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Page created: 1st October 2000 Last updated: 28th January 2018
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Map of the Osijek and Baranya County.

Osijek and Baranya County - Cities

Osječko-baranjska županija - gradovi

1. Osijek
2. Beli Manastir
3. Belišće
4. Donji Miholjac
5. Đakovo
   • Đakovo, variant
   • Đakovo, 1986 – 1992
6. Našice
7. Valpovo
   • Valpovo, ca. 199x

Since 1993 the Croatian legislation allows the units of local self-government (counties, cities and communities) to have their coat of arms and flag, however these may be legally used only after they are approved by a central state authority. The a flag of a city or community should be of a one colour field with the coat of arms in the centre or offset towards hoist. Some exceptions from this rule are tolerated for the cities with traditional flag established before these rules were made. The coat of arms must follow also a set of rules to be approved. Some cities and communities use unapproved designs nevertheless. See more on the approval dates. Prior to 1993 the coats of arms and flag were not regulated by state legislation.
The official bazon (heraldic descripton) of the coats of arms and descriptions of the flags are according to the approval text of the central state authority, other description according to other city documents.
In 1997 the communities of Belišće and Donji Miholjac were given city status, while the city of Našice was included from Požega and Slavonia County.

• Osijek and Baranya County
• Croatia - Counties
• Croatia

Osijek

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The coat of arms is based the one granted in 1809 by king Francis I, today in much simplified form: In blue field a silver bridge with a tower, above it an escutcheon Argent an Arm embowed Gules holding a Sabre proper. The embowed hand with sabre is the arms of ancient Bosnia (Rama), but in the early 19th century, it was shortly used in the Habsburg heraldry as the symbol of Slavonia. The coat of arms bordered golden is set in the middle of a landesfarben style flag of white over blue bicolour. The colours are those from the coat of arms. The blue-white bicolour withthe city arms has tradition from at least the early 20th century, when such flags are used by the civic guard units. The flag is also used in long vertical version, occasionally without the coat of arms, too.

* Note: the official blazon in the Ministry approval was simply copied from city decisions; the approval was granted prior to the establishment of the Coats of Arms and Flags Approval Commission, and unlike the subsequent approvals, it does not contain the heraldic blazon written by an expert.

Beli Manastir

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The coat of arms of Beli Manastir is azure St. Martin standing on embattled wall argent issuant from the base holding in his dexter a cross or and in his sinister a part of his coat gules. St. Martin is the saint patron of Beli Manastir, he is shown clead as a Roman soldier. The flag is blue with the coat of arms in the middle. There is also a vertical variant of the flag.

Belišće

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The coat of arms is Gules two leaves Argent addorsed and in base three barrulets of the same. The coat of arms is canting picturing leaves (Croatian lišće) of poplar tree, once abundantly surrounding the city, and characterized indeed by the whitish leaves. It also symbolizes the paper industry that initiated the prosperity of the city. The three stripes represent three rivers surrounding the city: Drava, Karašica and Vučica. The flag is yellow with the coat of arms in the centre of it. While clearly described as yellow, it is most often used in a redish shade that could easily be simply called orange. It is also recorded in use in vertical format with somewhat smaller coat of arms.

Until 1997 Belišće had status of a community.

Donji Miholjac

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The coat of arms of Donji Miholjac is azure St. Michael the Archangel holding a sword argent hilted or and an oval shield gules a cross also argent standing a piercing a dragon vert armed and langued gules. St. Michael is a namesake and patron of the city. The coat of arms is based on the 1906 seal of the marketplace Donji Miholjac. The flag is white with the yellow bordered coat of arms in the centre of it. A vartical version is also noted in use. The ceremonial flag is a white triangularly ending gonfalon with golden fringe, with the coat of arms in the centre, the green name of the community in two arches above and two green oak branches with golden acorns below. Table flags of the same basic design, rectangular, vetical, with yellow border are recorded in use.

Until 1997 Donji Miholjac had status of a community.

Đakovo

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The coat of arms of Đakovo is azure on a base vert the clasicistic facade of the Parish Church of All Saints argent roofed gules ensigned with St. Peter stantant holding a book in his right and a key in his left hand in dexter and St. Paul stantant holding a sword in his right and a book in his left hand, both nimbed or and in chief two mullets also or. The coat of arms is based on a seal from late 18th century, used as a coat of arms already in the early 19th century. The flag, white over purple bicolour with the coat of arms in the centre of it is adopted in 1992. The flag is based on the Vatica bicolour (variation), where the purple (carmin-lilac) stripe instead of the yellow, signifies Đakovo as a seat of diocese.

* Note: the official blazon in the Ministry approval was simply copied from city decisions; the approval was granted prior to the establishment of the Coats of Arms and Flags Approval Commission, and unlike the subsequent approvals, it does not contain the heraldic blazon written by an expert.

Đakovo, variant

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The official descriptions stipulate the outlines in the arms should be golden, however, variations with the black lines instead are also in wide use.

Đakovo, 1986 – 1992

No flag.

The historical coat of arms of Đakovo was not official used after the World War II. Only in 1986 a new design was adopted, with that historical arms surrounded with the elements of the socialist upbuilding. In the outlines there are the cathedral and modern buildings siluettes, wavy lines standing for the rivers Vuka and Sava. The five pointed star is at the top, with two ribbons falling from it. On the right it is inscribed the historical name DYAKO and the year 1239, when a charter determining the city tarritory was issued, and on the left the modern name and the liberation year 1945. In the base there are symbols of agriculture, industry, woodworks and vine growing. The colours of the arms were not determined. The same arms with the year 1989 on the left ribbon and an aditional ribbon inscribed "750th anniversary of the city" was used that year on the occasion of the celebration.

Našice

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The coat of arms is Azure, on a two mounts vert as many Churches Argent roofed Gules adorsed. This is based on the marketplace seal of 1880, as coloured by Laszowski. The seal included similar depiction although different in minor artistic details, with a natural red lily flower on a long stalk along the sinister edge. The flag is blue with the yellow bordered coat of arms in the centre. The table flag is a vertical blue flag with the coat of arms in the centre and the white inscribed city name underneath.

The City of Našice was in Požega and Slavonia County until 1997.

Valpovo

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The coat of arms of Valpovo is vert a circular fort with a clock-tower or issuant from a three-arched bridge of the same. The circular Valpovo tower of 15th century is combined with the Baroque clock-tower of 1873 of the Prandau-Normann castle, representing the history of Valpovo. The symbolic three arches of the Malta bridge over Karašica, represent the three rivers - Drava, Karašica and Vučica. The green fields of the coat of arms and the flag stand for the agriculture and the Valpovo park. The flag is green with the yellow bordered coat of arms in the centre. A flag of green with a similar coat of arms was in use at least since 1970's of unknown status.

Valpovo, ca. 199x

Flag unknown.

The coat of arms used by Valpovo prior to the current design depicted in white between a green oak leaf and a golden corn ear a brown embattled tower with the Croatian chequy shield raising from a bridge inscribed VALPOVO with blue arches.

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