Flag of Upper Silesia
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The flag of Upper Silesia is a bicolor of gold and blue.[1]
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The flag consists of two horizontal stripes. The colors of the flag refer to the coat of arms of Upper Silesia, which means that according to the rules of heraldry the color gold of the eagle is at the top and the background color blue is at the bottom.
An identical flag was also used as the flag of the Opole Voivodeship until 2006.[2] Silesian Voivodeship also uses gold and blue. The government flag of the Silesian Voivodeship is a banner of arms with an eagle in a blue field.[3]
Similar flags that also contain the colors gold and blue are the flags of the cities of Opole and Katowice.[4][5] The national colors were used together with the coat of arms of the Upper Silesia Province.[6]
It is a popular symbol of the Movement for Silesian Autonomy.[7][8][9]
Gallery[]
Hanging flag of Upper Silesia
6th March for Autonomy in Silesia
5th March for Autonomy in Silesia
See also[]
- Flag of Ukraine, essentially the same flag upside down
- Flag of Silesia and Lower Silesia
- Flag of the Silesian Voivodeship
References[]
- ^ "Oberschlesien - Flagge in Lexikon und Shop". flaggenlexikon.de. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ "Opole voivodship (Poland)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ "Silesian voivodship (Poland)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ "Opole city (Poland)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ "Symbols". www.katowice.eu. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ "Subnational Flags 1919-1935 (Prussia, Germany)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ Pidd, Helen (8 April 2011). "Upper Silesia flags up its call for autonomy". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ "Herb i flaga Górnego Śląska". wachtyrz.eu. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ RAŚ (15 July 2019). "Dzień Flagi Śląskiej 2019 - podsumowanie". Ruch Autonomii Śląska (in Polish). Retrieved 17 February 2020.
External links[]
Media related to Flag of Upper Silesia at Wikimedia Commons
- Subnational Flags 1919-1935 at Flags of the World
- Poland at Flags of the World
- Landsmannschaft Schlesien - Nieder- und Oberschlesien e.V. at Flags of the World
- Landsmannschaft der Oberschlesier e.v. at Flags of the World
- Upper Silesia
- Flags of Poland
- Ethnic flags
- Flags of Germany