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Thuringia (Germany)

Freistaat Thüringen

Last modified: 1998-01-07 by rob raeside
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[Th�ringen state flag]
by Zeljko Heimer

See also: Germany

Description of the Flag

[Th�ringen land flag]
by Zeljko Heimer, 1996-06-23

The Land flag is white on red
The state flag is the same with the arms in the middle.
Proportions 1:2 - different from the other German flags.

Pascal Vagnat, 1995-12-09

The government flag includes the arms in the center. The shield is blue, with a crowned lion (rampant). The lion is divided into eight horizontal stripes, alternating red and white. The crown and claws are gold. Surrounding the lion are eight white six-pointed stars. This is very similar to the arms of Hessen. I heard a rumor that the colors of the arms might be different, but I'm not sure of that.
David Lewellen

Principalities of Reuss

[Reuss flag]
by Jaume Oll�, 1996-07-23

[Reuss flag]
by Jaume Oll�, 1996-07-23

These flags correspond to the small principalities of Reuss in Thuringia. The first flag (red field with canton yellow and black cross "sotuer" on it) is described as the "Flag of Reuss". The second uses the national colours of Germany after 1919 and is described as the "National Flag of Reuss". The ratio is 27:34. As the principality of Reuss was split into two branches (greater and smaller), these flags may correspond to the two branches.
Jaume Oll�, 1996-07-23

There are several principalities with the name Reuss. In addition the princely dynasty was split into a senior and junior branch (each of them ruling some of the Reusses). I have found the following flag information. The colours are black-red-yellow. For the principalities of the junior branch, a "tricolour of the French type", for the senior branch, a horizontal triband (like the present German flag). The order of the colours is a bit unclear - it might also have been black-yellow-red.
The red flag with the black saltire belongs to the princely house of Reuss-Greiz (senior branch), and is not to be considered a "national" flag.
Source: G. Mattern and O. Neubecker, "History of the Flags of German States, Part II", in "Heraldische Mitteilungen, 1976/77" (in German).
Harald Müller, 1996-07-23