City Municipality of Savski Venac
City of Beograd, Beogradski region
- Bearer
- City Municipality of Savski Venac
- Adopted
- 29 July 2004
- Author
- Dragomir Acović
- Decision
- Decision on the Organisation and Work of the Bodies of the City Municipality of Savski Venac (29 July 2004), Articles 5 and 6
- Grad
- City of Belgrade
- Region
- Belgrade Region
- Eparchy
- Archbishopric of Belgrade and Karlovci
- Official website
- savskivenac.rs
The City Municipality of Savski Venac uses arms in three levels — lesser, middle and greater — and a banner, whose author is Dragomir Acović of the Serbian Heraldry Society. All the insignia are prescribed by the Decision on the Organisation and Work of the Bodies of the City Municipality, adopted on 29 July 2004. The arms combine the motif of a wreath, which recalls the name of the municipality, with hills and the River Sava, and the double-headed eagle with a crown points to the palaces in its territory.
Blazon
On a red field a green triple mount, at whose foot is a silver wavy bar; over all a gold oak wreath, tied at the bottom with the Serbian tricolour, and over the wreath a silver double-headed eagle with gold beaks, tongues and legs, on whose breast is the crown of King Peter I in natural colours.
A golden mural crown with three crenellations, in the middle and greater arms.
Two silver swans with gold beaks and claws and black legs, with wings raised for flight; each holds a gold-shod lance of natural colour with a gold head — the dexter with the banner of Belgrade, the sinister with the banner of Savski Venac, both fringed with gold.
A green grassy hill.
A white ribbon with the black inscription “САВСКИ ВЕНАЦ”.
A square red banner with a green hill above a white wavy bar and a green lower part, and in the upper corner next to the lance a yellow oak wreath tied with the Serbian tricolour. The decision also mentions a yellow field at the bottom, which is not shown on the banner.
Symbolism and meaning
The name Savski Venac means “wreath of the Sava”, to which the oak wreath refers. The wavy bar represents the River Sava, and the three hills Dedinje, Topčider and Košutnjak. The double-headed eagle and the crown recall that this area is the traditional seat of the head of state, where the Royal Palace and the White Palace stand.
