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by Željko Heimer, 15 January 2005
by Željko Heimer, 15 January 2005
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The new flag and Coat of Arms are supposedly adopted sometime
in 1999, and are reported seen in use on flags in Sarajevo during
summer 1999. I believe that the white flag with Coat of Arms in
the middle is the only natural representation of the flag. Until
someone confirms it, I would rather designate it as
"reconstruction based on written evidence". I guess
that we can safely assume that the flag ratio is 1:2.
Željko Heimer, 13 July 2000
Jos Poels located a document on the Sarajevo Canton government
website <www.ks.gov.ba>
being amendemnts to the law on the flag of the Canton: Zakon o
izmjenama Zakona o upotrebi grba i zastave Kantona Sarajevo, 26.
06. 2003, Službene novine Kantona Sarajevo. The
changes introduced with these amendemnts are quite minor and of
little concern to us. Namely, the canton has made some changes in
the organizational structure, abolishing the function of the
president and vicepresident to accommodate with the higher
legislation (Constitution of the Federation). For that reason the
prescriptions mentioning those functions are now removed from the
text of the flag law, replacing, for example determination that
the original of the flag and the Coat of Arms shall be preserved
with the president, to the chairman of the assembly (parliament).
Also, the two abolished functions are removed from the list of
presons that may use the Coat of Arms on their letterheads, and
finally they are also removed from the right that the flag be
hoisted on buildings where they offices are. Unfortunately, we do
not have the original 1999 flag legislation. However, at least we
now learn the full name and official gazette where they were
issued: Zakon o upotrebi grba i zastave Kantona Sarajevo,
Službene novine Kantona Sarajevo, br. 9/99.
Željko Heimer, 19 August 2004
A few days ago Jos Poels sent me the legislation on the
Sarajevo Canton flag he received from the cantonal officials. The
Coat of Arms fields are coloured differently then we have before
(there was obviously mix up with heraldic left and right), and
the stars are golden (as clearly determined both in the text and
images). However, the number of points of the stars is still a
mistery, and even on the construction sheet provided the are more
or less just "blobs"...
On another matter, the ratio is 3:5. The Coat of Arms is: per
pale azure and gules overall nine mullets or, four and three and
two and dimidiated rosette and doorknob argent. The shield is
bordered golden. The flag is white with the coat of arms
in the middle. Raio 3:5. Both horizontal and vertical versions
are prescribed.
Željko Heimer, 15 January 2005
Here is a transllation (in RTF
format) of the texts of the 1999 and 2003 legislation regarding
the Sarajevo canton symbols:
Zakon o grbu i zastavi Kantona Sarajevo, 28. 04. 1999, Službene
novine Kantona Sarajevo, br. 9, 11. 05. 1999.
Zakon o upotrebi grba i zastave Kantona Sarajevo, 28. 04. 1999,
Službene novine Kantona Sarajevo, br. 9, 11. 05. 1999.
Zakon o izmjenama Zakona o upotrebi grba i zastave Kantona
Sarajevo, 10. 07. 2003, Službene novine Kantona Sarajevo,
br. 16, 10. 07. 2003.
Željko Heimer and Christopher Southworth,
15 January 2005
by Željko Heimer, 13 July 2000
The date of adoption was 23th of March, 1998.
Velid-aga Jerlagic, 13 April 1998
As this flag was used very shortly (if ever?) we have very
little info on it. The ratio is given as 2:3~, but I don't know
based on what. I would expect it 1:2, to match any other flag
used in Sarajevo. The blue used on shield is described by Velid
as "electric blue".
Željko Heimer, 13 July 2000
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by Željko Heimer, 15 January 2005
The Coat of Arms has changed. Unfortunately, I haven't drawn
it, but I remember that the Coat of Arms has blue and dark red
combination with white devices on it.
Ivan Sarajcic,, 3 September 1999
I saw the official gazette of the canton of Sarajevo; I didn't
find the law about the flag and Coat of Arms, but htis last
appears in black and white on the gazette I took in the stand. Here is its scan.
The Coat of Arms is divided per pale ?? (maybe green) and ??
(maybe red) with eight very little roundel in white (unless these
are little stars with many rays), 4-3-2 , and in the bottom
a thing made in dexter (=left) of rosace from a Cathedral and on
the right of a thing which is probably linked to Muslims but
which reminds me of the "napperons" of my Grandmother.
The two parts of that thing are linked with a ring. I think the
whole means that there are Croats and Bosniacs in the canton (red
and Cathedral rose for the catholic Croats; green and ??? for the
Bosniacs), the ring is binding the two, and the eight roundels
(or stars?) are the communes or the districts of the canton. One
roundel is at the same time on the green and on the red field,
and is probably the city of Sarajevo. The Serb seem not to be
represented here. But all that is only my hypothesis.
Pascal Vagnat , 17 October 1999
Being in Sarajevo last summer, I saw lots of cantonal flags on the streets in the center of the city. The colors are: dark blue, and very dark red [bordeaux - just l
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