List of Czech flags
This is a list of flags used in the Czech Republic to further history.
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Current flags
[edit]State flag
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1 January 1993 | Flag of the Czech Republic
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Two equal horizontal bands of white and red with a blue isosceles triangle based on the hoist side. | 2:3 |
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1 January 1993 | Flag of the Czech Republic (vertical display) 
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The same flag, rotated and flipped over to place the hoist at the top and the white band at the left. | |
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1 January 1993 | Variant; vertical hoisting hanging flag 
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Same as the ordinary flag of the Czech Republic, but stretched to be much longer. Traditionally used as a ceremonial flag for hanging on buildings. Used also on 30 March 2020 on the 100th anniversary of the adoption of the flag in Prague.[1] | 1:9 |
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1 January 1993 | Ribbon of the national colours | Ribbon of white, red and blue is one of the national symbols of the Czech Republic. | – |
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1 January 1993 | Flag of the President | Greater coat of arms with inscription of national motto Pravda vítězí. | 1:1 |
Governmental flags
[edit]Military flags
[edit]Banners of the Armed Forces
[edit]Each branch of the Armed Forces of the Czech Republic has a representative banner, each branch of the Army of the Czech Republic like Czech Land Forces, the Czech Air Force, and Special Forces has representative banner which together represents the entire Armed Forces as a whole.
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20 February 1993 | Banner of the Prague Castle Guard | Banner represents Prague Castle Guard. The obverse side of the banner is formed by a blue field and in its center is the emblem of the Castle Guard. Below is a dark blue inscription with the motto of Pravda vítězí. The reverse is also formed by blue field. To the tip to the upper edge, a white sword with a yellow leaves. From the sword to the pole there is a yellow sprig with 15 yellow linden leaves, and from the sword to the fluttering edge is a yellow sprig with yellow leaves and white laurel berries. Above the emblem is the dark blue inscription Hradní stráží, below it in the same color is inscription of year 1993. In the bottom is golden signature of President Václav Havel who granted the banner to the guard in 1993.[2][3] | 1:1 |
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1993 | Banner of the General Staff of the Army | Banner represents the Chief of the General Staff. Obverse side shows same insignia of the greater coat of arms of the Czech Republic same for all branches of the Army. Reverse side shows emblem of the General Staff of the Army with golden linden leaves. | 1:1 |
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1993 | Banner of the Czech Land Forces | Banner represents the Czech Land Forces. Obverse side shows same insignia of the greater coat of arms of the Czech Republic same for all branches of the Army. Reverse side shows emblem of Czech Land Forces with golden linden leaves. | 1:1 |
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1993 | Banner of the Czech Air Force | Banner represents the Czech Air Forces. Obverse side shows same insignia of the greater coat of arms of the Czech Republic same for all branches of the Army. Reverse side shows emblem of Czech Land Forces with golden linden leaves. | 1:1 |
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2004 | Banner of the University of Defence | Banner represents the University of Defence. Obverse side shows same insignia of the greater coat of arms of the Czech Republic same for all branches of the Army. Reverse side shows emblem of the University in the yellow field with green linden leaves.[4] | 1:1 |
Police flags
[edit]Banners of special forces
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2020 | Banner of the Security Information Service | Banner represents intelligence agency. The banner shows the emblem of the Security Information Service and on the reverse side the greater coat of arms held by two two-tailed lion.[5] |
River pennants
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State Navigation Authority cs | River police pennant. White with a square blue mascle. |
Parliamentary flags
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2019–present | Flag of the Committee for Heraldry and Vexillology of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republiccs | Similar to the flag of the Czech Republic but with the blue triangle extended to the full length of the flag, with the emblem of the committee (a crowned double-tailed lion holding a flag and a shield).[6] | 2:3 |
Subnational flags
[edit]Historic regions
[edit]| Flag | Administrative division | Adopted |
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Bohemia | |
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Moravia | |
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Czech Silesia |
Regional flags
[edit]| Flag | Administrative division | Adopted |
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Prague | 28 April 1891 |
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Central Bohemian Region | 27 November 2001 |
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South Bohemian Region | 22 November 2002 |
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Plzeň Region | 31 January 2002 |
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Karlovy Vary Region | 27 June 2001 |
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Ústí nad Labem Region | 9 April 2002 |
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Liberec Region | 8 October 2001 |
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Hradec Králové Region | 8 October 2001 |
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Pardubice Region | 27 June 2001 |
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Vysočina Region | 14 March 2001 |
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South Moravian Region | 25 November 2003 |
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Olomouc Region | 27 June 2001 |
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Zlín Region | 22 November 2002 |
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Moravian-Silesian Region | 13 November 2001 |
Municipal flags
[edit]Historical flags
[edit]National flags
[edit]| Flag | Date | Use | Description | Ratio |
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833–907 | Vexilloid of the Great Moravia | Vexilloid banner of a red-purple color. | – |
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12th century | Banner of the Duchy of Bohemia | Banner with black eagle of the Přemyslid dynasty. | – |
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14th century | Banner of the Kingdom of Bohemia | Banner with two-tailed lion in red field. | – |
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12th century | Banner of the Margraviate of Moravia | Banner with white-red-checkered eagle with golden claws. | – |
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1806–1918 | Bicolour of white and red. | 2:3 | |
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1916–1918 | Flag of the Czechoslovak National Council in Paris | Tricolour flag of red, white, and blue with golden inscription of ČS representing Czechs and Slovaks. | 2:3 |
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1939–1945 | Flag of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia | Tricolour flag of red, white, and blue. | 2:3 |
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1990–1992 | Flag of the Czech Republic in Czech and Slovak Federative Republic | 2:3 |
Military flags
[edit]War flags
[edit]| Obverse (Front) | Reverse (Back) | Date | Use | Description | Ratio |
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1918 | Banner of Czechoslovak Volunteers from the USA | Banner presented to Czechoslovak First World War volunteers departing from New York City, 22 June 1918. | |
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1919 | Banner of the Czechoslovak Legion | Banner granted to the First Assault Battalion of the Czechoslovak Legion on 2 February 1919 in Yekaterinburg. | |
