Middle arms — Municipality of Kanjiža
Middle arms
Territorial Heraldry

Municipality of Kanjiža

North Banat District, Region of Vojvodina

Bearer
Municipality of Kanjiža
Decision
Statute of the Municipality of Kanjiža, Article 9
District
North Banat District
Region
Region of Vojvodina
Eparchy
Eparchy of Bačka
Official website
kanjiza.rs

The Municipality of Kanjiža uses arms in two levels, lesser and middle, and the arms and flag as symbols of the municipality are prescribed by Article 9 of the Statute. On the silver shield is a frontiersman-peasant with a sabre and ploughshare, while the middle arms have a crown above the shield. The flag is white with diagonal blue stripes and the arms next to the lance.

Blazon

Shield

On a silver field, on green ground, a frontiersman-peasant in a blue dolman, red breeches and a black cap with a plume, holding a raised sabre in his right hand and a ploughshare in his left.

Crown

The Statute prescribes a silver crown above the shield, but the middle arms are also made with a gold crown set with precious stones.

Flag

A white flag with diagonal blue stripes, in the proportion 1:2. In the upper field next to the lance are the arms, whose size is one fifth of the length of the flag.

Earlier insignia

  1. 1941–1944 (?)Earlier flag (unconfirmed)

    Széll's book on the names, arms and flags of Hungarian towns records for Kanjiža a white flag with a blue saltire. It is not clear in what period it was used; most probably at the longest from 1941 to 1944.

Settlements 13

  • Adorjan
  • Velebit
  • Doline
  • Zimonić
  • Kanjiža
  • Male Pijace
  • Mali Pesak
  • Martonoš
  • Novo Selo
  • Orom
  • Totovo Selo
  • Trešnjevac
  • Horgoš

Sources