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by Zeljko Heimer, 13 July 2000
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The new flag and CoA are supposedly adopted sometime in 1999,
and are reported seen in use on flags in Sarajevo during summer
1999. I believe that the white flag with CoA in the middle is the
only natural representation of the flag. Until someone confirms
it, I would rather designate it as "reconstruction based on
written evidence". I guess that we can safely assume that
the flag ratio is 1:2.
Zeljko Heimer, 13 July 2000
by Zeljko Heimer, 13 July 2000
The date of adoption was 23th of March, 1998.
Velid-aga Jerlagic, 13 April 1998
As this flag was used very shortly (if ever?) we have very
little info on it. The ratio is given as 2:3~, but I don't know
based on what. I would expect it 1:2, to match any other flag
used in Sarajevo. The blue used on shield is described by Velid
as "electric blue".
Zeljko Heimer, 13 July 2000
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by Zeljko Heimer, 13 July 2000
The CoA has changed. Unfortunately, I haven't drawn it, but I
remember that the CoA has blue and dark red combination with
white devices on it.
Ivan Sarajcic,, 3 September 1999
I saw the official gazette of the canton of Sarajevo; I didn't
find the law about the flag and CoA, but htis last appears in
black and white on the gazette I took in the stand. Here is its scan.
The CoA is divided per pale ?? (maybe green) and ?? (maybe
red)with eight very little roundel in white (unless these are
little stars with many rays), 4-3-2 , and in the bottom a thing
made in dexter (=left) of rosace from a Cathedral and on the
right of a thing which is probably linked to Muslims but which
reminds me of the "napperons" of my Grandmother. The
two parts of that thing are linked with a ring. I think the whole
means that there are Croats and Bosniacs in the canton (red and
Cathedral rose for the catholic Croats; green and ??? for the
Bosniacs), the ring is binding the two, and the eight roundels
(or stars?) are the communes or the districts of the canton. One
roundel is at the same time on the green and on the red field,
and is probably the city of Sarajevo. The Serb seem not to be
represented here. But all that is only my hypothesis.
Pascal Vagnat , 17 October 1999
Being in Sarajevo last summer, I saw lots of cantonal flags on
the streets in the center of the city. The colors are: dark blue,
and very dark red [bordeaux - just like colour of football club
"Sarajevo" (champion of former YU in 1985)] Background
and devices are white.
Ivan Sarajcic , 19 October 1999
According to Velid-aga Jerlagic , the CoA is red and
blue. That is the new CoA, adopted and confirmed by the
contitutional court . However, a previous CoA above was also
adopted and confirmed!
The 8 "dots" are in fact eight-pointed stars.
The "thing" in base is supposed to represent a
door-knocker . If there is a connection with ornaments from
cathedral or some other building, we shall yet have to learn.
Zeljko Heimer , 23 October 1999
I was contacted by Velid with some additional info on
the symbols of the new Sarajevo canton CoA. The ornament that
makes out the door-knocker is indeed, as Pascal was told from
some buildings. One half is from the Cathedral, and the other
from a house called "Svrzina kuca"
As an interesting detail, the ornament that is now part of
Sarajevo Cathedral was once built in a sinagogue of Sarajevo (.
It is not known if the designer of the CoA knew that and if they
did include it with that thought also. Anyway, Sarajevo was (and
probably still is) proud of being the city of four religions,
with largest Jewish community in the area (about 20 000, IIRC)
before the WWII.
Zeljko Heimer 29 October 1999
In this page there are flags that I have never seen before,
and I was wondering if these maybe referr to the City of
Sarajevo, rather the Sarajevo Canton. They are most certanly
variations of the old city flag. I have visited Sarajevo in
August and they have just had addopted the new Canton symbols, of
which I only have a very poor copy .
The circle-looking objects are actualy six-pointed stars. The
official web-page of Sarajevo Canton also shows the new symbol.
To my knowledge, Sarajevo City's symbols have not been changed
yet .
Haris Delalic, 1 November 1999
The elements of the CoA are not very well defined either. Even
if they are explicitly stated to be white on coloured images
available on the Net they seem possibly yellow/golden. But, thay
may be product of dihtering. We have contradictory description of
the 9 stars regarding the number of points: 8 and 6. In all the
images they are so blurred that it is beyond countablity. In my
drawing I made them 8-pointed - such are easier made blurred by
dihtering then the 6-pointed stars. Indeed, on the flag imag the
stars are already so small that the points are already blurred.
The field is divided in dark red (called "Bordeaux")
and matching more or less to R++, and blue (probably B++). The
scanned Pascal's image was good enough to provide good base for
drawing the rosette/knocker. None mentioned the golden/yellow
outline of the shield, but it is cleary visible on all images I
have seen.
Zeljko Heimer, 13 July 2000
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by Zeljko Heimer, 13 July 2000
The coat of arms consists of 9 triangles, my assumption is
that they stand for the communities within the county (am I
right?). The bridge is of the same shape as on the coat of arms
of Sarajevo (by the way, is there a bridge of such shape in
Sarajevo? I believe it is, but it's better to ask), and In my
humble opinion those two elements are rather good. The thing in
the base is the symbol of the Sarajevo Winter Olimpic Games in
1984. In my humble opinion, it should not be there, as it
represents something rather different, but this is also a way of
overriding the national symbols. If it was up to me (and if it
must have been there), I would have made it bigger.
Zeljko Heimer, 13 April 1998
The triangles represent roofs. 9 roofs are for the 9
municipalities of Sarajevo Canton: Stari Grad (Old Town), Centar,
Novo Sarajevo (New Sarajevo), Novi Grad (New Town), Ilidza,
Vogosca, Ilijas, Hadzici and Trnovo.
The bridge stands for the "Latin Bridge", or ex-bridge
of Gavrilo Princip, but my guess is that it could also stand for Kozja
Cuprija (Goat's Bridge) that's an eastern entrance to
Sarajevo, and it's important because people who would go to hajj
used to gather there from ancient times until 1945.
Perhaps the "finnish feeling" is because of colors. It
said: "...shield, colored in electric blue (!!!), and
nine triangles..."
Velid-aga Jerlagic, 13 April 1998
![[Proposal for the Sarajevo Canton]](../images/b/ba-sk!1.gif)
by Velid-aga Jerlagic and Jorge Candeias
![[Proposal for the Sarajevo Canton]](../images/b/ba-sk!2.gif)
by Velid-aga Jerlagic and Jorge Candeias
![[Proposal for the Sarajevo Canton]](../images/b/ba-sk!3.gif)
by Velid-aga Jerlagic and Jorge Candeias
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