Trnovo (Municipality, Sarajevo Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

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Flag of Trnovo - Image by Željko Heimer, 10 February 2004

• Presentation of Trnovo
• Flag of Trnovo
• Coat of arms of Trnovo

See also:

• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Sarajevo Canton

Presentation of Trnovo

The municipality of Trnovo was before the war part of the Town of Sarajevo; in 1995, it was divided so that the town of Trnovo proper stayed in Republika Srpska, being seat of the eponymous municipality, with one part of it remaining in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina making up the new Municipality of Trnovo, with no more than 1,000 people living in it.

Muhamed Mešić, 21 January 2004

Flag of Trnovo

The flag of Trnovo (municipal website) is in proportions 2:3, green-white-cyan tricolour with the coat of arms in the middle. Apparently, green represents "fields, woods and mountains", blue "the rivers and the air", whereas white represents "traditions and snowy mountains".

Muhamed Mešić, 21 January 2004

Coat of arms of Trnovo

Coat of arms of Trnovo (original image)

The coat of arms represents the scenery and a typical Bosnian tombstone, called stećak.

Muhamed Mešić, 21 January 2004