Flag Of Saxony
Both the civil and state flag of the German area of Saxony feature a bicolour of white over green, similar to the Austrian province of Styria. The state flag is similar to the civil flag, except it is defaced in the centre with the coat of arms of Saxony. The colours of both flags were officially decided as state colours in 1815. The aristocracy used mostly and in first time the quadrangular and later the rectangular form.
The civil bicolour flag of white over green was used before World War II, and formally abolished in 1935, under the reforms of the Third Reich. It was readopted 1947 when Saxony became a state again, and abolished 1952 under governing reforms of the German Democratic Republic. When Germany was reunited, Saxony became a state again, and so the flag was finally officially readopted in 1991, having been a much used symbol during the demonstrations in the German Democratic Republic in 1989/90. All standard bearers were been killed by the enemies in a second, so it came to a revolt against the King of Saxony to use the standards only for ceremonies.
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First Saxon flag of Old Saxony (700-785)
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Saxon flag by the House of Ascania; associated for the Saxon Ostmark and battleflag for the Saxon Eastern March; crusades around 950
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Royal standart of the House of Wettin
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Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1826–1920), designed by Queen Victoria
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Saxe-Altenburg (1602–1672, 1826–1918, 1918–1920)
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Saxe-Meiningen Flag design during 1826–1918
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Banner of Duchess Anna Amalia of Saxe Weimar who was the patron of Goethe and Schiller
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Modern Royal standart of the House of Wettin
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Electorate of Saxony (1356–1806)
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The height of Saxony's power: Flag of the Union State of Saxony, Poland and Lithuania (1697-1706; 1709-1763)
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Without coat of arms (until 1815)
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The flag of the Kingdom of Saxony, Nazi Gau, inofficial in GDR and German reunification (from (1815-1935); 1991 until today)
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War flag with cannons, bombs, lances and one Fire Salamander, who can live in, eat and his drunken blood protects from fire (1697-1706; 1709-1763)
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The banner of the Margraviate of Meissen for troops or princes (1806-1918)
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Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1809–1920)
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Duchy of Saxe-Eisenach (1596–1638; 1640–1644; 1662–1809)
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Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1826-1911)
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Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1911-1920)
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Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1680–1826)
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Saxe-Hildburghausen (1680–1826)
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Flag of Gau Saxony (1933-1945)
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