City of Kraljevo
Raška District, Region of Šumadija and Western Serbia
- Bearer
- City of Kraljevo
- Adopted
- December 1997
- Author
- Dr Mijat Ivanović
- District
- Raška District
- Region
- Region of Šumadija and Western Serbia
- Eparchy
- Eparchy of Žiča
- Official website
- kraljevo.rs
The City of Kraljevo uses arms in two levels, lesser and middle, a banner in the colours and with the charges of the shield, and a white flag with the middle arms. The arms and banner were adopted by the then Municipality of Kraljevo in December 1997. They were designed by Dr Mijat Ivanović, a lawyer from Vienna with roots in Kraljevo, and the proposal was reviewed by the Serbian Heraldry Society. The middle arms are most often used, while greater arms are not in use.
Blazon
On a red field seven gold open royal crowns, arranged in rows of 2, 2, 2 and 1. In the middle arms a silver falcon stands on the shield with wings displayed, with a gold beak and legs.
Beneath the shield a white ribbon whose reverse is in the colours of the Serbian tricolour, with the motto “НАМА ДОБРО А НИКОМЕ ЗЛО” (“Good for us and harm to none”).
A white flag with the middle arms in the centre. In addition to the vertical one, the city also uses a horizontal flag, which in recent years has perhaps been the more often used.
A red square flag with seven gold royal crowns, arranged as on the shield.
Symbolism and meaning
The name Kraljevo can be read as “the king's town”, and the seven crowns recall the seven Serbian kings crowned in the nearby Žiča Monastery. The falcon above the shield is the badge of Kraljevo as a cultural centre.
