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Vukosavlje (Municipality, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Вукосавље

Last modified: 2024-08-24 by rob raeside
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[Municipal flag]  [Municipal flag] images by Tomislav Šipek, 28 June 2024


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Presentation of Vukosavlje

The hunicipality of Vukosavlje was formed from parts of the former municipality of Odžak to which parts previously belonging to Modriča were added. The seat of the administration, named Jakeš when belonging to the municipality of Modriča, was renamed Vukosavlje.

Željko Heimer, 11 February 2013


Flag of Vukosavlje

The symbols of Vukosavlje are prescribed by Decision Odluka o određivanju oblika, sadržaja grba, boje i veličine zastave i upotrebe istih (text), adopted on 20 April 2006 by the Municipal Assembly and published in the Municipal official gazette Službeni glasnik Opštine Vukosavlje.

The flag (photo) is described in Article 2 as follows:

The flag of the Municipality is red, with proportions 1:2, in which is embedded the symbol (coat of arms) from Article 1 of this Decision.

Željko Heimer, 11 February 2013

The municipality uses both forms of the flag.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php
 Tomislav Šipek, 28 June 2024


Coat of arms of Vukosavlje

[Municipal arms] image by Željko Heimer, 11 February 2013

The coat of arms is outlined in Article 1 of the aforementioned Decision as follows:

This Decision determines the shape, the contents of the symbol (coat of arms) of the Municipality of Vukosavlje that represents a mountain (Vučijak), fields, waterfalls (of a stream) and, in the background, the Dobor-kula tower.

Željko Heimer, 11 February 2013


Pećnik

[Town flag] image by Tomislav Šipek, 7 July 2024

Pećnik is a village in the municipality of Vukosavlje. Before the war, Bosnia and Herzegovina had about 1,500 inhabitants, mostly Croats. Today, according to the last list that can be found on the web, there are only 150 inhabitants. The rest have moved to Croatia, Switzerland and Germany. Here is the flag they all use for their village.
https://www.pecnik.ch/index.php/52-novosti/novosti/609-zlatni-momci-mnk-croatia-appenzell
Tomislav Šipek, 7 July 2024