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Page created: 1st October 2000 Last updated: 13th December 2009
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Map of the Vukovar and Srijem County.

Vukovar and Srijem County - Communities

Vukovarsko-srijemska županija -općine

1. Andrijaševci
2. Babina Greda
   • Babina Greda, 2003 – 2004
3. Bogdanovci
4. Borovo
5. Bošnjaci
6. Cerna
7. Drenovci
8. Gradište
9. Gunja
10. Ivankovo
11. Jarmina
12. Lovas
13. Markušica
14. Negoslavci
15. Nijemci
16. Nuštar
17. Privlaka
18. Stari Jankovci
19. Stari Mikanovci
20. Štitar
21. Tompojevci
22. Tordinci
23. Tovarnik
24. Trpinja
25. Vođinci
26. Vrbanja

The regulations on the local flags in Croatia require that a flag of a city or community be of a field of one colour with the coat of arms in the middle or offset towards hoist. Most of the communities follow this rule.
In 1997 the communities of Privlaka and Vođinci were formed and in 1998 Negoslavci and Markušica. In 2006 the communiyt of Štitar was formed.

• Vukovar and Srijem County
• Croatia - Counties
• Croatia

Andrijaševci

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The coat of arms of Andrijaševci is argent a hound rampant holding in its jaws a loaf of bread or. The dog shown is Croatian Sheepdog (Hrvatski ovčar), typical for black hair, indigenous for this region. The flag is red with the coat of arms in the middle bordered yellow. The table flag is a variation of the ceremonial flag, red gonfalon with three triangularly ending tails containing oak ornaments, with the coat of arms in the middle and the name of the community above.

Babina Greda

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The coat of arms of Babina Greda is azure a fess or in the chief a mullet also or and in the base a bar argent. The fess is canting (greda means a beam), representing the legendary "beam" - the higher non-flooded ground next to the rivers where the place deveoped, the star is a symbol of god Mars connecting the coat of arms with the coat of arms of Slavonia, while the white bar symbolizes the rivers of Sava and Berava. The flag is yellow with the coat of arms in the middle.

Babina Greda, 2003 – 2004

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The decision of 2003 that was soon amended defined the red border around the shield, slightly smaller coat of arms in the flag and the somewhat unusual dimensions of the flag of 90×190 cm. The coat of arms might have been adopted in the same content already with the 1995 decision.

Borovo

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The coat of arms of Borovo is gules a scythe, a knife and a plough argent and in base two corn ears with a blue ribbon. It was granted in 1884. The flag adopted in 1990's is yellow with the coat of arms in the middle.

Bošnjaci

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The coat of arms of Bošnjaci is vert a bread (?) or in a wooden mould proper. The flag is green with the coat of arms bordered yellow in the middle. The ceremonial flag is dark green gonfalon ending triangulary with golden fringe, the coat of arms bordered yellow in the middle, name of the community above and wheat garb and oak branch below it.

Cerna

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The coat of arms used since mid-90's is in a blue shield with yellow base forming two cotized triangles, from it is raising a maroon cross with two cross-bars interlaced with the Croatian chequy shield infront of a yellow square lozenge bordered yellow, which border forms two wattled squares in the base. The shield is topped with a white ribbon inscribed red CERNA. The flag is light blue with the coat of arms in the middle. The height of the coat of arms is 2/3 of the width of the flag.
In February 2008 the community begun procedure for adoption of new symbols, as the previous could not be approved by the central authorities, since they do not conform to the heraldic tradition.

Gradište

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The coat of arms of Gradište is gules a fleur-de-lis fleury and in chef two gourds or with double wattle sable. The flag is yellow with the coat of arms in the middle. Unlike the usual custom, the ceremonial flag is a blue gonfalon with three triangularly ending tails, the middle one being longer, with the coat of arms in the middle, the name of the community in two arched lines above and three oak branches ornaments in the tails. Previous symbols (of unknown design) were adopted on 30.12.1993.

