Municipality of Šid
Srem District, Region of Vojvodina
- Bearer
- Municipality of Šid
- Adopted
- 3 November 2023
- Authors
- Aleksandar Božić (drawing), Siniša Kurbalija (digital rendering)
- District
- Srem District
- Region
- Region of Vojvodina
- Eparchy
- Eparchy of Srem
- Official website
- sid.rs
On 3 November 2023 the Municipality of Šid adopted new arms in three levels — lesser, middle and greater — and a flag. The design was chosen after a public debate, at the proposal of the commission for amending the Statute; the drawing of the arms was presented by the artist Aleksandar Božić, and the digital version was produced by Siniša Kurbalija. Until then the municipality used insignia derived from the old arms of Šid, with a gold sheaf of grain tied with a red ribbon, and there was no flag.
Blazon
A shield of classical form with a gold bordure, divided in bands into a red, a blue and a white field, with three small blue wavy bars at the base. In the chief a falcon with wings displayed holding a paintbrush in its talons, between an oak leaf with an acorn and a vine leaf with a bunch of grapes. The middle band is divided into five radiating fields, blue and silver: in the dexter blue field a silver sickle, in the middle gold ears of wheat, and in the sinister a gusle in natural colour.
In the middle and greater arms a gold mural crown without crenellations; the lesser arms have no crown.
In the greater arms, on the dexter a stag rampant with the flag of the Republic of Serbia, on the sinister a horse rampant with the flag of the municipality, in natural colours.
A green field.
The motto “Општина Шид”.
A white flag with a narrow red and a blue stripe along the upper edge and the municipality's arms in the centre.
Symbolism and meaning
The new arms retain the wheat and sickle from the old insignia of Šid, and introduce the falcon, the oak leaf, the vine, the gusle and the waves of the river. The tricolour division of the shield repeats the colours of the state flag.
