Municipality of Bajina Bašta
Zlatibor District, Region of Šumadija and Western Serbia
- Bearer
- Municipality of Bajina Bašta
- Adopted
- June 2021
- Decision
- Decision of the Municipal Assembly of Bajina Bašta on the Coat of Arms and Flag of June 2021, in application from 1 January 2022.
- District
- Zlatibor District
- Region
- Region of Šumadija and Western Serbia
- Eparchy
- Eparchy of Žiča
- Official website
- bajinabasta.rs
The Municipality of Bajina Bašta has new arms and a flag, prescribed by the Municipal Assembly by a decision of June 2021, after a procedure lasting more than four years; the insignia have been in application since 1 January 2022. The arms are composed in full heraldic form, with a silver griffin on a red shield, a mural crown, supporters — a wolf and an eagle — and the peaks of Tara beneath the shield. They replaced the earlier emblem in the shape of a shield with the year 1872, which was also found on the earlier white flag.
Blazon
On a red field a silver griffin rampant, facing dexter, with a gold beak and claws; in the dexter upper corner gold crossed lightning bolts, and at the base a silver wavy bar.
A silver mural crown.
On the dexter a blue wolf holding the state flag of Serbia, on the sinister a blue eagle holding the flag of the municipality.
Green mountain peaks covered with dense coniferous forest.
A silver ribbon with the name “БАЈИНА БАШТА”, written in letters resembling the script of the Miroslav Gospel.
Divided horizontally into a blue and a red field, with a white griffin rampant with gold beak and claws and a gold firesteel in the form of the letter S in the upper corner next to the lance. The vertical version in the photograph is in the proportion 12:5, not 2:1.
Symbolism and meaning
The griffin, a symbol of the guardian of knowledge and wisdom, refers above all to the Rača Monastery, for centuries the centre of spirituality and literacy in this area. The crossed lightning bolts represent the Bajina Bašta hydroelectric power plant, the municipality's most significant source of revenue, and the silver wavy bar the River Drina. The wolf and the eagle are animals characteristic of the Tara National Park; the eagle is also found in the arms of Serbia. The blue colour of the supporters together with the other colours of the arms gives the colours of the Serbian flag. The municipality's flag takes the colours of the flag of Hadži-Melentije Stevanović of 1807, and the firesteel recalls the state arms. The silver mural crown denotes the population of the municipality, and the peaks beneath the shield are the mountains of the Tara National Park under coniferous forest.
