Municipality of Aleksandrovac
Rasina District, Region of Šumadija and Western Serbia
- Bearer
- Municipality of Aleksandrovac
- District
- Rasina District
- Region
- Region of Šumadija and Western Serbia
- Eparchy
- Eparchy of Kruševac
- Official website
- aleksandrovac.rs
The Municipality of Aleksandrovac uses a round emblem in the form of a seal, with the year “1196” at the top and the name of the place at the bottom. At the centre of the emblem is a stylised wine amphora, or ewer, bearing a bunch of grapes. The emblem occurs in a yellow and a white version, and the white version is found on the vertical flag of red, wine colour.
Blazon
A red circle containing a yellow stylised wine amphora, or ewer, with crenellations near the top and spiral scrolls at the sides, and in its lower part a red circle with a yellow bunch of grapes. Above the amphora is the year “1196”, and along the lower rim the inscription “АЛЕКСАНДРОВАЦ” between two dots, in yellow letters.
A vertical flag of red, wine colour, with a white version of the municipal emblem.
Symbolism and meaning
The bunch of grapes in the emblem indicates that Aleksandrovac is the centre of the Aleksandrovac Župa, one of the most important wine-growing areas of Serbia, where the vine has been cultivated for centuries.
