Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen 1826-1918 (Germany) (original) (raw)

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[](../images/d/de-sm%5Fhi.gif)2:3 image by Santiago Dotor
Colours adopted ca. 1826, order fixed 1835, abolished 1920

• Introduction
• Description
• Variant, possibly mistaken or pre-1835
• Ducal Standards 1826-1918 (Herzogsstandarten)

See also:

• Clicable map of Saxon Duchies 1871-1918 (Germany)
• Historical Flags (Thuringia, Germany)
• County Schmalkalden-Meiningen (Landkreis Schmalkalden-Meiningen, Thuringia, Germany)
• Thuringia (Thuringen)
• Germany

Other sites:

• Greater Arms of Saxe-Meiningen (scanned from Ströhl 1897) at the _Das Kaiserreich_website

Introduction

The Ernestine line of the Wettin dinasty divided itself further (...). The line of Saxe-Meiningen was founded in 1681 by Duke Bernard, sixth son of Ernest the Pious of Saxe-Gotha. In 1825 another branch of Saxe-Gotha extinguished and Saxe-Meiningen doubled its size.
Theo van der Zalm, 15 June 2001

Description

Landesfarben: Horizontal bicolor green-white. In use until 1918.
Norman Martin, March 1998

Saxe-Meiningen placed the colours green over white officially from 1835.
Mario Fabretto, 24 August 1998

Variant, possibly mistaken or pre-1835

[](../images/d/de-sm!hi.gif)image by Santiago Dotor

Siebmacher 1878, table 8, gives a white and green flag for Saxe-Meiningen.
Theo van der Zalm, 15 June 2001