Municipality of Bela Crkva
South Banat District, Region of Vojvodina
- Bearer
- Municipality of Bela Crkva
- Decision
- Statute of the Municipality of Bela Crkva, Article 6
- District
- South Banat District
- Region
- Region of Vojvodina
- Eparchy
- Eparchy of Banat
- Official website
- belacrkva.rs
The Municipality of Bela Crkva uses lesser and middle arms and a flag, prescribed by Article 6 of the municipal Statute; the appearance of the arms and flag was already laid down by the Statute adopted by the Municipal Assembly on 6 June 2002. The arms are canting — on a blue shield is a white church on a green hill — and were most probably granted in 1776. The middle arms are surmounted by a silver mural crown with five towers, and the shield is framed by bunches of grapes and ears of grain.
Blazon
On a blue field, on a green hill, a silver church with a bell tower, red roofs and gold crosses. In the middle arms the scene is set in an oval medallion within a silver ornamental frame, with a bunch of grapes on each side and two gold ears of grain at the base.
A silver mural crown with five towers.
A white flag measuring 2 × 1 m, with the arms in the centre, rendered in blue, beneath which the year of the town's foundation (1717) is written. On the flag the arms are surmounted by a mural crown and surrounded by ornaments of grapes.
Symbolism and meaning
The arms are canting: the white church on a hill directly illustrates the name of the place (Bela Crkva, “White Church”), which recalls the old church built by the first settlers.
