Schleswig-Holstein Province unofficial flag 1867-1935 (Prussia, Germany) (original) (raw)
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Flag introduced c.1843, banned 31 July 1845, reintroduced 1867, unofficially adopted 1920, abolished 1935, unofficially readopted 1948, officially 1957
On this page:
- Description
- Flag Variant 1843 - also reported as Landesfarben 1897 See also:
- Schleswig-Holstein Historical Flags
- Subnational Flags 1815-1918 - Prussia, Germany
- Subnational Flags 1919-1933 - Prussia, Germany
- Schleswig-Holstein - Germany
- Index of all German Pages
Description
From 1867 the whole of Schleswig-Holstein was a province of Prussia, but the blue-white-red was never officially recognized. Such recognition first came...during the Weimar Republic.
Sources: Jessen-Klingenberg 1994 [jes94] and Henningsen 1969 [hen69].
Jan Oskar Engene, 12 November 1996
Schleswig-Holstein was a Prussian Province from 1866-1945.
Norman Martin, 22 January 1998
The blue, white, red flag was never made official, but was used commonly. In 1936 the territorial flags were supressed.
Source: Ottfried Neubecker, Vexilla Belgica [vxb] 1981.
Jaume Ollé, June or July 1998