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Coat of arms The Coat of Arms of Karlovac The coat of arms of Karlovac was granted by the charter of Emperor Joseph II. This removed the military community from the Krajina territory (the military frontier) and elevated it to the status of a free royal town in 1781. This meant that the town enjoyed special royal patronage and had the right to choose a town council and mayor. In the top right-hand corner, we can see crossed anchors. These symbolise boats on the River Kupa,as the river was navigable in the past, and Karlovac was a significant trading centre, thanks to the river’s navigability. In the top left-hand corner, there is the historical Croatian emblem of red and white fields. A town, surrounded by walls and with two rivers in front of it, is depicted in the lower part of the coat of arms. This represents Karlovac, which was a fortress at the time the coat of arms was designed, and the rivers Korana and Kupa, which used to supply the moats with water. Above the town, there is a golden sun on the left and a silver moon with a human figure on the right. There is a small shield in the centre of the coat of arms with the initials of Joseph II (J II), the Austrian emperor who granted the charter. Above the coat of arms is a golden king's crown, and on the left and right are mermaids who hold the coat of arms in one hand and their golden hair in the other. All of this is encircled with the inscription: "SIGILL.LIBER.ET REG.CIVITATISCAROLOSTADIEN."
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Grb grada Karlovca izdvojili smo s povelje cara Josipa II kojom je 1781. godine dotadašnji vojni komunitet izdvojen iz krajiškog teritorija i uzdignut u status slobodnog kraljevskog grada. U to vrijeme to je značilo da su bili pod posebnom zaštitom vladara, te su sami imali pravo izbora gradskih vijećnika i gradonačelnika. U desnom gornjem kutu grba su ukrižena sidra. Ona simboliziraju lađarstvo na Kupi jer je u prošlosti rijeka Kupa bila plovna, a Karlovac zahvaljujući njenoj plovnosti veliko trgovačko središte. U lijevom gornjem kutu je povijesni hrvatski grb sa crvenim i bijelim poljima. Na donjoj polovici grba vidi se bedemima opasan grad, ispred kojeg se nalaze dvije rijeke. To je crtež Karlovca koji je u vrijeme dodjeljivanja grba bio tvrđava, te rijeke Korana i Kupa kojima su se punili i praznili šančevi. Iznad grada lijevo se nalazi zlatno sunce, a desno srebrni mjesec s ljudskim likom.U središtu grba je mali štit na kojem je početno slovo imena austrijskog vladara Josipa II. (J II) koji mu je dao povelju. Nad grbom je zlatna kraljevska kruna, a sa lijeve i desne strane su sirene koje jednom rukom drže grb, a drugom svoje zlatne pramenove. Sve to nalazi se u kružnici na čijim rubovima je ispisano:"SIGILL.LIBER.ET REG. CIVITATIS CAROLOSTADIEN."