Municipality of Trgovište
Pčinja District, Region of Southern and Eastern Serbia
- Bearer
- Municipality of Trgovište
- Adopted
- 22 June 2016
- District
- Pčinja District
- Region
- Region of Southern and Eastern Serbia
- Eparchy
- Eparchy of Vranje
- Official website
- trgoviste.rs
The Municipality of Trgovište uses arms in three levels and a heraldic banner. The insignia were adopted on 22 June 2016, making Trgovište the last municipality in the Republic of Serbia to receive official insignia.
Blazon
A red and blue shield divided by a silver cross into four fields: top right the fourteenth-century Church of the Most Holy Theotokos, top left (red) a firesteel, bottom right a stylised fleur-de-lis, bottom left the rocks of “Vražji kamen” on a blue ground; at the bottom wavy lines in the colours of the flag of Serbia.
A silver mural crown with no visible merlons, the mark of an area with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants.
An oak branch on the dexter, bilberry fruits on the sinister.
Two eagles with wings displayed; on the right the flag of Serbia, on the left the flag of Trgovište.
Forested mountains (Bele Vode, Dukat, Čupino Brdo, Kozjak), the rocks of Vražji kamen and three rivers — the Tripušnica, the Kozjedolska and the Lesnička — from which the Pčinja is formed.
A silver ribbon with the name of the municipality.
Symbolism and meaning
The red of the shield is a symbol of courage and magnanimity, and the blue of loyalty and truth. The silver cross divides the shield into four fields and denotes Christianity. The fourteenth-century Church of the Most Holy Theotokos was built on top of the rocks of “Vražji kamen”, a unique rock mass for which the area is known. The firesteel is a symbol of salvation and light, and the fleur-de-lis — the flower of the Theotokos — of love and purity.
The wavy lines at the base of the shield represent the rivers at whose confluence the small town lies. The wreath of oak branch and bilberry points to the forests and plants in which the hilly and mountainous country around Trgovište abounds, while the eagles as supporters of the shield symbolise the fighting spirit and keenness of the people of this area.
