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Podgorac is a community in the Osijek-Baranja County, about 40
km southwest of Osjiek, 4,000
inhabitants of which about 1,100 in the place of the same name.
Until 1997 the community was part of the Požega-Slavonia
County, when it was transferred to the Osijek-Baranja County. The
ethnic compoistion is just under 80% Croats and a bit over 17%
Serbs.
The coat of arms, flag and ceremonial flag are shown on the web
site of Pogorac at <www.pogorac.hr>
and there is the text of the decision adopting the symbols:
Odluka o grbu i zastavi Opcine Podgorac, 24.01.2005.
Službeni glasnik Opcine Podgorac, br. 1/2005
The Coat of Arms of Podgorac is: azure a garb
or and on a border sable eighteen lozenges or. The symbolic is
explained in the decision: ear garb signifies the argicultural
base of the region while the bordure is taken from the family
coat of arms of Pejacevic, who owned Podgorac among their other
possesions.
The flag is light blue with the coat of arms bordered yellow in
the middle.
The Ceremonial Flag, which is not mentioned in
the decision, but is shown on the site, is a blue gonfalon ending
triangularly with golden fringe. In the middle is the yellow
bordered coat of arms topped with the name of the community and
with two bunches of ears below it.
Željko Heimer, 15 August 2006
Coat of Arms and flag designed by Heraldic Art d.o.o from
Rijeka and approved by the Ministry of Administration/Central
State Office for Administration before 2006.
Željko Heimer, 23 May 2008
image by Željko Heimer, 15 August 2006
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image by Željko Heimer, 15 August 2006