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Flag of Špišić Bukovica - Image by Željko Heimer, 6 December 2015
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The municipality of Špišić Bukovica (4,733 inhabitants in 2001, 1,871 in the village of Špišić Bukovica) is located less than 10 km north-east of Virovitica.
Željko Heimer, 22 September 2003
The symbols of Špišić Bukovica are prescribed by Decision Odluka o grbu i zastavi mjesta i Općine Špišić Bukovica, adopted in 2008 and published in the Municipality official gazette Službeni vjesnik Općina Špišić Bukovica, No. 5.
This was amended by Decision Odluka o izmjeni i dopuni Odluke o grbu i zastavi Općine Špišić Bukovica, published on 3 February 2010 in Službeni vjesnik Općina Špišić Bukovica, No. 1.
The flag (photo) is described in Article 6 of the Municipality Statutes, 2009 and 2013, as follows:
The flag of the municipality of Špišić Bukovica is of white colour. In the centre of the flag, at the crossing point of the diagonals, there is the coat of arms of the municipality on both sides, outlined with a golden/yellow ribbon. The ratio of width to length is 1:2.
Željko Heimer & Marko Vitez, 6 December 2015
Coat of arms of Špišić Bukovica - Image by Željko Heimer, 2 December 2009
The coat of arms is described in Article 5 of the Municipality Statutes, 2009 and 2013, as follows:
The coat of arms of Špišić Bukovica is in a semi-circular shield. In a blue shield of the coat of arms there is a silver-white spike [Croatian heraldic term for a pile reversed]. In the spike there is a brown heap of seven logs from which is issuing a red flame. The seven logs heap represents the seven villages of the municipality of Špišić Bukovica, and the red flames issuing from them represent the traditional St. John's bonfires, made each year on the occasion of St. John the Baptist feast-day.
Željko Heimer, 6 December 2015
Ceremonial flag of Špišić Bukovica - Image by Željko Heimer, 6 December 2015
The ceremonial flag (photo) is dark blue, with yellow edges and yellow fringe along (at least parts of) the bottom, with the coat of arms in the centre, some yellow inscription (the municipality's name no doubt, but exact configuration is hard to judge) above and two yellow branches below, of which only the sinister birch branch was visible.
Željko Heimer & Marko Vitez, 6 December 2015
Former flag and arms of Špišić Bukovica - Images by Željko Heimer, 17 April 2005
The former flags were adopted in the 1990s and not approved by the Ministry of Administration. The flag was brought to the County Assembly Hall but not removed later.
The coat of arms is an overcrowded, quasi-heraldic design. The program of the 2008 Municipality Day celebrations still showed it.
Željko Heimer, 17 April 2005