Flag of the Czech Republic

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Czech Republic
national ensign Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag Flag can be hung vertically by hoisting on a normal pole, then turning the pole 90°
Proportion2:3
Adopted30 March 1920; 103 years ago (1920-03-30)
(Czechoslovakia and later the Czech Republic)
DesignTwo equal horizontal bands of white (top) and red with a blue isosceles triangle based on the hoist side.
Designed byJaroslav Kursa
Unit colour Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag
Proportion1:1
Adopted1993; 31 years ago (1993)

The flag of the Czech Republic (

hoist in 1920. The flag was banned by the Nazis in 1939 as they established a government nominally in control of Bohemia and Moravia
, and a horizontal tricolour of white, red, and blue was used for the duration of the war. The 1920–1939 flag was restored in 1945.

History

The traditional colours of the Czech lands originated from an 1192 coat of arms (depicting a

rampant lion with a double silver tail on a field
of red).

After the establishment of an independent

chevron
extended halfway.

The flag was officially approved by the

Second World War.[2] Additionally, during a short period following the Velvet Revolution, between 1990 and 1992, the Czech part of the Czechoslovak federated state adopted the previous red and white flag.[3]

During the 1992 negotiations on the split of Czechoslovakia, a clause forbidding the use of the state symbols of Czechoslovakia by either successor state was inserted into the legislation concerning the dissolution of the federation.[4][5] However, the Czech Republic kept the use of the flag.[6][7]

Czechoslovakia

Design contest (1918–1920)

Dimensions

Geometry
Vertical hoisting

The blazon of this flag is per pall fesswise Argent, Azure, and Gules. The flag is formed from an isosceles triangle that extends halfway along the rectangle (a common mistake is to draw it shorter) and two bands: one white and one red. The most similar foreign flag is the flag of the Philippines but the latter has dimensions 1:2, the three colours permuted, and additional golden-yellow symbols added on it.

Flag colours


Colours scheme
White Red Royal Blue
CMYK
0-0-0-0 0-90-87-15 86-45-0-50
HEX #FFFFFF #D7141A #11457E
RGB 255-255-255 215-20-26 17-69-126
Closest Pantone 2035 C[8] 2154 C[9]

Presidential standard

Standard of the President
UsePresidential standard Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flagSmall vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag
Proportion1:1
Adopted1993 (1918)
DesignCoat of arms with national motto "Pravda vítězí" (Truth prevails) and leaves of linden tree.
Designed byJiří Louda[10]

Another Czech

president of Czechoslovakia. The current version, which was designed by heraldist Jiří Louda,[10]
was adopted upon the creation of an independent Czech Republic in 1993.

Previous versions

See also

Literature

  • Zbyšek Svoboda, Pavel Fojtík: brochure Naše vlajka. Vznik a vývoj české vlajky (Our Flag. Origin and evolution of the Czech flag), Libea, 2005, .
  • Petr Exner, Pavel Fojtík, Zbyšek Svoboda: brochure Vlajky, prapory a jejich používání (Flags, banners and their use), Libea, 2004, .

References

  1. ^ "Czech society of vexicologists on the origin of the Czechoslovak state flag" (MS Word) (in Czech). Retrieved 10 December 2007.
  2. ^ Government of the Czech Republic The Czech Republic's national flag. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
  3. ^ Law defining state symbols of the Czech Republic 67/1990 Sb, from 13 March 1990
  4. ^ Ústavný zákon č. 542/1992 Zb. o zániku Českej a Slovenskej Federatívnej Republiky, Čl. 3 ods. 2
    (Constitutional act. No. 542/1992 Col. on the dissolution of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic, art. 3 sect. 2)
  5. ISSN 1805-2789
    – via Journals.Muni.Cz.
  6. ^ Law defining state symbols of the Czech Republic 3/1993 Sb, from 17 December 1992
  7. ^ Whitney Smith, "Flag of the Czech Republic", Encyclopedia Britannica.
  8. ^ "#D7141A color name is Lava". www.color-name.com. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  9. ^ "#11457E color name is Dark Cerulean". www.color-name.com. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  10. ^ a b "Zomrel heraldik Jiří Louda, autor českého štátneho znaku a prezidentskej zástavy". Aktuality.sk. 2 September 2015. Archived from the original on 29 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.

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