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Kutina (Town, Sisak-Moslavina County, Croatia)

Flag of Kutina, horizontal and vertical (table flag) versions - Images by Željko Heimer, 14 December 2002

Presentation of Kutina
Flag of Kutina
Coat of arms of Kutina
- Proposed coat of arms
Former flag of Kutina

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Presentation of Kutina

The town of Kutina is most well-known for the petrochemical industry situated there.

Željko Heimer, 14 December 2002

Flag of Kutina

The flag of Kutina, adopted around 1998, is white with the coat of arms in the middle.
The table flag contains the name of the town inscribed under the downward offset coat of arms.

Željko Heimer, 14 December 2002

Coat of arms of Kutina

Coat of arms of Kutina - Image by Željko Heimer, 14 December 2002

The coat of arms of Kutina is blue with a 4 x 4 red and white checky plate rotated 45 degrees surmounted by a white magpie. In the crest there is white scarf with agolden fringe and two oak leaves.

Kutina bears the arms of their medieval lords Csupor de Monoszlo (Čupor Moslavački), whose most prominent member was Demetrius II Csupor de Monoszlo, installed in 1446 as Bishop of Knin. The coat of arms of the Csupor family was already known in the 14th century. At the end of the 15th century the family died out and thier estates were eventually inherited by the Erdödy family that beared their second attribute de Monoszlo. The magpie is said to symbolize labor towards richness. Actually only the shield of Csupor is used (see [bjn99a]), with changed crest.

Željko Heimer, 14 December 2002

Proposed coat of arms

Proposed coat of arms of Kutina - Image by Željko Heimer, 14 December 2002

The early proposed coat of arms was with a purpure field, which is not among the colours allowed in regulations for coat of arms.

Željko Heimer, 14 December 2002

Former flag of Kutina

Former flag of Kutina, two variants - Images by Željko Heimer, 14 December 2002

The former flag (TV images, 1998; photo, May 2002), still shown on the town website, has a red stripe in the upper edge and a blue stripe in the lower edge, each covering 1/6 of the length, and the coat of arms set in the middle of the central white stripe. The flag is also described to have a triangular indentation at the fly end and should be edged with yellow around the outer edges and should have yellow fringe along the fly end. This was probably used only for indoors flags.

Željko Heimer, 13 December 2008