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Kutjevo (Pozega-Slavonia, Croatia)

Grad Kutjevo

image by Željko Heimer, 30 November 2009

Overview
Coat of Arms

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Collection of Croatian Local Flags at FAME

Overview

Kutjevo is a community in the Požega and Slavonija County, some 20 km north-east of Pozega on the southern slopes of the Krndija mountain. 7,500 inhabitants, 2,500 in the town of the same name. Kutjevo is famous for the vine production and the vine cellars.
The coat of arms of Kutjevo, as shown on the County web site at <www.pszupanija.hr> is: azure a castle argent roofed gules with a circular 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 cellars and the vine production.
Željko Heimer, 31 October 2005

On <www.uhddr.hr> (the site of the war veterans association, quite unrelated except that they had a meeting apparently in the premises of the community) the flag is visible. The flag is drak blue with the coat of arms bordered yellow set in the middle.
Željko Heimer, 12 July 2006

On 13 July 2006 the Croatian Sabor adopted a new law on local subdivision to replace the previous one from 1997 (amended 15 times since then until 2003). The new law is published in the official gazette: Zakon o podrucjima županija, gradova i opcina u Republici Hrvatskoj, 13.07.2006, Narodne novine, 86/2006, 28.07.2006.The law was promulgated on 19 July by presidential decree and it became valid on the day of its issue in the gazette (28.07.2006).
The community of Kutjevo is promoted to a city status.
Željko Heimer, 12 November 2006

The symbols were designed by the Heraldic Art d.o.o. from Rijeka.
Željko Heimer, 2 November 2007

The city web site includes the description of the coat of arms and the flag in the new 2009 Statutes (Statut Grada Kutjeva, 13.07.2009, Službeni glasnik Grada Kutjeva, br. 4/2009, 15.07.2009), probably repeating the wording of the previous Statutes. The gazette include a relatively useful drawing of the coat of arms.
The coat of arms is blazoned there simply: azure the Kutjevo castle argent roofed gules and in the base a bunch of grapes with two leaves or. The drawing shows the castle with an octagonal tower above the gates and a belfry in dexter (See the actual castle photo at wikipedia).
The flag is dark blue with the coat of arms bordered yellow set in the centre of it.
The ceremonial flag is also described in the Statutes being of the same design as the official flag but bordered with golden fringe.
Željko Heimer, 30 November 2009

Coat of Arms

image by Željko Heimer, 31 October 2005