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Map of the Vukovar and Srijem County.

Vukovar and Srijem County

Vukovarsko-srijemska županija

Vukovar and Srijem County

Vukovar and Srijem County - Cities

Vukovar and Srijem County - Communities

Legal notice: The counties, cities and communities in the Republic of Croatia by their decision on adoption and use of the coats of arms and flags limit the use of these symbols only after obtaining an explicit written permission. However, most of the units of local government and self-government by the same decisions explicitly allow the free use of the symbols in the educational and scientific purposes and in the artistic creation, under condition that such use does not offend the dignity and honour of the local unit. The author of these pages considers that the depiction of the coats of arms and the flags here meets the conditions of free use in that sense.

See also:

Croatia - Counties

Croatia

Vukovar and Srijem County

Vukovarsko-srijemska županija

Seat of administration: Vukovar

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Adopted: 6^th August 1993
Source: Odluka o grbu i zastavi Županije Vukovarsko-srijemske, 06.08.1993, Službeni vjesnik Županije Vukovarsko-srijemske, br. 4/1993, 11.10.1993.
Rješenje Ministarstva uprave, Kl. UP/I-017-02/93-01/12, Ur. br. 515-04-03/1-93-2, Zagreb, 8. rujna 1993.
Statut Županije Vukovarsko-srijemske, 06.04.1994, Službeni vjesnik Županije Vukovarsko-srijemske, br. 4/1994, 23.04.1994.
Statut Vukovarsko-srijemske županije, 19.09.2001, Službeni vjesnik Vukovarsko-srijemske županije, br. 10/2001, 21.09.2001.
Statut Vukovarsko-srijemske županije, 17.06.2009, Službeni vjesnik Vukovarsko-srijemske županije, br. 9/2009, 17.06.2009.
Statut Vukovarsko-srijemske županije, 30.09.2010, Službeni vjesnik Vukovarsko-srijemske županije, br. 19/2010, 01.10.2010.
Tomo Šalić: "Grbovi i zastave Vukovarsko-srijemske županije i njezinih gradova" in: Godišnjak ogranka Matice Hrvatske Vinkovci za 1995. godinu, br. 13, ISSN 0354-0979 UDK 908, pp. 185-208
Design: Dubravko Mataković, academic painter; based on the historical pattern

The county coat of arms is in general the same as the coat of arms of the Srijem county of 1748 (claims the modern county decision, other sources give the date of grant as 6 June 1747) granted by Maria Theresia: Azure three bars Argent and overall on a mount Vert a deer gorged Or sejant by a tree proper. The three white bars represent three rivers of the region - Donau, Sava and Bosut. The golden collar on the deer is symbol of richness, and the Slavonian oak tree is symbol of natural wealth of the region. In the original coat of arms of 18th century in place of the oak there was a cypress tree (other sources say poplar), while the river-bars were made of wavy lines. The coat of arms was crowned with a golden crown.
The flag is made of seven yellow (golden) and white stripes, with the coat of arms in the middle. The unusual, non-rectangualr shape of the flag, and the difference from the prescribed ratio of flag 1:2, was approved by the Ministry of Administration, possibly based on some earlier preserved flag, however, the details remain unknown. The prescribed size of the flag is 105 × 200 cm with square tails of 15 × 15 cm. At least around 2000 the unsual horizontal rectangular flag was also introduced in use.

During the time when it was not possible to form the seat of the government in Vukovar while it was occupied, the temporarily seat of administration was set in Vinkovci.

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