Flag of the Czech Republic

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Flag of the Czech Republic
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
Vexillological symbol : National flag on land, trade and service flag at sea?
Aspect ratio: 2: 3
Officially accepted: January 1, 1993

The flag of the Czech Republic is the same one that Czechoslovakia has been using since March 30, 1920.

Meaning and description

The coat of arms of Bohemia , which can also be found in the coat of arms of the Czech Republic , provided the colors red and white for the national flag of the Czech Republic. The blue triangle originally stood for the Slovak part of Czechoslovakia, but is also interpreted as the color for Moravia . The color of the flag is in the tradition of the Pan-Slavic colors .

  • Structure of the national flag

  • Czech Republic waving flag

  • Flag placed vertically

history

After the creation of Czechoslovakia (ČSR) a flag had to be created for the new state. Initially, various forms of the traditional white and red Bohemian flag were used for the time being. In 1918 it was declared the flag of Czechoslovakia. The re-established Poland , however, carried almost the same flag . The only difference between the two flags was the aspect ratio of 5: 8 instead of 2: 3.

Two years later, on March 30, 1920, a blue isosceles triangle for Slovakia was added to the left edge of the flag . The blue comes from the Slovak flag . According to other sources, the blue color is taken from the coat of arms of Moravia .

The Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia continued to use the Czechoslovak national flag for a short time. From March 30, 1939, the symbol, which the National Socialists did not want, was replaced by a horizontal tricolor in white, red and blue. The Czechoslovak government in exile continued to use the state symbols until the re-establishment of Czechoslovakia in 1945.

After the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993, the decision was made in the Czech Republic to keep the flag, although this violated Art. 3 Paragraph 2 of the Constitutional Law No. 542/1992 of Czechoslovakia on the dissolution of Czechoslovakia. Previously, on March 13, 1990, the white and red Bohemian flag (2: 3) was reintroduced for the Czech republic within the ČSFR.

  • 2: 3 ? Czechoslovakia (1918 to 1920) Historic flag

  • 2: 3 ? Czechoslovakia, 1920 to 1992 Historic flag

  • 2: 3 ? Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia from 1939 to 1945 Historic flag

  • 2: 3 ? Czech Republic (partial republic, 1990 to 1992) Historic flag

Standard of the President

The President of the Republic wields its own flag as a national emblem . Like the flag, the official standard of the President goes back to a Czechoslovak model. It shows the large national coat of arms with the motto Pravda vítězí (Truth wins).

  • 1: 1 ? Standard of the Czechoslovak President 1918 to 1960 Historic flag

  • 1: 1 ? Standard of the Czechoslovak President 1960 to 1990 Historic flag

  • 1: 1 ? Standard of the Czechoslovak President from 1990 to 1992 Historic flag

  • 1: 1 Current standard of the Czech President

Subnational flags

Regions

Main article: Flags and coats of arms of the Czech regions

The 14 Czech regions ( kraje ) have flags . Apart from the capital Prague , which has a yellow-red bicolor, the regions use heraldic banners , that is, flags that show the region's coats of arms as a rectangle.

Municipal flags

The flags of the municipalities are usually based on the municipal coat of arms.

Historic countries

The national colors of the old regions of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia have no official status, but are used by the population.

More flags of the Czech Republic

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Observer's Book of Flaggs . IO Evans, Frederick Warne and Co. Ltd., London, 1959
  2. ↑ Čl. 1 bod 2 vládního nařízení č. 222/1939 Sb., Jímž se mění zákon ze dne 30. března 1920, č. 252 Sb. a n. available online (Czech)
  3. ↑ Act No. 3/1993 Coll., On the state symbols of the Czech Republic ( Memento of the original of May 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / aplikace.mvcr.cz
  4. ↑ Act No. 542/1992 Coll., On the dissolution of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF)@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / aplikace.mvcr.cz  

literature

  • Smith / Neubecker: coats of arms and flags of all nations. Munich 1980, ISBN 3-87045-183-1 .

Web links

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