City Municipality of Novi Beograd
City of Beograd, Beogradski region
- Bearer
- City Municipality of Novi Beograd
- Adopted
- 11 July 2003
- Decision
- Decision on the Use and Protection of the Coat of Arms and Flag of the City Municipality of Novi Beograd, 2003.
- Author
- Dragomir Acović
- Grad
- City of Belgrade
- Region
- Belgrade Region
- Eparchy
- Archbishopric of Belgrade and Karlovci
- Official website
- novibeograd.rs
The City Municipality of Novi Beograd uses arms in three levels — greater, middle and lesser — and a banner. The Municipal Assembly adopted the arms and flag at its twentieth session, on 11 July 2003, together with a decision regulating their use and protection. The insignia come from the workshop of the Serbian Heraldry Society, and according to its list the author is Dragomir Acović; the design was chosen from several proposals offered. The greater arms have two swallows as supporters, and the flag bears the flag of Belgrade in the upper corner. Before 2003 the municipality used a simple emblem.
Blazon
On a red field a silver pall, dividing the shield into three fields; in each of the two upper fields three silver billets, two above and one below, and in the lower field, on blue, a silver fortress standing on a red base.
A golden mural crown with four visible crenellations.
Two black and white swallows with wings displayed, holding flags — the dexter the flag of Belgrade, the sinister the banner of Novi Beograd.
A white ribbon with the blue inscription “НОВИ БЕОГРАД”.
A square red banner with the flag of Belgrade in the upper corner next to the lance, separated by a white border, and three white billets, arranged two and one, nearer the fly.
Symbolism and meaning
The lower field of the shield, with the silver fortress, refers to the arms of the City of Belgrade. The combination of red, blue and white recalls the flag of Serbia and of the former federation, whose government was located in the area of Novi Beograd. The mural crown with four visible crenellations denotes a settlement with more than 100,000 inhabitants. The swallows as supporters are heralds of spring and of the renewal of life, but also a sign of settlement and of the home to which one always returns.
