Municipality of Vrbas
South Bačka District, Region of Vojvodina
- Bearer
- Municipality of Vrbas
- Adopted
- October 2006
- Author
- Tihomir Ačanski
- District
- South Bačka District
- Region
- Region of Vojvodina
- Eparchy
- Eparchy of Bačka
- Official website
- vrbas.net
The Municipality of Vrbas uses arms in three levels, lesser, middle and greater, as well as a banner. The insignia were adopted in October 2006 after a public competition, and were designed by Tihomir Ačanski, a member of the Serbian Heraldry Society. The most recognisable charge is the fibula in the first field of the shield, an object found during excavations in the territory of the municipality.
Blazon
A shield quartered by a silver cross: in the first, blue field a silver fibula; in the second, red, a blue wavy bar with gold edges; in the third, red, a silver open book; in the fourth, blue, a gold sheaf of wheat. The fields are surrounded by a silver border with two green branches of narrow leaves crossing at the base.
A golden mural crown with three towers, on which stands a golden lion rampant.
Two eagles in natural colour; behind the shield two gold lances are crossed, on the dexter the Serbian tricolour and on the sinister the municipal banner.
A green grassy mound with five gold sheaves of wheat and gold leaves.
A white ribbon with the inscription “ВРБАС” and the years “1213” and “1387”.
In addition to the square banner a rectangular variant in the proportion 2:3 is also in use.
A square cloth repeating the shield: a white cross divides it into four fields with the fibula, the wavy bar, the book and the sheaf of wheat.
Symbolism and meaning
The fibula in the first field represents an ornamental object found during excavations in the Vrbas area. More precisely it is a pseudo-fibula: it appears never to have had a pin, or the pin was removed, so it is assumed to have been sewn onto clothing.
