Municipality of Knjaževac
Zaječar District, Region of Southern and Eastern Serbia
- Bearer
- Municipality of Knjaževac
- Adopted
- 2002.
- Author
- Dragomir Acović
- District
- Zaječar District
- Region
- Region of Southern and Eastern Serbia
- Eparchy
- Eparchy of Timok
- Official website
- knjazevac.rs
The Municipality of Knjaževac uses arms in three levels — lesser, middle and greater — and a banner, adopted in 2002. The insignia were produced by the Serbian Heraldry Society “White Eagle”, and their author is Dragomir Acović; they replaced the earlier pseudo-heraldic emblem with a landscape, years and a red star. The central motif is an ermine escutcheon with a prince's crown, set on a green shield with a gold inverted pall. The flag of the same design — green, with a yellow inverted pall and the escutcheon in the centre — has the form of a square banner.
Blazon
On a green field a gold inverted pall — a pale that forks at the centre of the shield into two diagonal bars towards the lower corners — and over it in the centre an ermine escutcheon with a prince's crown in natural colours.
A golden mural crown.
Two griffins with the green foreparts and wings of an eagle, the black hindquarters of a lion and gold beaks and claws; from the gold collar of each hangs a small red shield with a silver dove. The dexter holds the flag of Serbia, the sinister the banner of the municipality.
A green grassy hill with blue and silver wavy stripes in the centre; in the middle arms the shield is framed by gold oak sprigs with acorns, and at the base a vine with bunches of grapes.
A white ribbon with the inscription “КЊАЖЕВАЦ” in red letters.
A square green flag with a yellow inverted pall and the ermine escutcheon with a prince's crown in the centre.
Symbolism and meaning
The ermine escutcheon with a prince's crown alludes to the name of the place, which recalls the Serbian prince — popularly called knjaz.
