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by Željko Heimer, 25 July 2004
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Županja is a city in the Vukovar-Srijem County, 15,000
inhabitants, 12,000 in the city itself. It is located 30 km
southwest of Vukovar, on the Sava river.
The emblems were adopted around 1995, highly probable without the
approval of the Ministry of Administration.
The coat of arms of Županja is quartered in three, the first
one with the Croatian chequy field with the Church of Martirdom
of St. Jonh the Baptist, the second white with a yellow and green
oak leaf between two stumps. The base is divided with the tripple
wattle, the blue field with the golden plogh and issuning from
the bottom the golden ornament from the folk costumes. In the
blue ribbon above is white inscription of the name of the city.
Drawing, especially of the ornament is the base is
"impresionistic" as I was working from a rather poor
original.
The church was built in 1800 on he spot of the previous wooden
church. The stump (Croatian panj) are canting for the
city name, after the stumps left there after the clearing of the
oak woods to make space for the city in 17th century.
The flag is white and light-blue bicolour vertically hoisted with
the coat of arms set slightly towards the top.
Sources: Grad Županja <www.zupanja.hr>
(23.07.2003), Grad Županja <www.bosut.net/zupanja>
(23.07.2003), Statut Grada Županje, 10.10.2001,
Službeni vjesnik Grada Županje, br. ?/01.
Željko Heimer, 25 July 2004
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