Municipality of Nova Crnja
Central Banat District, Region of Vojvodina
- Bearer
- Municipality of Nova Crnja
- Adopted
- 26 February 2013
- Author
- Ljubodrag Grujić
- District
- Central Banat District
- Region
- Region of Vojvodina
- Eparchy
- Eparchy of Banat
- Official website
- sonovacrnja.org.rs
The Municipality of Nova Crnja, founded after the Second World War, had no official symbols until 2013. At the end of 2012 a commission for the choice of arms and flag was formed, and the competition ran from 15 January to 14 February 2013. The commission chose as the best the work of the heraldist Ljubodrag Grujić, and the Municipal Assembly, at its session of 26 February 2013, in the presence of the author, adopted the arms and flag.
The municipality uses lesser and middle arms, and the flag is a heraldic banner derived from the shield.
Blazon
On a red field tripled silver stripes interlaced in the form of a cross; in the first field a gold lion rampant brandishes a sabre, and in the other fields a silver ear of wheat each, pointing towards the centre of the shield.
A golden mural crown without a parapet.
On either side of the shield, three golden stalks of wheat.
The inscription “ОПШТИНА НОВА ЦРЊА”.
A red banner divided into four fields by a white interlaced cross of three stripes; in the first field a yellow lion with a white sabre, and in the others a white ear of wheat each, turned towards the corner of the banner.
Symbolism and meaning
The six interlaced stripes represent the six settlements of the municipality, which join into one whole at the centre of the shield; together they form a cross-shaped figure that recalls both the Serbian and the Hungarian cross. The red of the field is the national colour of both principal peoples in the municipality, Serbs and Hungarians, and the basic colour of the state arms, and in heraldry it is interpreted as the colour of struggle and perseverance.
The gold lion with the curved sabre is taken from the historical device of the Banat, which is also found in the arms of the AP of Vojvodina. The ears of wheat turned towards the centre refer to agriculture and to the migrations by which the settlements arose, and the three gold stalks of wheat on each side of the middle arms repeat that message and the number of villages in the municipality. The gold mural crown denotes the status of the municipality.
