Municipality of Sjenica
Zlatibor District, Region of Šumadija and Western Serbia
- Bearer
- Municipality of Sjenica
- District
- Zlatibor District
- Region
- Region of Šumadija and Western Serbia
- Eparchy
- Eparchy of Mileševa
- Official website
- sjenica.rs
The Municipality of Sjenica uses arms in the shape of a shield and a blue flag with the arms in the centre. The central motif of the arms is the old Sjenica fortress from the Ottoman period, shown across the whole width of the shield, and at the base is the year 1253, when Sjenica is first mentioned. Earlier the municipality used green and white insignia with the inscription “1253 СЈЕНИЦА”, a flame and a five-pointed star.
Blazon
A shield with a depiction of the old Sjenica fortress across its whole width, with gold roofs and gold cobbles at its foot, on red ground with stylised meanders of rivers, beside green firs; at the base of the shield the year “1253”.
A blue flag in the proportion 1:1.5, with the municipality's arms in the centre, on the transverse axis.
Symbolism and meaning
The form of the shield is taken from medieval shields as the basic heraldic element and a traditional sign of protection. The gold roofs of the fortress denote the history and endurance of the place, and the gold parts at its foot the cobbles. The red ground represents the area through which the Jablanica, Grabovica, Uvac and Vapa flow, their courses shown by stylised meanders. The green firs point to the natural features and hilly, mountainous relief of the Pešter plateau, and the year 1253 to the first mention of Sjenica.
