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Djurdjenovac (Osijek-Baranja, Croatia)

Opc'ina Ðuršenovac

Last modified: 2008-07-05 by dov gutterman
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image by Željko Heimer, 15 July 2006



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Overview

Šurdenovac is a community in the Osijek-Baranja County, 60 km west of Osjiek. 7,600 inhabitants, 3,500 in the place of the same name. The place Šurdenovac was established in 1873 as the centre of the woodworks industry in the Slavonian woods. Šurdenovac was part of the Požega-Slavonija County until 1997.
The community received ceremonially the Coat of Arms these days, as is reported on their site at <www.djurdjenovac.hr>.  The Coat of Arms pictured an owl standing on an oak branch in a white shield. The flag is not shown, but the ceremonial flag is at <www.djurdjenovac.hr> being blue, triangularly ending with corn ears and oak branches below the Coat of Arms..
I wanted to remind on the previously shown Coat of Arms that was unofficially used (and surely rejected by the Ministy) that was once shown at <www.durdenovac.s5.com>.
Željko Heimer, 7 July 2006

I received data from the community with more details. The symbols were adopted by the decision: Odluka o grbu i zastavi Opcine Šurdenovac, 15.12.2005. Službeni glasnik Opcine Šurdenovac, br. 6/2005, and approved by the decision of the Central State Office for Administartion (the central body now approving local symbols, previously part of the Ministry of Administration): Rješenje Središnjeg državnog ureda za upravu, Klasa:UP/I-017-01/05- 01/22, Urbroj:515-10/06-04-5 od 3. svibnja 2006. godine.  
The symbols are said to mean: the green oak branch with acorns - tradition of woodworks and wood-processing industry; white background - comonwealth and the tradition of tolerance of the people of Šurdenovac; the owl symbolize the region (has permanent habitats there) but also standing for progress and wisdom. On the gonfalon the ears stand for agricultural tradition, the oak as in the Coat of Arms. The Coat of Arms is: argent an owl proper holding an oak branch vert with three leaves of the same and two acorns or. The flag is blue with the coat of arms in the middle bordred yellow. The ceremonial flag is dark blue gonfalon with triangular ending and fringe along the bottom. In the middle is golden bordered coat of arms topped with the name of the community in two lines: "OPCINA ŠURŠENOVAC", the first word being arched. Below is the wreath of a buch of corn ears and an oak branch.  
Željko Heimer, 15 July 2006

The ceremonial flag shown (photographed) at Heraldic Art website differs from the drawings shown on the community web site at <www.djurdjenovac.hr> which seems to insist that the versions without lozenges is used. However, some time ago I received from Šurdenovac ambiguous images including both versions - although they explained that the lozengeless version is official. The photo of the actual flag with lozenges at Heraldic Art site confirms that this version is manufactured (but maybe it was not delivered to the community) - we'll still have to resolve that little mystery.
It may be noted on Šurdenovac that it was the first place in Slavonia and only second in Croatia to introduce use of the electric power (1891) as a centre of wood industry (reputedly the largest barrel production in Europe).
An other interesting thing may be noted, in Šaptinovci, a village in the Šurdenovac community, is one of the two parishes of the Old Catholic Church of Croatia (the other parish is in Zagreb). The Old Catholics split from Roman Catholic Church in the 1870s because of the promulgation of the dogma of Papal Infallibility (1st Vatican Council 1869-70). They number in Croatia only a few thousands, but have protection and agreements with the Croatian state on a similar level as some other small-numbered religious communities.
The symbols were designed by the Heraldic Art d.o.o. from Rijeka.
Željko Heimer, 25 October 2007


Ceremonial Flag


flag according to the community web site
image by Željko Heimer, 15 July 2006


flag according to the Heraldic Art website
image by Željko Heimer, 25 October 2007


Coat of Arms


image by Željko Heimer, 15 July 2006