Municipality of Kosovska Mitrovica
Kosovska Mitrovica District, Region of Kosovo and Metohija
- Bearer
- Municipality of Kosovska Mitrovica
- Levels of the arms
- lesser, middle and greater
- Patron saint
- Saint Demetrius of Thessalonica
- District
- Kosovska Mitrovica District
- Region
- Region of Kosovo and Metohija
- Eparchy
- Eparchy of Raška and Prizren
- Official website
- kosmitrovica.rs
The Municipality of Kosovska Mitrovica, as a unit of local self-government in the system of the Republic of Serbia, has arms in three levels — lesser, middle and greater. The central figure is Saint Demetrius of Thessalonica, from whose church the city took its name and who is its patronal feast. The triple mount, three rivers and crossed hammers tie the insignia to the landscape and mining tradition of the area, and the silver supporting eagles with the Serbian tricolour express belonging to the Republic of Serbia. The banner of the municipality repeats the motif of the saint's shield: a red field with a gold cross and four firesteels.
Blazon
On a blue shield with a semicircular base Saint Demetrius of Thessalonica in natural colours, with a gold halo, in gold armour and wrapped in a red cloak; in his right hand he holds a lance of natural colour with a gold head, and in his left a small red shield with a gold cross and firesteels turned outwards. The saint stands on a green triple mount, beneath which are three light blue wavy bars, and at the foot of the shield two crossed black miners' hammers.
A gold mural crown with three visible merlons, set with three blue sapphires and two red rubies (middle and greater arms).
Two silver eagles rising, with wings raised, gold beaks, legs and claws and red tongues. The dexter eagle holds the banner of the Republic of Serbia — the red, blue and white tricolour — and the sinister the banner of the municipality; both banners are fringed with gold and flown from lances of natural colour with gold heads.
A green hillock with seven red peonies.
A white ribbon with the inscription “КОСОВСКА МИТРОВИЦА” in black Cyrillic letters.
A red field divided by a gold cross into four fields, in each a gold firesteel turned towards the outer edge of the banner; the banner is fringed with gold.
Symbolism and meaning
Saint Demetrius of Thessalonica is the patron of the city and its patronal feast: Mitrovica took its name from the Church of Saint Demetrius below Zvečan, which King Milutin granted to his endowment of Banjska in 1315. The small shield in the saint's hand, with the cross and firesteels, carries the message “with fire we shall defend the cross”.
The green triple mount represents the three mountains surrounding the city — Kopaonik, Golija and Mokra Gora — and the three wavy bars the three rivers flowing through it — the Ibar, the Sitnica and the Ljušta. The crossed hammers at the foot of the shield are a sign of the area's mining tradition.
The mural crown with three merlons denotes a city, and the sapphires and rubies on it recall that Kosovska Mitrovica was for a time the seat of the state authorities of the Kingdom of Serbia. The silver eagles symbolise belonging and loyalty to the Republic of Serbia, and the seven peonies in the compartment the blood shed by Serbian patriots.
