Municipality of Inđija
Srem District, Region of Vojvodina
- Bearer
- Municipality of Inđija
- Adopted
- 21 July 2008 (flag)
- Decision
- Statute of the Municipality of Inđija, with the amendments of 21 July 2008, by which a flag was prescribed in addition to the arms
- District
- Srem District
- Region
- Region of Vojvodina
- Eparchy
- Eparchy of Srem
- Official website
- indjija.net
The Municipality of Inđija uses a coat of arms and a flag. On a red shield of Baroque form, with semicircular notches in the flanks, is a silver church with a bell tower, beside which is a stag leaping, supported by two angels; at the base of the shield is the year 1746. The arms were prescribed by the municipal Statute earlier too, and the white flag with the arms was introduced by amendments to the Statute of 21 July 2008, replacing the unofficially used blue flag. Almost the same scene, without the year, is shown on an interwar card from the Kaffee HAG collection.
Blazon
On a red field a silver church with a red roof and a bell tower adorned with a cross, with a gold orb and cross on top; a brown stag leaping rests its forelegs on the roof, and the church is supported on both sides by two angels in blue robes, with blue wings. At the base of the shield the silver year “1746”.
According to the Statute, beneath the shield is a ribbon with the name of the place.
A white flag in the proportion 1:2, with the municipal arms in the centre, which is also used vertically. The Statute states that the flag is framed in golden yellow.
Symbolism and meaning
According to the Statute, the church represents the people's rallying point, the people themselves and their faith and spirituality. The stag climbing from the roof towards the bell tower expresses the longing for the spring of life-giving water, and that spring is Christ, represented by the cross on top of the bell tower. The angels in blue robes guard the church, and the blue indicates that these are heavenly insignia. The year 1746 marks the time when Serbs settled in Inđija in greater numbers.
