Breza (Municipality, Zenica-Doboj Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Last modified: 2011-11-11 by ivan sache
Keywords: breza | leaf: birch | hammers: 2 (black) | stecak | column (white) |
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• Presentation of Breza
• Coat of arms of Breza

See also:

• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Zenica-Doboj Canton

Presentation of Breza

Breza (lit., "birch tree") was in the 5th century the capital of the Desidiata tribe, from which period several ruined churches have been preserved. Coal mining has been the main industry in Breza since 1907.

Željko Heimer, 4 June 2011

Coat of arms of Breza

Coat of arms of Breza - Image by Željko Heimer, 4 June 2011

The coat of arms of Breza is prescribed by Decision Odluka o grbu Općine Breza (text), adopted on 28 September 2001 by the Municipal Assembly and published in the Municipal official gazette Službeni glasnik Općine Breza.

The coat of arms is described in Article 2 of the Decision as follows:

The coat of arms of the Municipality of Breza is in shield shape outlined with a thin black line on a light blue background. In the centre of it is a stylized birch leaf, dark green (colour of Rudnik [the Mine]) outlined in black. In the right part of it is the top part of the column of the basilica with its capital. In the left side is a stylization of a part of a stećak [standing tombstone] lined white on a black backgound. The top left corner of the shield is semi-circularly trimmed, including the mining symbol of hammers in saltire.

The Populari database does not list any municipal symbol that would have been used prior to the 1990s or during the war period. The constitutionality of the current symbol was not disputed.

Željko Heimer, 4 June 2011