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Vrbanja (Municipality, Vukovar-Srijem County, Croatia)

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Flag of Vrbanja - Image by Željko Heimer, 4 January 2011

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Presentation of Vrbanja

Vrbanja is located some 25 km south-east of Županja. It has some 5,200 inhabitants, mostly Croats but also a hundred or so Slovaks and half as many Serbs.

Željko Heimer, 24 March 2008

Flag of Vrbanja

The symbols of Vrbanja are prescribed in Statutory Decision Statutarna odluka o izmjenama i dopunama Statuta Općine Vrbanja, adopted on 19 June 2007 by the Municipality Assembly and published the same day in the County official gazette Službeni vjesnik Vukovarsko-srijemske županije, No. 7.
The symbols are described in the Municipality Statutes Statut Općine Vrbanja, adopted on 31 August 2009 by the Municipality Assembly and published on 16 November 2009 in Službeni vjesnik Vukovarsko-srijemske županije, No. 17 (text).

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

Željko Heimer, 18 July 2010

Coat of arms of Vrbanja

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Coat of arms of Vrbanja - Image by Željko Heimer, 4 January 2011

The coat of arms (municipal website) is described as "In a squarish shield, vert, in chief oak leaves and an acorn or and in base four wheat ears also or".

Željko Heimer, 24 March 2008

Former coat of arms of Vrbanja

The first coat of arms of Vrbanja is prescribed by Decision Odluka o određivanju grba općine Vrbanja, adopted on 11 May 1995 by the Municipality Assembly and published on 7 July 1995 in the County official gazette Službeni vjesnik Županije Vukovarsko-srijemske, No. 6.

The coat of arms is described as follows:

The coat of arms of the Municipality of Vrbanja is of a shield shape, with a width to height ratio of 1:1.30.
It is horizontalkly divided in two fields.
The lower one, representing the cross section of a half a log (over which is inset a dukat [golden coin] and a marten) and the top one, actually being a segment of the historical arms of Croatia, with an oak leaf in the front. [...] The log is light brown, the dukat is golden-yellow, the marten is white, and the field is red-white with a green leaf.
The arms were obviously not approved by the central authorities.

Željko Heimer, 16 July 2011