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![[Municipality flag]](../images/h/hr-kc-sp.gif)
Flag of Sveti Petar Orehovec- Image by Željko Heimer, 11 August 2016, after a photo taken by Tomislav Šipek, May 2016
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The symbols of Sveti Petar Orehovec are prescribed by Decision Odluka o grbu i zastavi Općine Sveti Petar Orehovec, adopted on 22 December 2011 by the Municipality Assembly and published on 30 December 2011 in the County official gazette Službeni glasnik Koprivnicko-križevacke županije, No. 16 (text).
The symbols were approved by the Ministry of Administration on 5 September
2011.
The symbols are described in Statutory Decision Statutarna odluka o izmjenama i dopunama Statuta Općine Sveti Petar Orehovec, adopted on 27 March 2013 and published on 9 May 2013 in Službeni glasnik Koprivnicko-križevacke županije, No. 4 (text)
The flag is described in Article 4 b of the Statutory Decision as followed:
The flag of the municipality is of yellow (golden) colour, with a ratio of length to width of 2:1. The coat of arms is centrally positioned in the flag field, approximately covering one third of the longer edge of the flag. The coat of arms is outlined with a red edge.
Željko Heimer, 2 November 2013
![[Municipality arms]](../images/h/hr)kc-sp.gif)
Coat of arms of Sveti Petar Orehovec - Image by Željko Heimer, 11 August 2016, after a photo taken by Tomislav Šipek, May 2016
The coat of arms of Sveti Petar Orehovec is described in Article 4a of the Statutory Decision as follows:
The coat of arms of the municipality is in a semi-circular shield shape. The black field of the semi-circular shield is charged with two rampant lions coloured golden, looking twoards each other. The lions with their front paws jointly hold a golden column in the centre of the shield, leaning with one of their back paws each to the column base. At the top of the column is a golden walnut.
The two lions holding a column is the coat of arms from the seal of Gáspár Rákóczy von Orahovica, Vice-Ban of Croatia, of 1670. A similar coat of arms was confirmed in 1690 to his son Stefan when he was granted Grafschaft. The modern municipality that developed around their ancient lands ensigned the arms with a walnut (Croatian, orah), making the arms canting.
Željko Heimer, 2 November 2013
