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Mladenovac (Municipality, Serbia and Montenegro [Serbia])

by Zeljko Heimer

Description of the flag
Coat of arms

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Description of the flag

Mladenovac is one of the communities forming the modern city of Belgrade.

The coat of arms (greater, middle, lesser) and the flag were adopted on 15 May 2002, after a design by Father Aleksej von Biron and its graphical interpretation of Dragomir Acovic, Chairman of the Serbian Society for Heraldry, Genealogy, Vexillology and Phaleristics White Eagle and Royal Household Herold.

The flag is square, blue with golden oak trefoil and a white horizontal stripe near the bottom. As it is the modern practice in Serbian heraldry, the flag is a simplification of the charges from the coat of arms.

Source: Correspondence with Dragomir Acovic, 17 May 2002

Zeljko Heimer, 24 May 2002

Coat of arms

by Dragomir Acovic

The arms were granted on May 15, 2002. The two golden pitchers stand for the two mineral spas the city has. The name Mladenovac can be derived from the root mlad - "young, youthful", whereas mladica means a budding plant, as symbolized by the oak trefoil. The oak is further a symbol for the Holy Trinity, which is the city's patronal feast. The other name for the same feast is Holy Spirit's Day - thus the white dove resting upon the mural crown. The silver bar across the shield depicts the brook Lug.
The town is young and growing (est.1883). It grew fast out of the rapidly developing heavy industry, thus the golden offshoot of oak rises from the anvil. In the early XVth century, despot Stefan Lazarevich, ruler of Serbia, died in the forests of the Kosmaj mountain after an accident while hunting. The supporters, the compartment and the spilled arrows vividly tell this tale. The horse is equipped as described in contemporary writing by famous Byzantine historiographer pseudo-Corinus Couropalatas. The supporters fly two banners: on the right the standard the of the City of Belgrade, and on the left the one of the township of Mladenovac.

Source: International Civic Herladry website

Ivan Sarajcic, 28 November 2002