City Municipality of Surčin
City of Beograd, Beogradski region
- Bearer
- City Municipality of Surčin
- Adopted
- 29 January 2007
- Authors
- Slobodan Stanić and Zoran Stanić
- Grad
- City of Belgrade
- Region
- Belgrade Region
- Eparchy
- Archbishopric of Belgrade and Karlovci
- Official website
- surcin.rs
The City Municipality of Surčin, the youngest city municipality of Belgrade, uses an emblem in the shape of a shield, and the banner repeats the same motif. The emblem was adopted on 29 January 2007 on the basis of an anonymous competition, in which the design by the architects Slobodan Stanić and Zoran Stanić was chosen. The principal motif is an aeroplane above fields of grain. There is also a greater form, with a gold mural crown, two black horses rampant as supporters, the banners of Belgrade and Surčin and a ribbon with the name of the municipality on a green compartment; in its composition it follows the practice of Serbian heraldry but, like the small form, has unheraldic features, such as a field shading from white to blue — a solution that is in use although it does not correspond to the graphic standards the author submitted to the municipality.
Blazon
A shield with a landscape scene: on a blue field a white aeroplane, beneath it seven gold ears of wheat fanned out before a gold sun rising on the horizon, and at the bottom green ploughed fields with furrows in perspective.
A square flag repeating the content of the emblem: on light blue a white aeroplane, yellow ears of wheat before a yellow sun on the horizon, and green fields at the bottom.
Symbolism and meaning
The aeroplane represents Belgrade's “Nikola Tesla” international airport, which lies in the territory of the municipality of Surčin; the wings and engines are placed so as to resemble a roof with chimneys, so that the aeroplane at the same time forms the roof of a shared house — the municipality. The seven ears of wheat growing from the ploughed field denote the seven villages of the municipality, and behind them the sun rises on the horizon.
