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Page created: 1st October 2000 Last updated: 14th October 2011
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Map of the Slavonski Brod and Posavina County.

Slavonski Brod and Posavina County - Communities

Brodsko-posavska županija - općine

1. Bebrina
2. Brodski Stupnik
3. Bukovlje
4. Cernik
   • Cernik, 2002
   • Cernik, ca. 1995
5. Davor
6. Donji Andrijevci
7. Dragalić
8. Garčin
9. Gornja Vrba
10. Gornji Bogićevci
11. Gundinci
12. Klakar
13. Nova Kapela
    • Nova Kapela, ca. 2000
14. Okučani
15. Oprisavci
16. Oriovac
17. Podcrkavlje
18. Rešetari
19. Sibinj
20. Sikirevci
21. Slavonski Šamac
22. Stara Gradiška
23. Staro Petrovo Selo
24. Velika Kopanica
25. Vrbje
26. Vrpolje

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. Most of the communities follow this rule.
In 1997 are the communities of Bukovlje, Dragalić, Gornja Vrba and Sikirevci are formed.

• Slavonski Brod and Posavina County
• Croatia - Counties
• Croatia

Bebrina

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The coat of arms of Bebrina is azure a border guard argent. It is the soldier from 18th century, when the region was part of the Military Border against the Ottomans in the typicial gear, holding a long rifle. The flag is blue with the coat of arms in the middle, bordered red and blue. The ceremonial flag is a blue gonfalon, triangularly ending, with the coat of arms in the middle, bordered red and blue, above it yellow inscription in two arches OPĆINA BEBRINA and below it flanking the coat of arms an oak branch and three corn ears. The gonfalon is atypically bordered red, and has golden fringe along the bottom.
The symbols adopted in 2000 differed from the latter: the shield is described as blue bordered red, with a border guard figure, the bottom two fiufths are divided with wavy lines into dark blue and yellow, from the latter a fish issuant. In the chief is the sun over which are seen "shadows of wild geese flying". The flag is 1:2 dark blue with the coat of arms in its centre, its hight 2/3 of the flag width. These symbols were apparently not approved by the central authorities.

Brodski Stupnik

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The coat of arms is gules a column argent entwined with a vine branch with two leaves vert and two bunches of grapes or. The column in the coat of arms is canting the name Stupnik. The flag is golden-yellow with the coat of arms in the centre of it.

Cernik

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The coat of arms of Cernik is azure two acorns and in chief two keys in saltire with the wards down outwards all or. The keys refer to St. Peter, the patron of the parish, and the acorns are canting since the name of the place is derived from the ancient word cer meaning oak. The flag is dark blue with the coat of arms in the middle bordered yellow. The ceremonial flag is probably also adopted, the table flag is dark blue with the coat of arms in the middle, the name of the community in two arcs above and two coloured oak branches below it.

Cernik, 2002

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The coat of arms adopted initially in 2002 had a single acorn: azure an acorn and in chief two keys in saltire with the wards down outwards all or. The flag was light blue with the coat of arms in the middle bordered golden. The ceremonial flag was dark blue with the coat of arms in the middle, the name of the community in two arcs above and three triangularly ending tails containing ornaments of the oak branches.

Cernik, ca. 1995

Flag unknown.

The embem used by Cernik before 2002 is blue shiled with white castle on a white fringed golden mount containing eight-pointed voided white star, in the red chief dexter white fringed golden enbowed bend with a blue marten.

Davor

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The coat of arms of Davor is silver an anchor azure and a fish (carp) or nainaint in a wavy bar also azure in the base. The anchor symbolizes an important river crossing site (ferry) while riverine fishing is traditional industry there, today in form of fishing festival. The flag is blue with the coat of arms bordered yellow in the middle.

Donji Andrijevci

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The coat of arms of Donji Andrijevci is azure a tamburica or and argent bendwise. Tamburica is a folk instrument typical for the region. The flag is dark blue with the golden bordered coat of arms in the middle.

Gornja Vrba

The coat of arms of Gornja Vrba is per pale gules and argent overall a willow tree eradicated counterchanged. The flag is red with the coat of arms bordered golden in the middle of it. There is also a ceremonial flag.

The community of Gornja Vrba was seceeded from Klakar in 1997.

Gornji Bogićevci

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The coat of arms is Gules, issuing from a Stump Or a sapling with two leaves of the same, in chief a Dove volant Argent wings displayed nimbed Or with cross Sable voided. The coat of arms probably originates from late 1990's, the stump with sapling representing probably the new development of the community after the destruction in war. The white nimbed dove is symbol of the Holy Ghost. The flag is light blue with the yellow bordered coat of arms in the middle.

Gundinci

The Statutes of Gundinci explicitly state that the community has no coat of arms and no flag.

