Malenice
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Nomenclature and Geography
Category: City / Municipality
Summary
About the place: Malenice is a municipality and village in Strakonice District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic, situated along the Volyňka River.
Flag Description: A white field with a green triangular pile having its apex at the midpoint of the top edge and its base vertices at seven-eighths of the hoist and fly edges. Within the green pile is a white Saint James shell (scallop). In the upper hoist corner is a bendwise erect red raspberry with two green leaves, and in the upper fly corner is a bendwise sinister erect red raspberry with two green leaves.
Symbolism: The raspberries serve as a canting symbol referencing the name of the municipality, Malenice. The Saint James scallop shell symbolizes the local Church of Saint James the Greater.
Flag Description: A white field with a green triangular pile having its apex at the midpoint of the top edge and its base vertices at seven-eighths of the hoist and fly edges. Within the green pile is a white Saint James shell (scallop). In the upper hoist corner is a bendwise erect red raspberry with two green leaves, and in the upper fly corner is a bendwise sinister erect red raspberry with two green leaves.
Symbolism: The raspberries serve as a canting symbol referencing the name of the municipality, Malenice. The Saint James scallop shell symbolizes the local Church of Saint James the Greater.
Statistics
Area
9.86 km²
Population
716