Otok (Vukovar-Srijem, Croatia)

Opc'ina Otok

Last modified: 2004-08-07 by dov gutterman
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by Zeljko Heimer, 29 July 2004

• Overview
• Coat of Arms

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• Vukovar-Srijem County
• Croatia

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Overview

Otok is a community with over 11,000 inhabitants (about 6,000 in the village of the same name) in the middle of the Vukovar-Srijem County,n 29 km south of Vukovar. Beside this Otok by Vinkovci, there is also the Otok Community near Sinj in the Split-Dalmatia County.
The coat of arms of Otok is Or on a base vert a Suvara millhouse proper. This type of mills is driven by horse power and the oldest preserved today in Otok are from the early 19th century.
The flag is yellow with white bordered coat of arms in the middle.
the symbols must have been adopted around 1998, and are described in the statutes of the community.
Sources: Opcina Otok <www.bosut.net>, Statut Opcine Otok, 13.12.2002, Službeni vjesnik (Vukovarsko- srijemske županije), br. 13/02, 23.12.2002. <www.vukovarsko-srijemska-zupanija.hr>.
Zeljko Heimer, 29 July 2004

Coat of Arms

by Zeljko Heimer, 29 July 2004