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Vrbas (Municipality, Serbia)

Врбас

image by Tomislav Šipek, 3 December 2021

Presentation of Vrbas
Flag of Vrbas
2:3 variant

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Presentation of Vrbas

The municipality of Vrbas (45,852 inhabitants in 2002; 376 sq. km) is made of the town of Vrbas proper (25,907 inhabitants) and the settlements of Bačko Dobro Polje, Kosančić, Kucura, Ravno Selo, Savino Selo and Zmajevo.
The name of the municipality stems from the word "willow" in the Serbian language. During the Socialist period, the town was renamed Titov Vrbas (meaning "Tito's Vrbas), after Josip Broz Tito. Like all other towns in Socialist Yugoslavia named after Tito, the first part was dropped once the new states were formed during the early 1990s.

Vrbas was mentioned first in 1665, then belonging to the Ottoman Empire and populated by ethnic Serbs. Since the end of the 17th century, Vrbas belonged to the Habsburg Monarchy, and after 1784 many Germans settled in the town. In 1918, Vrbas became part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later renamed to Yugoslavia). As a consequence of the events the Second World War in Yugoslavia, the German population fled from the town after this war. In the same time, many settlers from Montenegro came to Vrbas and other neighbouring places.
[Wikipedia]

Milan Jovanović & Ivan Sache, 5 October 2007

Flag of Vrbas

The flag (photos) and (greater, middle and lesser) arms of Vrbas were adopted in October 2006, following a public contest. The designer is Tihomir Ačanski, member of the Serbian Heraldry Society, who kindly communicated images of the symbols.

Milan Jovanović & Tomislav Šipek, 1 October 2015

The emblem in the first quarter is a fibula (ancient brooch) which was excavated in the area.
Source (in Serbian): https://sr.wikipedia.org/sr-el

Actually, the source calls it "pseudo-fibula", because it seems not to have had a needle, or it was removed, so that the object was meant to be sewn onto the clothing.

Tomislav Todorovic, 10 December 2021

2:3 variant

image by Tomislav Šipek, 3 December 2021

This rectangular variant can be seen at:
https://vojvodjanski.com/tvkikinda/drustvo/2021/05/17/budzet-opstine-vrbas-veci-za-oko-pola-miliona-evra

Tomislav Šipek, 3 December 2021