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Jarmina (Vukovar-Srijem, Croatia)

Opc'ina Jarmina

Last modified: 2006-10-21 by dov gutterman
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Overview

Jarmina is a community in the Vukovar and Srijem County, 25 km south- west of Vukovar, about 2,600 all living in the the single village in the community having the same name. The history of Jarmina is kind of typical for Slavoian villages. In the medieval times it was known as Jarmina Sv. Nikola (or in Hungarian form Jaromna Szent Miklos). After the liberation from Turks in 1700 the village was setteled by first by Serbs from Bosnia but when they did not stay, by Croats from the Lika region. Soon also Czechs and Slovaks were setteled as well. However, the owners of the land decided in 1770 to move them out and to settle Germans there. These Germans were exiled by the end of the World War II and the Croats from the Zagorje region were setteled in several waves. Today the village is over 98 Croat by population. It was heavily damaged during the Homeland war being just outside the lines of what Serbs held in easter parts of Slavonia.
The Coat of Arms is shown on the web site of the community at <www.jarmina.hr>. I don't know what is its status, by my judgement it is just on the edge of what the central authorities migh accept: per bend wavy or divided into azure and vert and in the last an apple with a leaf and a bunch of grapes slipped all or. The emblems on the Coat of Arms refer to the richness of the agriculture. Possibly the apple is also hint on St. Nicolas, especially if there may be connection of the grapes with St. Wendalinus (Sv. Vendelin), the other parton saint of the community.
No info on the flag.
Željko Heimer, 30 July 2006


Coat of Arms


image by Željko Heimer, 30 July 2006