Klakar

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The coat of arms of Klakar is argent on a mount vert a Croatian border guard stantant with a cap sable feathered argent, jacket azure, trousers argent, boots sable, caped gules and holding in his hight hand a flint gun and with his left hand on a handle of a sabre hanging around his waist. The flag is red with the golden bordered coat of arms in the middle.

Nova Kapela

Flag unknown.

The coat of arms of Nova Kapela is azure a church or behind arcades and a monument of the same. The new 2009 Statutes still have no description of the new symbols, only prescriptions that the community has a coat of arms and a flag. That may mean that the new drawing is not yet approved.

Nova Kapela, ca. 2000

Flag unknown.

The coat of arms, as it seems to have been used by the community (apparently seen only in grey tones) pictures a monument and arches that are in front of the entrance to the church in Nova Kapela, with the name of the community inscribed in the white chief. Several version were reported.

Okučani

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The coat of arms is azure a thunderbolt proper. This is the heraldic charge that represents lightning inherited from antique symbols of Jupiter. It probably refers to the Operation Flash (Bljesak) that liberated the region in 1995. The flag is blue with the coat of arms bordered yellow in the middle.

Oprisavci

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The coat of arms of Oprisavci is azure a draw well argent and on a border argent twelve water clover leaves vert. The draw well is of kind named đeram typical for the region. The leaves refer to the protected landscape Gajna, marshy pastures along the Sava river. The flag is blue with the coat of arms in the middle.

Oriovac

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The coat of arms of Oriovac is gules a crane argent holding a walnut or. The crane refers to the marshy regions along Sava river, nowdays the fish tanks, and the walnut is the reference to the origin of the place name. A crane holding a stone is a heraldic image of vigilance - refers to the history of Oriovac, where the sentries towards the Ottoman empire were held for centuries. The flag is dark red (bordeaux) with the coat of arms bordered golden in the centre of it. The ceremonial flag is a gonfalon ending triangularly and with golden fringe along the bottom, the golden bordered coat of arms in the middle, the name of the community in two arches above and a branch of vine and three stalks of mais ornamenting the arms below.

Podcrkavlje

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The coat of arms of Podcrkavlje is gules in the base a massoned lime-stove with semicircular doors with flame or issuant and in the chief two arrows argent in slatire with arrowheads downwards. The flag is red (bourdeaux) with the coat of arms in the middle.

Rešetari

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The coat of arms of Rešetari is azure seven mulets or, three and three and one, and in chief a royal open crown or. The seven stars stands for the seven villages forming the community, the crown refers to the Croatian-Hungarian king John Zapolja (Croatian Ivan Zapolja, Hungarian Zápolya János, ruled 1527-1540) elected by the Slavonian and Hungarian nobility for the king (while Croatian nobility elected Ferdinand Habsburg in Cetingrad). Namelly, one of the villages is Zapolja where the the dynasty originates from as noted in 12th century. The flag is blue with the coat of arms bordered white in the middle.

Sibinj

The community of Sibinj has not adopted any symbols yet.

Sikirevci

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The coat of arms of Sikirevci is or an axe argent handeled maroon bendwise sinistre stuck in a stump issuant from a base vert. The axe (Croatian sjekira, locally sikira) is a reference to the community name. The 2006 statutes claims that it is the historical coat of arms of the community, even though it has clearly been devised only in 2004. The flag is green with the coat of arms bordered white in the middle. The ceremonial flag is a green gonfalon ending triangularly with golden fringe with the coat of arms bordered white in the middle, above it golden inscription of the name of the community and below a wreath of an oak branch and a wheat garb.

The community of Sikirevci was seceeded from Slavonski Šamac in 1997.

Stara Gradiška

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The coat of arms of Stara Gradiška is azure a fish nainaint or above a hunting sentry tower on four columns argent issuant from the base. The hunting sentry tower, a wooden structure where hunters wait for the pray (usually boars and stags), refers to the hunting traditions and the fish to the riverine fishing in the Sava river. The flag is light blue with the coat of arms bordered yellow in its centre.

Velika Kopanica

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The coat of arms of Velika Kopanica is or a chariot wheel argent inflamed gules. The inflamed chariot wheel refers to St. Elias, usually pictured as riding in an inflamed chariot, the patron of the community. The flag is green with the coat of arms bordered golden yellow in the middle, according to the texts of the Statutes and the Decision, however, the actual flags used by the community have the coat of arms bordered white.

Vrbje

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The coat of arms of Vrbje is or a willow tree proper. This is canting the community name (Croatian vrba = willow). The flag is light blue with the coat of arms in the centre of it.

Vrpolje

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The coat of arms is Azure, an Acorn Or between two Corn Ears of the same crossed in base. The flag is light blue with the coat of arms in the middle. The elements of the coat of arms picture the most important products of the region - corn and oak wood. The ceremonial flag is of the same design, made of sil, fringed and embroideried. The flag for vertical hoisting is in 1:3 ratio.

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