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Article signed by D. Acovic appears on page 1 in the number 7,
July 2001 of Glasnik SHD (Sreb Heraldic Society Gazette).
Summarizing: On 27-July-2001 Municipal Aseembly adoptede the Coat
of Arms: divided per saltire: first or a winged bull gules,
second vert an oak branch per pale or, third vert a plum branch
or per pale, fourth sable two hammers argent in saltire. The bull
of St. Luke symbolize the Monastery of Teochak in the vicinity.
The name Ugljevik might be translated as "Place of the
Coal", green and black in the Coat of Arms is reminding to
minoer's too. The greater Coat of Arms includes compartment of
green field withen mine entrance and two supporters, dexter a
folk bard (Filip Vi¹njiæ) holding the Serb tricolour and
sinister a minoer in ceremonial uniform, holding the flag of
Ugljevik.
The flag of Ugljevik is one of the rare examples in the modern
Serb heraldry that is not based on the coat of arms and that
includes entirely different elements: White a fess wavy azure
between three diamonds sable. The wavy stripe is standing for
local river Janja. The black diamonds are said to be standard
heraldical symbols for coal wealth. They are indeed shown as
faceted, but unlike the Ivan's image shou, they should be black
(or rather gray of several shades to hint the
three-dimensionality).
Željko Heimer, 15 Febuary 2003
Bojan Markovic from Ugljevik pointed out a few errors: the
diamonds should be black, as is apparent from discussion. They
are also black in the "Glasnik SHD Gazette" nr. 7/2001
article "Approved Arms of the County of Ugljevik". The
article also provide the date of adoption of the symbols in the
community assembly - 27 July 2001.
Bojan also pointed out a photo
at the community web site where the flag is shown in ratio
1:2 (see: Variant). This is against the
regulations, however, obviously such flag is used.
Also see, page on symbols at <www.opstinaugljevik.net>.
Željko Heimer, 30 August 2008
(1:2)
image by Željko Heimer, 30 August 2008
