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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
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
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