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Babina Greda (Vukovar-Srijem, Croatia)

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Last modified: 2008-07-19 by dov gutterman
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image by Željko Heimer, 30 October 2005



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Overview

Babina Greda is a community in the Vukovar and Srijem County, with over 4,000 inhabtants all living in the village bearing the same name. They actually tend to be proud of their place whom they nickname "the world biggest village", though this is probably hard to maintain, the village is surely the largest rural settlement in Croatia. It is situated some 40km southwest of Vukovar next to the rivers of Sava and Berava, about 10 km upstream of Županja.
The official gazette on the county web site (<www.vukovarsko-srijemska-zupanija.hr>) has two issues regarding the symbols of Babina Greda (the third decision being only mentioned as being abrogated the second): Odluka o izmjeni i dopuni Odluke o izgledu grba i zastave Opcine Babina Greda te nacinu i uvijetima uporabe i zaštite grba i zastave Opcine Babina Greda, 11. veljace 2004, Službeni vjesnik Vukovarsko- srijemske županije, br. 4/05, 4. ožujka 2005., str. 62   Odluka o izgledu grba i zastave Opcine Babina Greda te nacinu i uvijetima uporabe i zaštite grba i zastave Opcine Babina Greda, 24. veljace 2003, Službeni vjesnik Vukovarsko-srijemske županije, br. 2/03, 17. ožujka 2003., str. 56 (Odluka o izgledu grba Opcine Babina Greda, SVVSŽ 4/95).
The coat of arms of Babina Greda is azure a fess or in the chief a mullet also or and in the base a bar argent.   The fess is canting ('greda' means a beam), representing the legendary "beam" - the higher non-flooded ground next to the rivers where the place developed, the star is a symbol of god Mars connecting the coat of arms with the coat of arms of Slavonia, while the white bar symbolizes the rivers of Sava and Berava. The flag is yellow with the coat of arms in the middle. Ratio 1:2.
The 2004 decision replaces already comlpicated geometric description of the coat of arms construction with an even more comlicated one (e.g. the star is now defined to have diameter of 1:2.6, although all the math does not add up). I have assumed that the basic shape of the shield was not changed (I folowed my drawing to the image at the community official site at <www.babina-greda.hr> that apparently matches perfectly with the 2003 decision description), but the 2004 decision drops the red outline of the shield (except it is mentioned to be present on the flag). The flag is now defined at the ratio 1:2, and the size of the shield is increased (again with a complicated geometric description that basically yealds that the shield is high as 3/4 of the flag width). I don't know why all the changes in the text. Anyway, the 2003 decision defined the coat of arms with the red outline. The flag was defined to be 90X190 cm in size with the coat of arms being 40X52 cm in the middle of the flag (thus relatively smaller then in the current flag). The coat of arms might have been adopted in the same contents already in the 1995 decision of which I have not got the text. Both decisions include quite verbose additional symbolism of the colours and charges in the coat of arms - the gold colour of the "beam" symbolzies also the wealth of the place, the golden embroidery traditional here, the golden dukat's (gold coins worn as ornament in folklore costumes), wheat fertility and the cattle wealth. The star of Mars is also a protection from the evil. The 2004 decision adds additionally that the blue shield symbolize the wisdom, prudence and nobility..
Željko Heimer, 30 October 2005


Coat of Arms


image by Željko Heimer, 30 October 2005


2003 Symbols

Flag


image by Željko Heimer, 30 October 2005

Coat of Arms


image by Željko Heimer, 30 October 2005