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Djurdjenovac (Osijek-Baranja, Croatia)

Opc'ina Ðuršenovac

Last modified: 2006-10-14 by dov gutterman
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image by Željko Heimer, 15 July 2006



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Overview

Šurdenovac is a community in the Osijek-Baranja County, 60 km west of Osjiek. 7,600 inhabitants, 3,500 in the place of the same name. The place Šurdenovac was established in 1873 as the centre of the woodworks industry in the Slavonian woods. Ðurdenovac was part of the Požega-Slavonija County until 1997.
The community received ceremonially the Coat of Arms these days, as is reported on their site at <www.djurdjenovac.hr>.  The Coat of Arms pictured an owl standing on an oak branch in a white shield. The flag is not shown, but the ceremonial flag is at <www.djurdjenovac.hr> being blue, triangularly ending with corn ears and oak branches below the Coat of Arms..
I wanted to remind on the previously shown Coat of Arms that was unofficially used (and surely rejected by the Ministy) that was once shown at <www.durdenovac.s5.com>.
Željko Heimer, 7 July 2006

I received data from the community with more details. The symbols were adopted by the decision: Odluka o grbu i zastavi Opcine Ðurdenovac, 15.12.2005. Službeni glasnik Opcine Ðurdenovac, br. 6/2005, and approved by the decision of the Central State Office for Administartion (the central body now approving local symbols, previously part of the Ministry of Administration): Rješenje Središnjeg državnog ureda za upravu, Klasa:UP/I-017-01/05- 01/22, Urbroj:515-10/06-04-5 od 3. svibnja 2006. godine.  
The symbols are said to mean: the green oak branch with acorns - tradition of woodworks and wood-processing industry; white background - comonwealth and the tradition of tolerance of the people of Ðurdenovac; the owl symbolize the region (has permanent habitats there) but also standing for progress and wisdom. On the gonfalon the ears stand for agricultural tradition, the oak as in the Coat of Arms. The Coat of Arms is: argent an owl proper holding an oak branch vert with three leaves of the same and two acorns or. The flag is blue with the coat of arms in the middle bordred yellow. The ceremonial flag is dark blue gonfalon with triangular ending and fringe along the bottom. In the middle is golden bordered coat of arms topped with the name of the community in two lines: "OPCINA ÐURÐENOVAC", the first word being arched. Below is the wreath of a buch of corn ears and an oak branch.  
Željko Heimer, 15 July 2006


Ceremonial Flag


image by Željko Heimer, 15 July 2006


Coat of Arms


image by Željko Heimer, 15 July 2006