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Tirol (Austria)

by jan oskar engene 26-MAR-1996
adopted 25-NOV-1945

by zeljko heimer 4-APR-1996
In white, a red eagle with a wreath around the head. This flag usually has no shield, but has a white disc, visible only in the red part.

Peter Diem's book, Die Symbole Oesterreichs shows the flag with the shield. Smith shows it without the shield. I have seen flags without the shield in Austria. Smith says that this flag is 'de facto', i.e., without firm legal background, so it is possible that there are variations in use.
jan oskar engene 11-APR-1996

The colors white and green are also as the Tyrolean colors. These are called "Schützen", the plural of "Schütze" (archer) and derives from "schießen" (to shoot).
Peter Holzleitner 1997-07-28

These can be also displayed as a flag. The flag of Südtirol (South Tyrol) in Italy is the same flag as Austrian Tirol (white over red) but is hung vertically (white | red). On it appears the arms of Südtirol, which look like those of Tyrol, but which are different. These arms are the very first arms of Tyrol, and are a reproduction of the arms of Tyrol found on an altar in the castle of Tyrol. On the flag, under the arms, appear in black the letters "SÜDTIROL".
pascal vagnat 27-MAR-1996

See Austria