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Page created: 1st October 2000 Last updated: 12th December 2011
The FAME is a site devoted to the systematic and scientific study of flags and coats of arms. Such symbols often bear strong political and other messages. Inclusion of those symbols here does not mean that the author supports or approves of the ideas they may stand for.	This site is harvested for the NSK digital archives.

Map of the Virovotica and Podravina County.

Virovitica and Podravina County - Communities

Virovitičko-podravska županija - općine

1. Crnac
2. Čačinci
3. Čađavica
   • Čađavica, ca. 1995
4. Gradina
   • Gradina, ca. 1997
5. Lukač
6. Mikleuš
7. Nova Bukovica
8. Pitomača
   • Pitomača, 1985 – ca. 1990
9. Sopje
10. Suhopolje
11. Špišić Bukovica
    • Špišić Bukovica, ca. 1995
12. Voćin
    • Voćin, ca. 1997
13. Zdenci

The regulations on the local flags in Croatia require that a flag of a city or community be of a field of one colour with the coat of arms in the middle or offset towards hoist. Most of the communities follow this rule.

• Virovitica and Podravina County
• Croatia - Counties
• Croatia

Crnac

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The coat of arms of Crnac is vert a Tureky oak and a Franch oak branches in saltire forming a wreath or. It is the reference to the medieval documents mentioning Crnac as the place where huge Turkey oaks (Lat. Quercus cerris, Croat. hrast cer) grow. The second largest place in the community - Veliki Rastovac is also refering to oaks, represented with the French oak (Lat. Quercus robur, Croat. hrast lužnjak). The flag is yellow with the coat of arms in the centre of it. The existance of a ceremonial flag is prescribed as well.

Čačinci

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The coat of arms of Čačinci is vert a thunderbolt or piercing a mill stone argent. The flag is very dark green with the coat of arms in the middle bordered yellow.

Čađavica

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The coat of arms of Čađavica is vert a rake in pale, a pitchfork and a scythe in saltire all argent and in base a ploughshare or. Čađavica was in 1852 granted the marketplace rights and the coat of arms may have been granted at the same time. The flag is red with the yellow bordered coat of arms in the middle.

Čađavica, ca. 1995

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The coat of arms of Čađavica used initially in 1990's divided per fess with a bar argent chief azure a mullet argent and base vert a ploughshare or. The flag was light blue with the coat of arms in the middle. This design was not approved by the Ministry of Administration, so it was soon replaced.

Gradina

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The coat of arms of Gradina is vert on a mount gules a belfry argent roofed of the second and a pile of stone blacks and in sinister a corn ear argent embowed to dexter, in the chief a bendlet wavy also argent and in the baze in a bezant of the same a downpointing sword inflamed. The flag is white with the coat of arms in its centre.

Gradina, ca. 1997

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A variant of the Gradina symbol include also the Marian cipher. Gradina is of lately become a centre of Marian worship. This may be an earlier design.

Lukač

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The coat of arms of Lukač is gules on a mount vert a winged bull or passant guardant nimbed argent. The winged bull is the attribute of St. Luke the Evangelist, the patron and namesake of the community. The flag is white with the coat of arms in the middle.

Mikleuš

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The coat of arms of Mikleuš is gules a bend between three balls and an oak twig all or. The flag is green with the coat of arms in the middle. The golden balls (apples) are attributes of St. Nikolas, the namesake of the community.

Nova Bukovica

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The coat of arms of Nova Bukovica is gules an unicorn rampant argent. The flag is blue with the yellow bordered coat of arms in the middle.

Pitomača

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The coat of arms is adopted in 1985 gules a fess argent and a mount gules issuant from the base. The flag is blue with the golden brodered coat of arms in the middle.
In 2011 the community again initiated the proces for readoption of the 1985 emblem as its arms (without the star).

Pitomača, 1985 – ca. 1990

No flag.

The quasi-heraldic emblem of Pitomača was adopted for the Local Community of Pitomača, then within the community of Đurđevac, as part of the celebrations of the tricentenary of the town. It depicted with an ornate shield the landscape of the town beneath the hills and cultivated land beneath reaching the Drava river at the bopttom indicated with three wavy lines. At the base was the year 1685, at the top the inscription PITOMAČA beneath a five-pointed star. It seems that coloured versions were not used.

Sopje

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The coat of arms of Sopje is azure a garb or with a clasp argent. The flag is blue with the golden bordered coat of arms in the middle.

Suhopolje

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The coat of arms is azure on a mount vert a wall with gates topped with a roofed tower all or. The flag is yellow with the coat of arms in the middle. The charge is the coat of arms is the pavillion in the ressidence of Count Janković that is the core of the modern town.

Špišić Bukovica

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The coat of arms of Špišić Bukovica is azure a wood pile of seven logs proper inflamed gules in a pile inverted argent. It refers to the feast of St. John the Baptist when the Midsummer bonfires are lit traditionally in Špišić Bukovica, today also being the Day of the Community. Seven logs stand for the seven villages of the community. The flag is white with the coat of arms in the centre of it. A ceremonial flag also seems to be used, blue with golden ornaments, but this has to be confirmed yet.

Špišić Bukovica, ca. 1995

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The community of Špišić Bukovica used a complex coat of arms including the Slavonian marten, lions with sabres from Virovitica coat of arms, a church, and so on all encircled with symbols of the local flora in green shield. The flag adopted at the time was diagonally divided white and blue with the coat of arms in the middle. Although the coat of arms was rejected by the central authorities, it and the flag have been used in spite when required.

Voćin

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The coat of arms of Voćin or a fess maroon and overall a church argent with a belfry of the same roofed also maroon both with a doors gules. The flag is indigo blue with the coat of arms in the centre of it bordered white. A vetical version is also used.

Voćin, ca. 1997

Flag unknown.

The coat of arms apparently used by Voćin pictures the local church and the coats of arms of Croatia and Slavonia in triangular corners. An other source shows simple coat of arms: or a bar maroon. Both are probably just proposals. No flags were noted used with those.

Zdenci

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The coat of arms of Zdenci is canting the community name: azure a water pouring upward from a stone well all argent. The flag is white with yellow bordered coat of arms in the middle.

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