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Erdut is a community in eastermost parts of the Osijek-Baranja
County, some 30 km east of Osjiek.
The community encompases area of the Dilj mountain, a low hill
around which Danube (being its eastern border) makes a large
round and where Drava flowes into it forming the north border of
community. The four places in the community are also situated in
the lowlands around the hill at the four cardila points: Erdut in
East, Aljmaš in North, Dalj in South and Bijelo Brdo in
West. Population 8,500 with just under 1,000 in the place of the
same name. Erdut is the site of the signing of the so called
Erdut Agreement on 12 November 1995 in which the peaceful
reintegration of the Serb held Eastern Slavonia region was
arrenged. In July 1991 all the Croatian population was exiled
from the places under the pressure of Yugoslav Army and the
region was held by rebel Serbs until the reintegration. After the
Erdut Agreement, the refuugess gradually returned to their homes,
the UN Transitional Administration in Eastern Slavonia (UNTAES)
was established as authority to perform the transition finished
in January 1998. Community of Erdut still has slight majority of
Serb population (almost 54% according to 2001 census) and also
Hungarian minority (just above 5%). Therefore there beside the
flag of Croatia and the community flags the flags of the two
ethnic groups are also used in official capacity, like it is
visible on a photo at <erdut.hr>.
The Coat of Arms of Erdut is: vert a fess
argent from which protrudes a pall toward base and in chief a
wine barell or. The barell represents the famous wine cellars of
Erdut and the tau cross symbolizes the flow of the river Drava
into Danube.
The flag is yellow with the coat of arms in the middle. Ratio
1:2. Adopted, I guess some time in 2005. The symbols look like
they were designed by Heraldik art Rijeka.
Source: Opcina Erdut, <erdut.hr>
6.7.2006, reported by Tomislav Šipek.
Željko Heimer, 6 July 2006
I received from the community the text of the decisions and
the image of the gonfalon: Odluka o grbu i zastavi opcine Erdut,
22.11.2001., Službeni glasnik opcine Erdut Odluka o uporabi
grba, zastave i imena opcine Erdut, 21.05.2002., Službeni
glasnik opcine Erdut
Therefore , adopted on 22 November 2001. The barrel not only
represents vine industry in general but specifically a barrel of
75 000 liters of the Erdut celler famed to be the largest wine
barrel in use in the world. The Ceremonial Flag
is a yellow gonfalon with three tails triangularly ending with
tassels and with the coat of arms in the middle. Above the coat
of arms is in green letters inscribed the name of the community
while below the coat of arms are the same inscriptions in Serb
and Magyar languages that are official in the community. In the
outer tails are ornaments of green vine branches with golden
bunches of grapes and in the middle is an ornament of corn ears
forming the wattle.
Željko Heimer, 11 July 2006
image by Željko Heimer, 11 July 2006
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image by Željko Heimer, 6 July 2006
