Municipality of Bogatić

Mačva District, Region of Šumadija and Western Serbia

The Municipality of Bogatić uses an emblem in the shape of a shield with the name of the municipality written out, and not a heraldic coat of arms in the classical sense; the Municipal Assembly adopted it on 8 September 2009. The emblem is derived from the insignia in force until 2003: to the green horseshoe with ears of wheat and maize and the monument to the fallen fighters were added horses rampant and the building of the former Mačva district. The municipality's flag is white, with the shield in the centre. Between 2003 and 2009 the municipality used arms with a gold lion on a blue shield.

Blazon

Insignia

A shield with a green and white border, containing a green horseshoe with its opening turned upwards: on its right-hand arm gold ears of wheat, on the left a gold maize stalk with a cob, and at the bottom the white inscription “БОГАТИЋ”. Within the horseshoe, on a white field, a building with a tower and red roofs, in front of it a stone obelisk in the shape of a pyramid and two black horses rampant facing each other.

Flag

A white flag with the shield in the centre.

Symbolism and meaning

The green horseshoe with wheat and maize denotes agriculture, from which the population of the municipality chiefly lives. The obelisk is a monument to the fighters killed in all wars to date, and the horses recall how much the people of Mačva have always loved and bred them. The building with the tower is the edifice of the former Mačva district, which today houses the municipal assembly.

Earlier insignia

until 2003Earlier coat of arms

The insignia in force until 2003 had a shield with a green horseshoe, wheat and maize and the monument to the fallen fighters; in 2009 it served as the basis of the present emblem.

2003–2009Earlier coat of arms

From 2003 to 2009 the municipality used arms with a gold lion rampant on a blue shield, and above the shield a gold crown with a pattern and cross and a ribbon with the year 1381. Intertwined blue and red cords descend at the sides of the shield, beneath it are two crossed gold ears of wheat, and at the bottom a ribbon with the inscription “БОГАТИЋ”.