Coat of arms of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Coat of arms of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Introduced	May 19, 1998

The coat of arms of Bosnia and Herzegovina was adopted by the then Bosnian Parliament in 1998.

description

Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The national coat of arms is a representation of the flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina on a shield.

The heraldic shield , divided diagonally into blue and gold, shows seven five-pointed silver stars in the blue field along the dividing line .

Nine stars are depicted on the state flag.

symbolism

The yellow symbolizes the sun , which gives the light necessary for life on earth .

The blue background and the stars come from the flag of the EU .

history

Historical coat of arms

Coat of arms of Bosnia from the Fojnica coat of arms book (17th century)
Coat of arms of the Bosnia-Herzegovina condominium (1878–1918)
Coat of arms of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1943–1992)

1992-1998

Coat of arms 1992–1998

The heraldic elements of the coat of arms from 1992 to 1998 correspond to the coat of arms of the Kotromanić dynasty, the silver sloping bar symbolizes the legend of the fair sword of Tvrtko , who was able to transform the Bosnian Banat into an independent kingdom in the late Middle Ages.

The coat of arms was adopted at the beginning of the Bosnian wars as a replacement for the Yugoslav coat of arms, and after the war it was criticized by the local Serbian and Croatian Bosnians as it only represents the history of the Bosniaks . The coat of arms was replaced by a coat of arms finding commission, whereby the new coat of arms is also criticized, because apart from the blue-yellow-white coloring it no longer has any historical reference.

Subnational coat of arms

Entities

The Republika Srpska has its own coat of arms, which bears no resemblance to the coat of arms of the entire state. The coat of arms for the federal state of Bosnia and Herzegovina was abolished on June 14, 2007 and has not yet been replaced by a new one. That is why the national coat of arms is often used as a symbol for the federation .

Main articles: Coat of arms of the Republika Srpska , coat of arms of the Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina