3:5 Civil flag of Schleswig-Holstein (1948-)

3:5 State flag of Schleswig-Holstein (1948-)

The flag of Schleswig-Holstein is a horizontal tricolour of blue, white, and red. A tricolour or tricolor (three colours is a Flag or Banner more-or-less equally divided (horizontally vertically or less frequently diagonally Blue is a Colour, the Perception of which is evoked by White is a Color, the perception which is evoked by Light that stimulates all three types of color sensitive Cone cells in the Human eye Red is any of a number of similar Colors evoked by light consisting predominantly of the longest wavelengths of Light discernible by the human eye in the wavelength

After the establishment of Schleswig-Holstein in 1946, this flag had been in use since 1949 although it was not formally established until 1957. is the northernmost of the 16 ''Bundesländer'' in Germany. The former English name was Sleswick-Holsatia the Danish name is ^[1] The plain tricolour is the state's civil flag. A civil flag is a version of the National flag that is flown by civilians on non-government installations or craft Government authorities use the state flag (Landesdienstflagge), where the flag is defaced by the state coat of arms. There are two separate meanings for the term state flag in Vexillology – the flag of state of a Government, and the flag of an individual subnational state Defacement is a term used in Heraldry and Vexillology to refer to the addition of a symbol or charge to another flag The Coat of arms of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein is vertically divided in the heraldically right field i ^[1]

The tricolour was previously used for the Prussian province of Schleswig-Holstein (1868-1946). Prussia ( Latin: Borussia, Prutenia; Prūsija Prūsija Prusy Old Prussian: Prūsa) was most recently a historic state The Province of Schleswig-Holstein (Provinz Schleswig-Holstein was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia from 1868 to

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Flag Legislation (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany). Flags of the World (1957-01-18). For a list of flags see List of flags or Gallery of flags by design. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor Retrieved on 2008-03-19. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. English translation of relevant laws (German version here)

External links

• Schleswig-Holstein at Flags of the World