| 1954–1960 | Banner of the Czechoslovak People's Army | Banner granted to the army by Minister of National Defence General Alexej Čepička after creation of the Czechoslovak People's Army in 1954. | |||
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1960–1990 | Banner of the Czechoslovak People's Army | Banner granted to the Army in 1960 with the new socialist coat of arms of Czechoslovakia. |
Hussite Wars
[edit]| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1419–1434 | Hussite banner | |
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1420s–1434 | Taborites banner | |
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1420s–1434 | Bohuslav of Švamberg banner | |
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1420s–1434 | Orebites banner | Banner with pelican used by Orebites and later Orphans. |
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1420s–1434 | Praguers banner | The "Prague Banner". During the Hussite Wars the city militia fought under this banner. Later banner was captured by Swedish troops in 1649 and placed in the Royal Military Museum in Stockholm |
University flags
[edit]| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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2015–present | Flag of the Brno University of Technology | Public university established in 1899 |
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2011–present | Flag of the Palacký University Olomouc | Public university established in 1573 |
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2001–present | Flag of the Tomas Bata University in Zlín | Public university established in 2001 |
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2017–present | Flag of the Masaryk University | Public university established in 1919 |
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2016–present | Flag of the University of Ostrava | Public university established in 1991 |
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2009–present | Flag of the University of West Bohemia | Public university established in 1991 |
Organizations
[edit]Firefighting Associations flags
[edit]| Flag | Date | Use | Description | Ratio |
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1995–present | Flag of the Firefighters Association of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesiacs | Adopted in 1995.[7][8][9] | 2:3 |
Vexillology Associations flags
[edit]| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1976–present | Flag of Czech Vexillological Societycs | Member of the International Federation of Vexillological Associations |
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1994–present | Flag of Flag Data Center | Member of the International Federation of Vexillological Associations |
Sport Associations flags
[edit]| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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2019–present | Flag of Sokol | Traditional national and sports organization founded in 1862 |
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1930s–2019 | Flag of Sokol | Traditional national and sports organization founded in 1862 |
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1912 | Flag that the Bohemian team competed under at the 1912 Olympics. |
Political flags
[edit]| Flag | Date | Party | Description |
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Current
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2015–present | Civic Democratic Party | |
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2012–present | Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party | |
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1945–1948 1997–present |
Czech National Social Party | |
| 2010–present | Workers' Party of Social Justice | ||
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2017–present | Svobodní | |
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2017–present | Czech Pirate Party | |
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2023–present | Social Democracy | |
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1990–present | Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia | |
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2023–present | Czech Sovereignty of Social Democracy | |
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2016–present | Rally for the Republic – Republican Party of Czechoslovakia | |
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?–present | Communist Youth Union | |
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?–2022 | Masaryk Democratic Party | |
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2017–2022 | Green Party | Currently the party has no flag. |
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2021–2023 | Czech Social Democratic Party | |
| Link to file | 1989–2005 | Party for Life Security | |
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?–1990 | Communist Party of Czechoslovakia | |
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1933–1938 | Sudeten German Party | |
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1928–1942 | Vlajka | |
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1927–1938 | Young Generation of the Czechoslovak People's Party | |
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1919–1938 | Farmers' League | |
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1932–1939 | Freedom Guard Union | |
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1936–1939 | Purple Legion | |
Other
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2022 | Flag of "Královec Region" | |
Religious flags
[edit]Roman Catholic flags
[edit]| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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Flag of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Prague | ||
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Flag of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Olomouc | ||
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Flag of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brno |
Other Christian flags
[edit]| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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Flag of the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren | Flag of the main protestant church in the Czech Republic. | |
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Universal Hussite flag | Modern universal Hussite flag used by state authorities as well as the Czechoslovak Hussite Church or the Moravian Church. |
Ethnic groups flags
[edit]| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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?–present | Flag of Chods | |
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1920s–1945 | Flag of Sudeten Germans | |
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?–present | Flag of Silesian Gorals | |
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2010–present | Flag of Moravians | Flag of Moravians used by the Moravian National Community since 1990. |
Proposed flags
[edit]| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1992 | Proposed Flag for the Czech Republic | |
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House flags
[edit]| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1959–1992 | Czechoslovak Ocean Shipping |
Yacht club flags
[edit]| Flag | Club | Ratio |
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YCR – Jachting Roudnice nad Labem |
See also
[edit]- List of Slovak flags
- Flag of the Czech Republic
- Coat of arms of the Czech Republic
- National symbols of the Czech Republic
References
[edit]- ^ Zelená Křížová, Helena; Rumler, Martin (30 March 2020). "Beata Rajská šila obří symboly naděje. Vlajky zdobí pražský kostel". denik.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ "O nás" (in Czech). Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
- ^ Vexilologie 133
- ^ "Symboly – unob". University of Defence (in Czech). unob.cz. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
- ^ "Dominik kardinál Duka požehnal BIS a jejímu praporu | Aktuality | BIS".
- ^ Exner, Petr (February 2020). "Podvýbor pro heraldiku a vexilologii v roce 2019" (in Czech). Flag Data Centre vexi.info.
- ^ Zakládací listina krepice-zn.cz
- ^ Zakládací listina oshnachod.cz
- ^ "Ke stažení – vzory – Okresní sdružení hasičů Prachatice".
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