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Voćin (Municipality, Virovitica-Podravina County, Croatia)

Flag of Voćin, horizontal and vertical versions - Images by Željko Heimer, 19 April 2005

Presentation of Voćin
Flag of Voćin
Coat of arms of Voćin
- Proposed coats of arms
Ceremonial flag of Voćin
Table flag of Voćin

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Presentation of Voćin

The municipality of Voćin (2,421 inhabitants in 2001, 1,161 in the village of Voćin) is located some 25 km south-east of Virovitica.

Željko Heimer, 12 July 2004

Flag of Voćin

The symbols of Voćin are prescribed by Decision Odluka o grbu i zastavi Mjesta i Općine Voćin, adopted on 23 March 1998 by the Municipality Assembly.
The symbols are described in the Municipality Status Statut Općine Voćin, adopted on 18 February 2013 by the Municipality Assembly and published on 19 February 2013 in the Municipality official gazette Službeni glasnik Općine Voćin, No. 2.

The symbols were not approved by the Ministry; accordingly, the Decision was not published in any official gazette.

The flag is described in Article 12 of the Decision, as follows:

The flag of the municipality of Voćin is rectangular in shape with the ratio of width to length 1:2. The flank edges of the flag are straight without edging or ornaments. The flag is purple, charged in the centre with the coat of arms of the municipality of Voći, with its top edge set towards the outer length of the flag. The width of the coat of arms in the flag is one half of the flag's width.

The flag is described in Article 5 of the Statutes, as follows:

The flag of the municipality of Voćin is rectangular in shape in the ratio of width to length 1:2. The flag of the municipality of Voćin is purple with the coat of arms of the municipality of Voćin in the centre.

The flag is used either horizontally (in front of the Municipality Hall or vertically (in the County Assembly Hall)
The flag was consecrated by the parish priest, David Andrejić, during the celebration of the Feast of Nativity of Blessed Virgin Mary, 8 September 1997, also the Municipality Day, that is, six months before its official adoption by the Municipality Council. Purple was said to symbolize a place of pilgrimage (Velike mogućnosti i potrebe, Virovitič:ki list, 12 September 1997).

Željko Heimer & Marko Vitez, 21 August 2016

Coat of arms of Voćin

Coat of arms of Voćin - Image by Željko Heimer, 19 April 2005

The coat of arms of Voćin is described in Article 10 of the Decision, as follows:

The coat of arms of the municipality of Voćin is by the shield shape rectangular with the bottom side semicircular. The field of the shield is divided horizontally in thirds, the top and bottom being yellow, and the central brown. In the centre of the coat of arms is a depiction of the church of the Visitation, as a symbol of creation of the core of an important spiritual, cultural and social life in medieval Voćin in the 15th century. The depiction of the church with belfry is white.

The coat of arms is described in Article 5 of the Statutes, as follows:

The coat of arms, that is, the shield of the coat of arms of the municipality of Voćin is rectangular in shape with the bottom side rounded outwards. In the coat of arms of the municipality of Voćin is in golden field a brown bar and overall a silver church with brown roof and red doors.

Željko Heimer, 21 August 2016

Proposed coats of arms

Proposed coat of arms of Voćin - Images by Željko Heimer, 19 April 2005

Virovitičke vijesti, 13 November 2002, shows a photo of a large sign with a coat of arms picturing the local church and the coats of arms of Croatia and Slavonia in triangular corners.
The County website once showed the coat of arms as "Or a bar brunâtre".
Both designs seem to be initial projects or proposals that were occasionally used.

Željko Heimer, 18 November 2004

Ceremonial flag of Voćin

Ceremonial flag of Voćin - Image by Željko Heimer, 21 August 2016

The ceremonial flag used during the consecration ceremony (photo) is a short vertical flag ending triangularly, with the coat of arms in the centre.

Željko Heimer & Marko Vitez, 21 August 2016

Table flag of Voćin

Table flag of Voćin - Image by Željko Heimer, 21 January 2015

The table flag (photo) is a vertical version of the municipality flag with the coat of arms in the centre, although without the white outline, and with the yellow inscription of the municipality name in a line above and an arch below the coat of arms.

Željko Heimer & Marko Vitez, 21 January 2015