HERALDRY

Adam S. Eterovich

NOVOSEL-NOVOSELIC-NOVOSELEC

Novosel, Novoselic and Novoselec in Croatian means immigrant or settler.

The Novosel Clan is found all over Croatia in great numbers with the majority from Banicevac, Brajak Brdo, Busetina, Cerje, Gorgnja Rijeka, Imbrovec, Karlovac, Markusevec Gornji, Orehova Gorica, Podgora, Podraje, Pustodol, Sica, Slavetic, Trnovec and Zagreb.

Arms were granted to Luka Novosel by Maria Theresia on Sept. 12, 1744 at Vienna and the original is at the Croatian Archives in Zagreb. Nikola Novaselc-Novoselc Arms were recorded in 1477 and are in the Croatian Archives.

Horizontal lines are blue, left slanted lines, green; dots, gold; verticle lines, red; white, silver.

We have an American Novosel with a Medal of Honor. The Turk's head probably signifies valor in battle against the Turks on the Croatian frontier.

Courtesy of the Croatian Genealogical and Heraldic Society, 2527 San Carlos Ave., San Carlos, California, 94070. Phone: 650-592-1190; E-Mail croatians@aol.com; Web www.croatians.com. Adam S. Eterovich.