Flags and coats of arms of the Czech regions
This list shows the flags and coats of arms of the Czech regions . Each of the 14 Czech regions ( kraj ) has its own flag and coat of arms . These are issued by the President of the House of Representatives on the proposal of the region .
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Hlavní město Praha (Capital Prague) |
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Description of coat of arms (see below).Significance: The number of stone blocks of the city wall and its towers corresponds to the number of urban cadastral areas (112). The lion stand for Bohemia , the flags for the districts of Prague - right: Nove Mesto , Hradčany , Vyšehrad , Liben , Bubeneč, Košíře, Smíchov , Vršovice , Žižkov , Uhříněves , Horní Počernice, Zbraslav and left: Stare Mesto , Mala Strana , Josefov (Prague) , Holešovice , Břevnov , Karlín , Nusle , Vinohrady , Vysočany, Modřany, Radotín, Dubeč. Praga caput rei republicae (Prague, the capital of the republic) is the city's motto . |
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Středočeský kraj (Central Bohemian Region) |
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Description of coat of arms .Meaning: The silver lion on red symbolizes belonging to Bohemia. The black eagle stands for the ruling family of the Přemyslids , the wavy line for the Vltava and Elbe rivers . |
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Plzeňský kraj (Pilsen region) |
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Description of coat of arms . Meaning: The silver lion on red symbolizes belonging to Bohemia. The camel comes from the city arms of Pilsen . The green field stands for the Bohemian Forest and the Upper Palatinate Forest with the Berounka (white) and Otava (golden) rivers . The St. Peter and Paul Rotunda symbolizes Starý Plzenec , the early medieval administrative center of the region. |
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Karlovarský kraj (Karlovy Vary Region) |
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Description of coat of arms . Meaning: The silver lion on red symbolizes belonging to Bohemia . The fountain stands for the healing springs. Hammer and mallet symbolize mining in the region. The lion above the silver wavy bar comes from the Karlovy Vary coat of arms . |
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Ústecký kraj (Aussiger Region) |
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Description of coat of arms . Meaning: The silver lion on red symbolizes belonging to Bohemia. The gate stands for the Porta Bohemica and the plow for the mythical progenitor of the Bohemian ruling family Přemysl the plowman . The silver lion is from the coat of arms of Ústí nad Labem . |
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Liberecký kraj (Reichenberg region) |
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Description of coat of arms . Meaning: The silver lion on red symbolizes belonging to Bohemia . The Redernsche wheel comes from the coat of arms of Liberec . The silver tip stands for Ještěd , the highest mountain in the region. |
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Královéhradecký kraj (Hradec Králové Region) |
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Description of coat of arms . Meaning: The silver lion on red symbolizes belonging to Bohemia. The initial G of the Bohemian King George of Podebrady comes from the coat of arms of Hradec Králové . The crown represents the bohemian queens. |
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Pardubický kraj (Pardubice Region) |
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Description of coat of arms . Meaning: The silver lion on red symbolizes belonging to Bohemia , the red and silver eagle symbolizes belonging to Moravia . The gate with the globe stands for cosmopolitanism. The horse comes from the coat of arms of Pardubice . |
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Kraj Vysočina (Highlands region) |
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Description of coat of arms . Meaning: The red and silver eagle symbolizes belonging to Moravia . The hedgehog comes from the city arms of Jihlava . The mountain ash stands as a symbol for the highlands region, the silver lion on red for belonging to Bohemia . |
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Jihočeský kraj (South Bohemian Region) |
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Description of coat of arms . Meaning: The silver lion on red symbolizes belonging to Bohemia. The red rose stands for the noble family of the Rosenbergs , the golden rose for the lords of Neuhaus . The green field symbolizes the forests through which the Goldene Steig leads (golden post) and the Vltava (silver post). The wall towers come from the coat of arms of České Budějovice . |
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Jihomoravský kraj (South Moravian Region) |
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Description of coat of arms . Meaning: The red and silver Moravian eagle symbolizes belonging to Moravia. The red and white bars come from the Brno coat of arms . The grape stands for Moravian Slovakia and the gold-red eagle is a symbol of reconciliation and integration: Together with the Moravian eagle in the first field, it stands for the end of the disputes between the various linguistic, religious and national groups and citizens of South Moravia , especially between the Czech and German-speaking areas. |
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Olomoucký kraj (Olomouc Region) |
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Description of coat of arms . Meaning: The red and silver Moravian eagle symbolizes belonging to Moravia and the Silesian eagle symbolizes belonging to Silesia . The third field stands for the grain fields of the Haná and the Slezská Haná (gold) area as well as the Moravian main river March (wave bar). SPQO (based on SPQR ) stands for Senatus populusque Olomucensis ( lat. ) And means Senate and People of Olomouc . |
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Moravskoslezský kraj (Moravian-Silesian Region) |
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Description of coat of arms . Meaning: The Silesian eagle symbolizes belonging to Silesia , the red and silver Moravian eagle symbolizes belonging to Moravia . The horse comes from the coat of arms of Ostrava . The red and white bar stands for the Duchy of Opava and the half eagle for the Duchy of Teschen . |
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Zlínský kraj (Zlin Region) |
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Description of coat of arms . Meaning: The red and silver Moravian eagle symbolizes belonging to Moravia. The book with the patriarchal cross represents the center of Greater Moravia as the place where the Slav apostles Cyril and Methodius worked . Axes, ploughshare and grapes represent the diversity of the region: the axes represent Moravian Wallachia , the ploughshare for the Haná and the grapes for Moravian Slovakia . The star comes from the coat of arms of Zlín . |
Description of coat of arms
Hlavní město Praha
The red shield shows a crenellated golden city wall with three golden towers and a black gate, in the raised portcullis of which there is an armored silver arm with a silver sword. Two Bohemian lions are shield holders . On the shield rest three gold-crowned toad head helmets, which are hung from red and gold helmet covers . The Bohemian lion grows from the middle crown, and from the other two there are twelve flags with golden pole tips. Under the pedestal is a red ribbon with the slogan in black capital letters : "PRAGA CAPUT REI REPUBLICAE". → meaning .
