

Coat of arms of Breznički Hum

Coat of arms of Breznički Hum - Image by Željko Heimer, 10 October 2004

The coat of arms of Breznički Hum is "Azure a water pump argent and a post horn or in chief".
I think that the post horn may refer to the importance of the place for traffic.

Željko Heimer, 10 October 2004

Ceremonial flag of Breznički Hum

Ceremonial flag of Breznički Hum - Image by Željko Heimer, 10 October 2004

The ceremonial flag is a blue gonfalon with three triangularly ending tails and with a golden frineg along the bottom, the coat of arms in the middle, the name of the municipality above in two arches and linden branches ornament below in the tails.

Željko Heimer, 10 October 2004