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The city of Mostar in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton probably
needs no presentation. It was in the early 1990's divded during
the war into the eastern Bosniak and the western Croat city. The
Croat administration used a flag: red with a white cross
throughout and the coat of arms in the middle. The coat of arms
of that Croat Mostar (also known as Western Mostar, though I
don't believe that eaither was an official name) was in a shield
of medieval form (with a notch) argent three bendlets gules
overall a Latin cross or, shield is crowned with a golden crown
and below is a ribbon inscribed with date 1452. This was based on
the coat of arms of medieval rulers of Mostar family Hrvatinic
(the most well known member was Hrvoje Vukcic Hrvatinic). See Western Mostar - Previous Symbols.
After the Dayton Agreement in 1995 it was organized as a complex
of six civic communities (as far as I know these have not adopted
any symbols) , and finally in 2004 it was integrated into one
community named City of Mostar.
The decision on the flag is not yet made, probably it is too
early, and probably it shall not be an easy decision like any
other decision regarding Mostar, and shall probably have to be
imposed by the international governors of Bosnia-Herzegovina. But
let's hope it shall not be that way, and that the local people
shall come to agreement.
The official web site of the city at <www.mostar.ba> showes as yet
only the statutes of the city and the coat of arms (which is
temporary?). The statutes determine that the coat of arms and the
flag shall be adopted by the decision of the city assembly with
2/3 majority. However, the coat of arms used now by the city is
clearly shown on the site: blue with the image of the Mostar
bridge over the Neretva river.
Željko Heimer, 19 May 2004
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image by Željko Heimer, 19 May 2004
image by Željko Heimer, 1988
Mostar (Western) - Ratio 1:2. Adopted: around 1995 ?
The flag is red with white cross and coat of arms Hrvatini? (?)
family (medieval rulers of Mostar) in the middle. This coat of
arms was adopted as the coat of arms of the western (Croat held)
city of Mostar
Željko Heimer, 1988
hn-mo.gif)
image from <www.jugozapad.mostar.com>
Mostar itself is divided into I think 6 muncipals. I am not
sure if this Coat of Arms is the emblem of Mostar city or just
Mostar Southwest muncipal.
Goran, 4 August 2002
I guess that the oval the arms of the city of Mostar (Western
Mostar, if you wish) in recent years, is the closes thing to the
emblem of the SW Mostar community they currently have. On the
site mentioned above there is a link to on line version of the
statute of the community, which in one of the first articles
(art. 6, IIRC) declares that the community has a coat of arms and
a flag. It is then declaired that details about these symbols
shall be further regulated by a decision of the assembly, as it
is very often case for flag regulations in this region. At least
the oval emblem is used in place of the coat of arms in a
document available on line that the community of SW Mostar signed
with Orkdal Community of Norway.
In a quick browsing over the other pages there, there is no
indication of it's use on flag (or any flag, for that matter),
nor there is any mention of the eventual decision regulating
these emblems as required by the statutes. I guess that the
matter of symbols did not yet come to the order, Mostar having
much more importaint problems to solve. Also, symbols in Mostar
are always a hot issue...
On the other hand; it is possible that the flag of previous
"Western Mostar" is used by SW Mostar, just as the Coat
of Arms emblem is, maybe with some smaller changes like the oval
wattle is in the Coat of Arms. The flag of Western Mostar was red
with white cross thoughout and overall the Coat of Arms - bendy
gules and argent with latin cross or, crowned or and with ribbon
bearing the year.
Željko Heimer, 5 August 2002