Středočeský kraj
In the red and silver gevierten escutcheon is in the first and fourth field of Bohemia Leo , in the second field of the Wenzel Adler blue and the third field two wave beams . → meaning .
Plzeňský kraj
In the red and green emblem, the first field is the Bohemian lion and the second field is a golden camel running to the left . In the third field there is a silver and a gold bar and the fourth a silver round church with a latticed roof, black window and golden broad-armed common cross on the tower. → meaning .
Karlovarský kraj
In the coat of arms, which is quartered in red and silver, the Bohemian lion is in the first field, and a golden fountain with two silver fountains in the second . In the third field, a silver hammer and a silver mallet (both with a golden handle) cross over two golden laurel branches , and in the fourth field the Bohemian lion grows from three silver wavy beams . → meaning .
Ústecký kraj
In the red and blue emblem, the first field is the Bohemian lion. In the second field, a silver tinned and brick gate tower (with a drawn golden grid) stands on three silver corrugated beams in front of a green three-mountain towering above it . In the third field above the green shield base is a silver ploughshare with a silver six-spoke wheel . In the fourth field is the Bohemian lion with a closed visor helmet on which a golden half-flight is sitting; the lion wears a silver-woven cloak with gold-woven flaps and its double tail is tied with two gold knots. → meaning .
Liberecký kraj
In the red and blue gevierten escutcheon is in the first and fourth field of Bohemia Leo , in the second field a silver spoked wheel and the third field a free, cut and bent-silver peak . → meaning .
Královéhradecký kraj
In the emblem, which is quartered in red and blue, the Bohemian lion is in the first and fourth fields, the golden capitals "G" in the second field and a golden crown in the third field . → meaning .
Pardubický kraj
In gevierten in red and blue coat of arms is in the first field of the Bohemian lion and the second field of red and silver geschachte Moravian eagle . In the third field is a silver brick gate tower with four battlements and a golden globe in the gate; the gate tower extends to the edge of the shield and has a black lyre on the keystone . In the fourth space there is a silver half horse with gold reins. → meaning .
Kraj Vysočina
In the four-sided heraldic shield there is the Moravian eagle in the first blue field and a red hedgehog in the second silver field . In the silver third field, eleven red berries hang on a green stem, and in the red fourth field is the Bohemian lion. → meaning .
Jihočeský kraj
In the four-quarter coat of arms the Bohemian lion is in the red first field . In the second field, which is split in silver and blue, there is a rose with petals divided in red and gold above the split and a clump with mixed up colors . In the green third field there is a broad split pole in gold and silver and in the red fourth field a silver wall reaching to the edge of the shield with three gold-covered towers, of which the middle one is the widest and highest. → meaning .
Jihomoravský kraj
In gevierten arms were in the red first field of the Moravian eagle in silver-red Geschacht , but red-gold in the blue field in the fourth Geschacht . In the red second field there is a silver bar under a silver shield main thread and in the red third field a golden grape . → meaning .
Olomoucký kraj
In the blue and gold gevierten escutcheon is in the first field of the Silesian Adler , in the second field of the Czech lion and in the third field, a blue obliquely right wave beam on a gold base and last the golden capital letters "S" "P" "Q" "O" placed in the quarter. → meaning .
Moravskoslezský kraj
In gevierten coat of arms is golden first field of the Silesian eagle in the blue second field Moravian eagle in silver-red Geschacht . In the blue third field, a gold-saddled silver horse with a red saddlecloth jumps under a gold rose with a red bump on the green shield base . The fourth field is split: on the right is a silver and a red post and on the left there is a half golden eagle with red reinforcement and tongue at the gap. → meaning .
Zlínský kraj
In blue and gold gevierten coat of arms is in the first field Moravian eagle in silver-red Geschacht and in the second field, a blue book with golden patriarchal cross on the cover. In the third field, a blue bunch of grapes with green leaves hovers between two crossed blue axes , the blades of which point outwards and above which lies a blue knife blade pointing to the right. In the fourth field is an eight-pointed golden star . → meaning .
Individual evidence
- ↑ The coat of arms of the city of Prague (Czech)
- ↑ Interpretation of the symbolism of the emblem and flag of Jihomoravský (Czech)
See also
Administrative division of the Czech Republic
Web links
- Flags of the World (English)
- The symbols of the regions of the Czech Republic on the website of the University of Hradec Králové (Czech)