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Cerna is a community in the Vukovar and Srijem County, about
30 km southwest of Vukovar, half way
between Županja and Vinkovci. 4,700 inhabitants, 4,100 of
them in the village of the same name.
The official
gazette of the County include a decision on the flag of Cerna
adopted on 22 December 2001: Odluka o zastavi Opcine Cerna i
nacinu i uvjetima njezine uporabe i zaštite, 22.12.2001,
Službeni vjesnik Vukovarsko-srijemske županije, br.
3/2002, 20. ožujka 2002, str. 22. The flag is light blue
with the coat of arms in the middle. The height of the coat of
arms is 2/3 of the width of the flag. Unfortunately, no info on
the coat of arms as yet. The site <www.cernaonline.com>
shows a coat of arms, but I much doubt that this would be the one
we are talking about...
Željko Heimer, 30 October 2005
It seems that I was wrong. The legislator was, apparently,
still talking about the previous unheraldic coat of arms as is
still shown on that site (and on <www.cerna.hr>).
Namely, on <cerna-online.com>,
there is a report from the 18. session of the community
government, where in fourth paragraph is stated so: "Also, a
procedure for production of the official coat of arms of the
community was initiated. The coat of arms used until now was not
official, since it was never approved by the Central State Office
for Administration. It was not approved since it was made against
all the heraldic rules. Now, the wish is to get an official coat
of arms and flag that may represent us."
Therefore, the 2002 decision on the flag described it with the
old coat of arms, when they were apparently not yet aware that
the coat of arms used is illegal. The former coat of arms is in a
blue shield with yellow base forming two cotized triangles, from
it is raising a maroon cross with two cross-bars
"interlaced" with the Croatian chequy shield infront of
a yellow square lozenge bordered yellow, which border forms two
wattled squares in the base. The shield is topped with a white
ribbon inscribed red CERNA.
The flag is blue with the coat of arms in the centre, being 2/3
of the flag width high.
Željko Heimer, 23 July 2008
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image by Željko Heimer, 23 July 2008