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Otok (Town, Vukovar-Srijem County, Croatia)

Flag of Otok - Image by Željko Heimer, 10 October 2009

Presentation of Otok
Flag of Otok
Coat of arms of Otok

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Presentation of Otok

Otok is located 30 km south of Vukovar. It has over 11,000 inhabitants, about 6,000 in the town of the same name.
Otok was granted the Town status on 13 July 2006.

Željko Heimer, 29 July 2004

Flag of Otok

The symbols of Otok are prescribed by Decision Odluka o grbu i zastavi Općine Otok, adopted on 13 August 1999 by the Municipality Assembly and published on 8 October 1999 in the County official gazette Službeni vjesnik Vukovarsko-srijemske županije, No. 8.
The Decision was amended as Odluka o izmjeni Odluke o grbu i zastavi Općine Otok, adopted on 30 June 2000 by the Municipality Assembly and published the same day in Službeni vjesnik Vukovarsko-srijemske županije, No. 4. The amendment changed the wording of the description of the coat of arms, probably after consultation of the central authorities.

The symbols are described in the Town Statutes Statut Općine Otok, adopted on 13 December 2002 by the Municipality Assembly and published on 23 December 2002 in Službeni vjesnik Vukovarsko-srijemske županije, No. 13. This is repeated in the current Town Statutes Statut Grada Otok, adopted on 21 September 2009 by the Town Assembly and published on 24 September 2009 in Službeni vjesnik Vukovarsko-srijemske županije, No. 14 (text).

The process of adoption of the symbols started with Decision Odluka o pokretanju postupka za utvrđivanje grba i zastave Općine Otok, adopted on 15 October 1996 by the Municipality Assembly and published on 23 October 1996 in Službeni vjesnik Vukovarsko-srijemske županije, No. 7. It was decided to run a public contest and to inquire at the State Archives for historical background.
A three-member commission was set up by Rješenje o izboru Odbora za grb i zastavu, adopted on 24 June 1997 by the Municipality Assembly and published on 28 July 1997 in Službeni vjesnik Vukovarsko-srijemske županije, No. 4.
According to Zaključak (o usvajanju Izvješća Odbora za grb i zastavu općine Otok), adopted on 12 December 1997 by the Municipality Assembly and published on 22 December 1997 in Službeni vjesnik Vukovarsko-srijemske županije, No. 11, the commission gave on 4 November 1997 a report to the Municipality Assembly, which adopted it. Based on the reports, the awards were granted to the most sucessful designs. The first prize (7,000 HRK, ca. 1,000 EUR) was granted to one Branko Vujanović from Zagreb (this is a relativly common name; there is one who is an artist and, among other things, illustrates children books, and might be the one in question). The second prize (2,500 HRK, ca. 330 EUR) went to Mladen Stojić, from Heraldic art d.o.o., Rijeka. The third prizes, (1,000 HRK each) went to Perica Beuk, Vinkovci, and Srećko Sulić, Vinkovci. The two first prizes were selected as bases for the production of the coat of arms; the designers were invited to cooperate in the redesign to be coordinated with the central authorities and the Municipality, to include in the design the suvara (mill house), St. Anthony and Glagolitic letters.

The flag is in proportions 1:2, yellow with the coat of arms, bordered white, in the middle.

Željko Heimer, 16 July 2011

Coat of arms of Otok

Coat of arms of Otok - Image by Željko Heimer, 10 October 2009

The coat of arms is described as follows:

The shield is horizontally divided. The top field is golden/yellow, and the bottom green. In the centre is the symbol of Otok and its historical characteristic, the horse powered mill called suvara, colored brown and red.

The oldest preserved mills in Otok are from the early 19th century (municipal website).

Željko Heimer, 16 July 2011