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Tovarnik (Municipality, Vukovar-Srijem County, Croatia)

Flag of Tovarnik - Image by Željko Heimer, 30 October 2005

Presentation of Tovarnik
Flag of Tovarnik
Coat of arms of Tovarnik
Former flag of Tovarnik (1993-2001)

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Presentation of Tovarnik

Tovarnik is located about 20 km south-east of Vukovar. It has 4,500 inhabitants, 3,000 of them in the village of the same name.
Through Tovarnik is passing the main railway line Zagreb-Belgrade, where it crosses the border.

Željko Heimer, 30 July 2004

Flag of Tovarnik

The symbols of Tovarnik are described in Articles 8-11 of the Municipal Statutes Statut Općine Tovarnik), adopted on 12 October 2001 by the Municipality Assembly and published on 20 November 2001 in the County official gazette, No. 14 Službeni vjesnik Vukovarsko-srijemske županije (text). The flag was changed in 2001 but the coat of arms remained the same.

The flag is described as "rectangular with four golden-yellow and three white fields interlaced horizontally set starting with a golden yellow field and with the coat of arms in the middle".
The flag is based on the County flag.

Željko Heimer, 16 July 2011

Coat of arms of Tovarnik

Coat of arms of Tovarnik - Image by Željko Heimer, 30 July 2004

The coat of arms is prescribed by Decision Odluka o grbu i zastavi općine Tovarnik), adopted on 29 December 1993 by the Municipality Assembly and published on 28 February 1994 in the County official gazette Službeni vjesnik Županije Vukovarsko-srijemske.
This is repeated in Articles 5-7 of the Municipality Statutes Statut Općine Tovarnik), adopted on 8 April 1994 by the Municipality Assembly and published on 29 April 1994 in Službeni vjesnik Županije Vukovarsko-srijemske, No. 5, and in the aforementioned 2001 Municipal Statutes.

The coat of arms is described as follows:

In a blue shield a ploughshare crossed by a rake and a scythe. On both sides are the wheat ears. All elements in the shield symbolize the way of living and the rich soil from which and on which the people are living. The dimensions of the coat of arms are 50 cm x 50 cm.

The arms, "Azure a ploughshare argent in pale above a scythe and a rake sable bladed argent in saltire and two corn ears crossed in base", are said to be the historical coat of arms of Tovarnik. Indeed, an almost identical coat of arms is found in Laszowski's Coffee Hag Album [lsv39], where the author states that it is based on the 1860 seal and colored (reconstructed) by himself based on that seal.

Željko Heimer, 16 July 2011

Former flag of Tovarnik (1993-2001)

Former flag of Tovarnik - Image by Željko Heimer, 16 July 2011

The first flag of Tovarnik is prescribed by Article 5 of the aforementioned 1993 Decision. This is repeated in the aforementioned 1994 Statutes.

The flag is described as follows:

The flag of the Municipality of Tovarnik is composed of three horizontally arranged field and two colours: white and golden-yellow.
The top and the bottom fields are white and take up each 1/4 of the flag's width. The central field is golden-yellow and takes up 1/2 of the flag's width. The dimensions of the flag are 200 cm x 100 cm.
In the central field is set the coat of arms of the Municipality of Tovarnik.
Horizontally, the coat of arms is placed 75 cm from the edges of the flag 75 cm, and, vertically, 25 cm.

Željko Heimer, 16 July 2011