Schleswig-Holstein

Landesflagge
Use	Civil flag
Proportion	3:5 (or 1:2)
Adopted	1948
Design	A horizontal tricolour of blue, white, and red.
Landesdienstflagge des Landes Schleswig-Holstein
Use	State flag
Proportion	3:5 (or 1:2)
Adopted	1948
Design	The civil flag with the addition of the coat of arms.

The flag of Schleswig-Holstein is a horizontal tricolour of blue, white, and red. Schleswig-Holstein is one of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Schleswig.

Overview[edit]

The flag was introduced in 1843 and banned in 1845. It was reintroduced in 1867 after the Prussian annexation of Schleswig-Holstein. It was again abolished in 1935.^[1]

After the British Military Government made Schleswig-Holstein a German state in 1946, this flag was first hoisted after some debate on 29 August 1946. It was formally established as the flag on 18 January 1957.^[1] The plain tricolour is the state's civil flag. Government authorities use the state flag (Landesdienstflagge), where the flag is defaced by the state coat of arms.^[1]

The tricolour was previously used for the Prussian province of Schleswig-Holstein (1868-1946).

It is almost identical to the flags of the former Kingdom of Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro, as well as the flag of the Netherlands (albeit inverted).

Gallery[edit]

• 
  Duchy of Schleswig
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  Saxe-Lauenburg
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  Duchy of Holstein
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  Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck
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  British Heligoland (1807–1890)
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  Province of Schleswig-Holstein (1868–1946)
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  Flag of Southern Schleswig Danes
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  The North Frisians flag has like the coat of arms of North Frisia, the Friisk Gesäts, official status.

See also[edit]

• Flags of German states
• Flag of Yugoslavia - a similar flag
• List of municipal flags of Schleswig-Holstein

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Schleswig-Holstein at Flags of the World