Territorial Heraldry

City of Zrenjanin

Central Banat District, Region of Vojvodina

Heraldically correct coat of arms Prikaži on the map

Bearer: City of Zrenjanin
Adopted: 8 July 2008
Decision: Statute of the City of Zrenjanin, 8 July 2008
District: Central Banat District
Region: Region of Vojvodina
Eparchy: Eparchy of Banat
Official website: zrenjanin.rs

The City of Zrenjanin uses arms in two levels, lesser and middle, and a flag. The insignia were established by the City Assembly in the statute adopted on 8 July 2008, when the old arms of Bečkerek of 1769 were restored to use. The central motif of the arms is the scene of the Dormition of the Theotokos, and the shield is surmounted by a gold mural crown with five visible merlons.

Blazon

Shield

On a blue field the Dormition of the Theotokos: in the upper part the Theotokos on clouds, surrounded by gold rays and two angels' heads, and in the lower part the apostles gathered around the bier on which the Theotokos lies, with two lighted candles, on a red paved floor.

Crown

A golden mural crown with five visible merlons.

Flag

A white flag in the ratio 2:3 with the arms of the city in the centre.

Earlier insignia

1769Historical coat of arms
On 6 June 1769 Empress Maria Theresa granted Veliki Bečkerek the status of a market town. The arms of that year were adopted again in 2008 as the arms of the city.
1939Historical depiction
A card from the album “Grbovi Jugoslavije”, published in Zagreb in 1939 by “Kava Hag”, inscribed “VEL. BEČKEREK”, shows the same motif of the Dormition of the Theotokos on a blue field.
1941–1944 (?)Earlier flag (unconfirmed)
Széll's book on the names, arms and flags of former Hungarian towns records for Nagybecskerek a flag of 15 alternately red and white fields. It has not been established whether that flag was ever officially prescribed or whether it was actually used, possibly in the period 1941–1944.