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Babina Greda (Municipality, Vukovar-Srijem County, Croatia)

Flag of Babina Greda - Image by Željko Heimer, 30 October 2005

Presentation of Babina Greda
Flag of Babina Greda
Coat of arms of Babina Greda
Former symbols of Babina Greda
- 2003
- 1994

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Presentation of Babina Greda

Babina Greda is located some 40 km south-west of Vukovar, next to rivers Sava and Berava, about 10 km upstream of Županja. It has over 4,000 inhabitants all living in the village bearing the same name. They actually tend to be proud of their place they nickname "The World's biggest village"; though this is probably hard to maintain, the village is surely the largest rural settlement in Croatia.

Željko Heimer, 30 October 2005

Flag of Babina Greda

The symbols of Babina Greda are prescribed by Decision Odluka o izmjeni i dopuni Odluke o izgledu grba i zastave Općine Babina Greda te načinu i uvijetima uporabe i zaštite grba i zastave Općine Babina Greda, adopted on 11 February 2004 by the Municipality Assembly and published on 4 March 2005 in the County official gazette Službeni vjesnik Vukovarsko-srijemske županije, No. 5.

The flag is in proportions 1:2, yellow with the coat of arms, bordered red, in the middle. The height of the shield is 3/4 of the flag's width.

Željko Heimer, 30 October 2005

Coat of arms of Babina Greda

Coat of arms of Babina Greda - Image by Željko Heimer, 30 October 2005

The coat of arms is "Azure a fess or in the chief a mullet also or and in the base a bar argent".
The fess stands for the place name (greda means "a beam"), representing the legendary "beam", the higher non-flooded ground next to the rivers where the place developed. 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 rivers Sava and Berava.
The gold color of the "beam" symbolizes also the wealth of the place, the golden embroidery traditional here, the golden dukats (gold coins worn as ornament in folklore costumes), wheat fertility and cattle wealth. The star of Mars is also a protection from evil. The blue shield symbolizes wisdom, prudence and nobility.

Željko Heimer, 30 October 2005

Former symbols of Babina Greda

2003

Former flag and arms of Babina Greda - Image by Željko Heimer, 4 November 2007

Similar symbols are prescribed by Decision Odluka o izmjeni i dopuni Odluke o izgledu grba i zastave Općine Babina Greda te načinu i uvijetima uporabe i zaštite grba i zastave Općine Babina Greda, adopted on 24 February 2003 by the Municipality Assembly and published on 17 March 2003 in Službeni vjesnik Vukovarsko-srijemske županije, No. 2.

The flag is defined to be 90 x 190 cm in size with the coat of arms being 40 x 52 cm in the middle of the flag, thus, relatively smaller than in the current flag.

Željko Heimer, 4 November 2007

1994

The first flag of Babina Greda is prescribed by Decision Odluka o zastavi Općine Babina Greda, adopted on 7 August 1994 by the Municipality Assembly and published on 2 May 1995 in Službeni vjesnik Županije Vukovarsko-srijemske, No. 4.

The flag is described as follows:

The flag of the Municipality is of 200 cm x 105 cm in size. The flag of the Municipality is of a single color, being golden-yellow. In the centre of the flag is placed the coat of arms of the Municipality, 41 cm in width and 46 cm in height.
The coat of arms is placed 32 cm from the left and right edges of the flag and 70 cm from the top of the flag.

The first coat of arms of Babina Greda is prescribed by Decision Odluka o izgledu grba Općine Babina Greda, adopted on 7 August 1994 by the Municipality Assembly and published on 2 May 1995 in Službeni vjesnik Županije Vukovarsko-srijemske, No. 4.

The coat of arms is described as follows:

The coat of arms of the Municipality of Babina Greda is in a shield shape, on a light blue background in the centre of which is a checky field (a part of the Croatian arms representing the Republican identity). Behind the checky field two white horse heads are issuing, one to the left and the other to the right, symbolizing the love of our people for these animals as well as the traditional cultural-artistic manifestation Konji bijelci... ["White Horses..." - being the initial words of a popular folk song]. In the chief of the shield, between the two horse heads is the stylized tower of the St. Lawrence church in Babina Greda. In the base of the shield are set two wheat garbs colored golden-yellow, symbolizing the wealth of the region as well as its basic activities for centuries - agriculture.

Željko Heimer, 16 July 2011