Gunja

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The coat of arms of Gunja is azure St. Jacob stantant holding a staff in his dexter and a scroll in his sinister and wearing a bag ensigned with a shell all or. This refers to the Church of St. Jacob the Apostle built in Gunja in 1849. The flag is light blue with the coat of arms bordered golden in the middle.

Ivankovo

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The coat of arms of Ivankovo is argent a cornucopia proper. The flag is golden-yellow with the coat of arms in the middle. The table flag is in form of a yellow gonfalon ending triangularly bordered green with the coat of arms in its centre, the green inscribed name of the community above and green branches of oak and linden below.

Jarmina

Flag unknown.

The coat of arms of Jarmina is per bend wavy or divided into azure and vert and in the last an apple with a leaf and a bunch of grapes slipped all or.

Lovas

Flag unknown.

The coat of arms shows the patron of the community, St. Michael.

Negoslavci

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The coat of arms of Negoslavci is gules a Latin cross bottony or. The flag is blue with the yellow bordered coat of arms in the middle.

The Negoslavci Community was formed in 1998 seceding from the community of Bogdanovci.

Nijemci

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The coat of arms of Nijemci is azure on a mount vert a fortress embatteled and walled argent with loop holes and opened doorway sable with doors maroon and a cross above the doorway also sable, to sinister of the fortress a horse rampant sable and in chief dexter a crescent and in sinister a mullet both or and in base two embowed bars wavy argent. The flag is vertically divided into green and white with the coat of arms bordered yellow in the middle (this probably describes a vertical flag). These symbols were probably not approved by the Central state office for administration.

Nuštar

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The coat of arms of Nuštar is azure St. Anne holding the baby Jesus in her dexter sitting on a bench argent and reading from an open book also argent on her lap. St. Anne, mother of Virgin Mary is the patron of the community. The flag is blue with the coat of arms bordered yellow in the middle.

Stari Jankovci

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The coat of arms of Stari Jankovci is gules two corn ears or in saltire issuant from the base. The flag is blue with the yellow bordered coat of arms in the middle. These symbols supersede those adopted in February 2003, including a ceremonial flag, too, however, the details of those symbols are not known.

Stari Mikanovci

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The coat of arms of Stari Mikanovci is azure a double vessel or on a mount vert. The vessel shown is an ancient vessel from the Vučedol culture (3000 - 2300 BC) found in Mikanovci. The flag is blue with the coat of arms bordered white in the centre. A table flag is used of light blue bordered white with triangualar ending, with the coat of arms in the middle bordered white, the name of the community inscribed above yellow and branch of oak and a bunch of maize in the base.

Štitar

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The coat of arms of Štitar is in a triangular shield argent a hawk maron armed or holding a shield gules. The shield in the coat of arms is canting for the community name meaning a shieldbearer. The flag is light blue with the coat of arms in the middle bordered yellow.

The Štitar Community was formed in 2006 seceding from the city of Županja.

Tordinci

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The coat of arms is gules a chief and a pale argent. The flag is blue with the coat of arms in the middle. The tau-cross in the coat of arms is the initial of the community name.

Tovarnik

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The coat of arms of Tovarnik is azure a ploughshare argent in pale above a scythe and a rake sable bladed argent in saltire and two corn ears crossed in base. These are said to be symbols of villages of Tovarnik and Ilača. The coat of arms is the historical coat of arms of Tovarnik, based on the 1860 seal and coloured by Laszowski. The flag is a horizontally divided into seven stripes of golden and white with the coat of arms in the middle. The status of the symbols (approval by the cnetral authorities) is unknown.

Trpinja

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The coat of arms is Or a Trefoil slipped Vert. The flag is blue with the coat of arms in the middle.

Vrbanja

The coat of arms of Vrbanja is "in a squarish shield, vert, in chief oak leaves and an acorn or and in base four wheat ears also or". The flag is white with the coat of arms bordered yellow in the middle.

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