Municipality of Bileća
Trebinje, Republika Srpska Region
- Bearer
- Municipality of Bileća
- Adopted
- December 1998
- Author
- Serbian Heraldry Society
- Levels of the arms
- greater, middle and lesser
- Region
- Trebinje Region
- Entity
- Republika Srpska
- Official website
- opstinabileca.ba
The arms of Bileća were adopted in December 1998. They were produced by the Serbian Heraldry Society and fully contain the elements of modern European heraldry.
Blazon
On silver a blue cross rising from a red triple mount at the base, in the centre with a smaller red shield bearing a silver double-headed eagle with gold beaks and claws.
Middle arms: in a roundel with a blue and silver wavy base, surrounded by a blue ribbon with the name of the municipality, the lesser arms beneath a silver mural crown with three parapets, between two oak sprigs with acorns.
Greater arms: two crowned lions standing upright with curled tails — the dexter divided many times red and silver, with the flag of Srpska on a tournament lance, the sinister red, with the flag of Bileća; in place of the other forepaw each has a human arm with a sabre, the dexter armoured, the sinister bare. They stand on a stone base with two red towers and a blue and silver wavy field.
Symbolism and meaning
The flag of Bileća — red with two white crosses next to the lance — is derived from the crest of the arms of the Kosača family, Dukes (Herzogs) of Saint Sava and lords of Herzegovina in the fifteenth century. The lions are taken from the crest of the apocryphal arms of the Nemanjić dynasty and from the arms of the Kosača family, the arms with sabres recall the arms of Rama and Primorje, and the curled tails 1388 and the victory over the Turks on the field of Bileća.
