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Map of the Požega and Slavonia County.

Pozega and Slavonia County - Cities

Požeško-slavonska županija - gradovi

1. Požega
   • Slavonska Požega, 1977 – 1991
2. Kutjevo
3. Lipik
4. Pakrac
5. Pleternica

The regulations on the local flags in Croatia require that a flag of a city or community be of a field of one colour with the coat of arms in the middle or offset towards hoist. Some exceptions from this rule are tolerated for the cities with traditional flag established before these rules were made, while some cities choose to ignore the regulations and use a flag of their liking. It may be that in time the latter exceptions would be replaced.
In 1997 the communities of Lipik, Pakrac and Pleternica were given city status. In the same time is the city of Našice removed to Osijek and Baranja County. In 2006 the community of Kutjevo was given city status.

• Pozega and Slavonia County
• Croatia - Counties
• Croatia

Požega

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Reverse

The coat of arms of the city of Požega is in use at least since 1702, and is officially granted on 1st September 1765 by empress and queen Maria Theresia, when Požega acquired the status of the Free and Royal City. It consists of a blue shield in baroque ornamented border, with three towered city walls above those a golden eagle with spread wings, silver crescent and star, and a golden radiating sun. The same coat of arms was readopted in 1993, when the flag was adopted in form of a ceremonial flag.
The ceremonial flag of the city has on the obverse the embroiderid coat of arms above the inscription POŽEGA (which is apparently often omitted) in the blue field and on the reverse three richly ornamented roundels containing images of fra Luka Ibrišimović, the leader of uprising against the Turks and liberator of the city in 1688, Saint Teresa of Avila, patron of the city, and the column of the Holly Trinity, erected in the city centre in 1749, in memory of 798 citizens died in the plague of 1739 (when city had only two thousand inhabitants). While the original ceremonial flag is preserved in the city museum, their replicas, also produced by rich embroidering are used by the city authorities.

Between 1929 and 1991 the name of the city was Slavonska Požega.

Slavonska Požega, 1977 – 1991

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In the preparation for the celebration of the 750 anniversary of Požega city the new flag was adopted in 1974. It was produced in a specialized workshop of the Order of the Sisters of Mercy in Zagreb, and the design is vaguely reminiscent to the Požega voluntary fire-fighting society from 1875. The blue silk flag is fringed with gold. On the obverse is the coat of arms of the city, with the red five-pointed star incorporated in the ornament and the name of the city below. The reverse is ornament of the corn and vine elements with the years of the anniversary encircled with rays formed by the flowers representing symbolically surrounding villages. The inscriptions name the Požega Valley in Latin and Croatian: Vallis Aurea - Požeška kotlina. Since the end of 1977 the flag is preserved in the Požega museum.

Kutjevo

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The coat of arms of Kutjevo is azure a castle argent roofed gules with an octagonal tower above the gates and a belfry in dexter and in the base a buch of grapes slipped with two leaves or. The castle is the Jesuit castle built in Kutjevo after the liberation from the Turks in 1700 on the ruins of the former Cistercit monastery. The bunch of grapes refers to the famous Kutjevo cellars and the vine production. The flag is dark blue with the coat of arms bordered yellow in the centre of it. The ceremonial flag is of the same design bordered with golden fringe.

Until 2006 Kutjevo had status of a community.

Lipik

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The coat of arms of Lipik is Vert, the building "Kursalon" above the horse head Argent. Kursalon, a neo-renaissance building from 1893 is the most representative building of Lipik spa that are renown for medical value. Lipik is famous also for the horses (Lipicanac), whose head is the other element of the arms. The flag is white with the coat of arms bordered yellow in its centre.

Until 1997 Lipik had status of a community.

Pakrac

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The coat of arms of Pakrac one of the latest granted arms in the region in 1932 (afterwards the coats of arms were adopted): azure between two bars wavy argent a marten passant proper (maroon bellied argent). The coat of arms is obviously based on the historical coat of arms of Slavonia. The flag is adopted in 1990's, blue with the yellow bordered coat of arms in the middle.

Until 1997 Pakrac had status of a community.

Pleternica

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The coat of arms of Pleternica is vert an oxen head afrontee or langued gules and ringed sable and in the base two bars argent.

Until 1997 Pleternica had status of a community.

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