Municipality of Topola
Šumadija District, Region of Šumadija and Western Serbia
- Bearer
- Municipality of Topola
- Author
- Dragomir Acović
- District
- Šumadija District
- Region
- Region of Šumadija and Western Serbia
- Eparchy
- Eparchy of Šumadija
- Official website
- topola.rs
The Municipality of Topola uses lesser and greater arms and a banner, whose author is the heraldist Dragomir Acović. The shield with the gold royal crown of the Karađorđević dynasty on a purple field and a bordure of ermine is supplemented in the greater arms by supporting eagles and cannon. The banner does not repeat the shield, but is modelled on the flags of the voivodes of the First Serbian Uprising, which recalls that Karađorđe lived in Topola and led the uprising from there.
Blazon
On a purple field the gold royal crown of the Karađorđević dynasty, set with precious stones; the shield is edged with a bordure of ermine.
A silver mural crown without crenellations.
Two silver eagles rising, with small shields on red collars — the dexter with a silver cross and four firesteels on a red field, the sinister with an erased wild boar's head armed gold, wounded diagonally in the forehead by a gold arrow, on a blue field; the eagles hold the flag of Serbia and the banner of the municipality.
A green grassy hillock, on which old cannon and piles of cannonballs stand on either side of the shield.
A silver ribbon with the inscription “ТОПОЛА”.
A red square flag with two gold Baroque frames — in the dexter a white cross with four firesteels on red, in the sinister a boar's head pierced by an arrow on blue; above the frames a crown and two helms with swords, and below crossed flags and military equipment.
Symbolism and meaning
The royal crown in the shield recalls that Topola is the homeland of the Royal House of Karađorđević and the place where most of its members are laid to rest. The small shields of the supporting eagles bear the symbols of Serbia and Šumadija — the cross with four firesteels and the boar's head pierced by an arrow.
The banner repeats the appearance of the flags of the voivodes of the First Serbian Uprising (1804–1813), since Topola is the place where Karađorđe lived and from which he led the uprising. In the Baroque frames are the boar's head pierced by an arrow — the supposed arms of Triballia — and the white cross with four firesteels from the Serbian arms.
