Flag of Schleswig-Holstein

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.

Schleswig flag on a 1920 postcard, with text "I am German."

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.

Design

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).

Colors

Flag legislation defines the "state colors" as simply "blue-white-red", with no further specifications. ^[1] On 2 June 1999, the federal cabinet introduced a corporate design for the German government which defined "blue" as RGB 0,119,182 or PANTONE® 307, and red as RGB 192,0,60 or PANTONE® 307, but it is unclear if these guidelines apply to the states, and in any case, in practice the specific shades can vary wildly, especially in unofficial uses. ^{[2] [3]}

Colour scheme	Blue		Red
CMYK		100.40.0.0		0.100.65.10
		100.20.0.0 [a]		0.100.60.0 [a]
Pantone (approximation)		307		0,119,182
Decimal RGB		0, 119, 182		192,0,60

1. For newspapers.

Gallery

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  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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  Government Ensign of British Heligoland (1807–1890)
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  Flag of the Lieutenant-Governor of 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

• Germany portal

• Flags of German states
• Flag of Serbia and Montenegro - a nearly identical flag
• List of municipal flags of Schleswig-Holstein

References

1. "Flag Legislation (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)". Flags of the World . 1957-01-18. Retrieved 2008-03-19. English translation of relevant laws (German version here)
2. Federal Government of Germany (17 December 2007). "Primärfarben". Corporate Design Documentation (in German). Archived from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 26 February 2008.
3. "Styleguide der Bundesregierung". Bundesregierung. Archived from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.

External links

• Schleswig-Holstein at Flags of the World