Municipality of Bačka Palanka
South Bačka District, Region of Vojvodina
- Bearer
- Municipality of Bačka Palanka
- Adopted
- 29 June 2011
- Decision
- Decision on the coat of arms of the Municipality of Bačka Palanka, 29 June 2011.
- District
- South Bačka District
- Region
- Region of Vojvodina
- Eparchy
- Eparchy of Bačka
- Official website
- backapalanka.rs
The Municipality of Bačka Palanka uses arms in three levels — basic, middle and greater — as well as a flag and a banner. The arms were adopted by the Decision on the Coat of Arms of the Municipality of Bačka Palanka of 29 June 2011. The shield, divided vertically, unites motifs from the seals of three nineteenth-century settlements from which Bačka Palanka arose: on the blue field a horse rampant with a scythe above wavy bars, and on the red ears of grain, a palisade wall and a ploughshare. The flag is white, with the municipal arms in the centre, and a square banner with the motif of the shield is also in use.
Blazon
A shield divided vertically: on the dexter, on a blue field, a silver horse rampant holding a gold reaper's scythe, and at the base three silver wavy bars; on the sinister, on a red field, a gold palisade wall with wattle, above it three crossed gold ears of grain, and beneath it a gold ploughshare. The red field is edged with a silver border bearing seven gold ducats.
A golden mural crown with three visible towers.
Two silver swans with wings displayed; behind the dexter is a lance with the Serbian tricolour, and behind the sinister a lance with the municipal banner.
A green grassy mound.
A white ribbon with the inscription “БАЧКА ПАЛАНКА” and the year “1593” in black letters.
A white flag with the middle arms (the shield with mural crown and ribbon) in the centre.
A square banner repeating the division and charges of the shield.
Symbolism and meaning
The basic arms bring together motifs from three nineteenth-century seals that belonged to the settlements of Stara, Nova and Nemačka Palanka, later merged into Bačka Palanka. The ears of grain and the ploughshare come from the seal of Stara Palanka, the wavy bars from the seal of Nova Palanka, and the reaper's scythe from the seal of Nemačka Palanka; the bars represent the Danube, to which the spacious blue field also refers. The palisade wall recalls the medieval wooden fortification — a palanka — from which the place took its name, and its wattle at the same time expresses the concord and fellowship of inhabitants of different peoples and cultures. The white horse rampant is a Lipizzaner and refers to the stud farm at Karađorđevo, one of the few in the world where this breed is raised. The red denotes the strength of the local economy, and the gold ducats its prosperity.
