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Gunja is a community in the Vukovar-Srijem County, in its
south on the Sava River, that makes border with Bosnia
and Herzegovina, 75 km south of Vukovar.
Just over 5,000 ihnabitants living in a single large village
composing the community. Ethnically, some 65% of them are Croats,
about 14% Bosniaks, 4% Serbs and yet over 10 other different
minorities; religiously, some 65% are Catholic, 30% Muslims. This
makes it understandable that Gunja is considered to have the
oldest mosque in Croatia built in 1969 (that is, the oldest built
after the liberation of Slavonia from Ottomans in 1700).
The coat of arms of Gunja (b/w image, but much larger then it
appears on the first glance) is available at the community web site. The flag may
be seen at a photo
on the web site of the local school.
The coat of arms of Gunja is azure St. Jacob stantant holding a
staff in his dexter and a scroll in his sinister and wearing a
bag ensigned with a shell all or. This refers to the Church of
St. Jacob the Apostle built in Gunja in 1849. The shell on the
bag that the figure is wearing is the traditional ecclesiastic
attribute of St. Jacob.
The flag is light blue with the coat of arms bordered golden in
the middle.
Željko Heimer, 11 April 2009
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image by Željko Heimer, 11 April 2009
