Flag of Poland
The flag of Poland is a rectangular, divided into two stripes: white above red. It was created in its modern form in 1921. The colors white and red were earlier declared the official national colors in 1831 by the Polish Parliament in 1831.[1]
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| Proportion | 5:8 |
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| Adopted | 1 August 1919 |
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For many centuries the Polish flag was a white eagle on a red background.
Details
The ratio of height to width is 5 to 8. The two horizontal stripes are of equal height.
There is a second version which has a coat of arms in the upper (white) half. The use of this flag is legally restricted.
If the flag is shown hanging vertically, the white should be on the left.
Polish flag day is May 2.
The Color White
Shades of white on the flag
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The exact color of the white was not clearly stated until 1980.
The Color Red
Shades of red on the flag
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The exact color of the red was not clearly stated originally, and has changed through the years. In 1919 the official act did not clearly define the red. In 1921 the Polish Ministry of Military Affairs used crimson as the shade of red in publications. In 1928 the president of Poland said the red should be vermilion. That was used until 1980, when people needed to specify the red more scientifically.
Similar flags in other places
The same flag design is used in the German region Thuringia and the Spanish region Cantabria.
Both Indonesia and Monaco have flags that are the same colors, but upside-down.
Flag Of Poland Media
Horizontal and vertical display of the colours of the Republic of Poland
An unofficial construction sheet of the flag with coat of arms, based on specifications in Polish law
Flag without the coat of arms
Polish Flag at Arkadia in Warsaw 2015
Flag with the coat of arms
The Polish, Papal (yellow and white) and Municipal (white and blue) flags in Kraków's Grand Square during Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Poland on 27 May 2006
Example of vertical alignment of Polish national colours inside the Sejm chamber
Example of indoor display of the flag of Poland (center) together with other flags: that of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship (left) and the European flag (right)
Stanisław Sobieski, Grand Standard Bearer of the Polish Crown, carrying King Sigismund III's double-swallow-tailed royal banner consisting of red and white stripes emblazoned with a coat of arms combining the heraldic symbols of Poland, Lithuania, Sweden and the House of Vasa (c. 1605)
A woman fastening a red-and-white cockade to a Polish insurgent's square-shaped rogatywka cap during the January Uprising of 1863–1864
Related pages
References
- ↑ "Flag of Poland". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-08-02.