Municipality of Bosilegrad
Pčinja District, Region of Southern and Eastern Serbia
- Bearer
- Municipality of Bosilegrad
- Website
- www.bosilegrad.org
- District
- Pčinja District
- Region
- Region of Southern and Eastern Serbia
- Eparchy
- Eparchy of Vranje
The Municipality of Bosilegrad has insignia that only partly follow the rules of the New Serbian Heraldry. It uses lesser and greater arms, without middle arms, as well as a banner, but it also has in use a flag that combines the layout of the banner and the greater arms into new insignia.
Blazon
A Serbian medieval shield in the colours of the flag of Serbia — bordered with a red band, with a blue field. In the chief of the shield an open book: on the left-hand page the letters of the Serbian alphabet, on the right those of the Bulgarian. Beneath the book, between two green oak branches, Mount Besna Kobila with the Church of the Holy Trinity.
A small blue-white-red shield with the municipal building, flanked on each side by three yellow oak leaves.
A pair of gold lions; one holds the flag of Serbia, the other the flag of Bosilegrad.
A multicoloured ground and a black rhomboid surface.
A red ribbon with the Cyrillic inscription “Босилеград”.
A blue, gold and green tricolour.
A tricolour of three horizontal fields — blue and green of equal width and a central gold one narrower by half — with the municipal arms in the centre.
Symbolism and meaning
The arms reflect the historical, geographical and cultural features of Bosilegrad. The open book with the letters of the Serbian and Bulgarian alphabets indicates that the Bulgarian national minority studies Bulgarian as its mother tongue alongside Serbian. Besna Kobila, the highest peak of the area, and the Church of the Holy Trinity link the natural and spiritual identity of the municipality.
