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On 29 December 2007, an article in the regional newspapers
"Glas
Slavonije" (Author: M. Ban) was published. Here is My
translation:
"The last community without its official symbols in the
Vukovar and Srijem County Stari Mikanovci granted the coat of
arms and the flag.
Stari Mikanovci - The Community of Stari Mikanovci was one of the
few units of local self-government in Croatia without its coat of
arms and flag, because the proposal for the coat of arms,
designed some ten years ago, was rejected by the state commission
and since then the question was not raised by anyone.
The current Council, headed with the mayor Tadija Orlovic,
actualized the issue of inexistance of the coat of arms and a
company from Koprivnica was hired and designed a proposal.
- It was our wish that in the Mikanovci's coat of arms is not
[sic!] included the church of St. Bartholomew (Sv. Bartol), and
the proposal was that it is included in the central part of the
coat of arms, since it is an unique historical, cultural and
architectural monument with which Mikanovci people are so proud
of. That proposal was refused by the Commission in the State
Archives, with explanation that there are already too many coats
of arms displaying castles, towers, churches and other buildings
- mayor Orlovic explained to us.
Therefore they decided for another also very valuable and
recognizable characteristic of Mikanovci - a twofold vessel of
the Vucedol culture from the period between 3000 and 2300 BC.
- This valuable archaeological findings was located in the ruins
in Stari Mikanovci when the elementary school was being built,
and it symbolizes the long lasting settlement of the area -
Orlovic says.
The vessel is golden, symbolizing the golden-yellow wheat fields
and the sun obove the plains. The vessel stands on a hill
symbolizing the ruins of Stari Mikanovci in which it was found,
but also the hill of Novi Mikanovci, upon which is located the
church of St. Bartholomew.
- The hill of green is symbol of fields in spring, meadows and
centuries old Slavonian woods, and the background of blue is the
sky above the Slavonian plains. The same blue is in the flag, in
the centre of which is coat of arms set - Orlovic
concludes."
Just a few comments:
- the claim that S.Stari Mikanovci. is "one of the few units
of local self-government in Croatia without its coat of arms and
flag" is incorrect - I would say that at most some 60% of
the units do have a coat of arms and the flag. Moreover, I am not
convinced that the claim that all other communities in the
Vukovar-Srijem County already have a symbol should be taken
seriously. Out of 26 communities we have some kind of info on 16
of them and nothing about the rest.
- I am not sure to which company in Koprivnica it is referred, it
may be with some connection to Dražen and Draženka
Ernecic of Koprivnica Museum, who designed a great deal of Stari
Mikanovci in Koprivnica region.
- The Commission is organized not in the State Archives but in
the Central State Office for the Administration, although the
State Archives are obliged to provide for an opinion and at least
one member in the Commission is from the State Archives.
Željko Heimer, 8 February 2008
Here is image of the flag
and the coat of arms from
<www.mikanovci.hr>.
Pascal Gross, 8 February 2008
On the community site of Zupa
dubrovacka (Dubrovnik-Neretva County), there is a photo
showing the table flag of Župa dubrovacka and the table flag
of Stari Mikanovci. Image of coat of arms of Stari Mikanovci can
be seen at <www.crochess.com>
and also on <www.mikanovci.hr>.
Željko Heimer and Tomislav Šipek, 27
July 2008
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