Flag of Galicia and Lodomeria
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Flag of Galicia and Lodomeria - created after 1772 when this previously Polish province had been annexed to Austria
. Until 1849 Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
constituted one crownland with Bukovina
and used the blue-red flag consisting of two horizontal stripes of equal width. Following the separation of Bukovina and Galicia in 1849, the old blue-red flag was adopted by Bukovina while Galicia received a new flag consisting of three horizontal stripes of equal width: blue, red and yellow. This flag had remained in use until 1890 when Galicia and Lodomeria received a new flag consisting of two horizontal stripes: red and white. The colours of the new Galician flag, which remained in use until the dissolution of this kingdom in 1918, had resembled the white and red Polish flag
adopted in 1831 by the Polish Parliament.
Miller claims that the flag of Galicia consisted of the two stripes: amaranth
and white, but the official Austro-Hungarian
publication Wappenrolle (1898) clearly features the flag of Galicia in red and white. In Wappenrolle there is a picture of an amaranth and white flag, used unofficially, and described as "the national colours of the Poles" (Nationalfarben der Polen), but under no circumstances as the flag of Galicia. It seems, therefore, that the colours featured in Wappenrolle (red and white) were the correct colours of the Galician flag from 1890 to 1918, and not those reported by Miller (amaranth and white).
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
. Until 1849 Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
The Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria was a crownland of the Habsburg Monarchy, the Austrian Empire, and Austria–Hungary from 1772 to 1918 .This historical region in eastern Central Europe is currently divided between Poland and Ukraine...
constituted one crownland with Bukovina
Bukovina
Bukovina is a historical region on the northern slopes of the northeastern Carpathian Mountains and the adjoining plains.-Name:The name Bukovina came into official use in 1775 with the region's annexation from the Principality of Moldavia to the possessions of the Habsburg Monarchy, which became...
and used the blue-red flag consisting of two horizontal stripes of equal width. Following the separation of Bukovina and Galicia in 1849, the old blue-red flag was adopted by Bukovina while Galicia received a new flag consisting of three horizontal stripes of equal width: blue, red and yellow. This flag had remained in use until 1890 when Galicia and Lodomeria received a new flag consisting of two horizontal stripes: red and white. The colours of the new Galician flag, which remained in use until the dissolution of this kingdom in 1918, had resembled the white and red Polish flag
Flag of Poland
The flag of Poland consists of two horizontal stripes of equal width, the upper one white and the lower one red. The two colors are defined in the Polish constitution as the national colors. A variant of the flag with the national coat of arms in the middle of the white stripe is legally reserved...
adopted in 1831 by the Polish Parliament.
Miller claims that the flag of Galicia consisted of the two stripes: amaranth
Amaranth (color)
Amaranth is a reddish-rose color that is a representation of the color of the flower of the amaranth plant. The color shown is the color of the red amaranth flower , but there are other varieties of amaranth that have other colors of amaranth flowers; these colors are also shown below.The color...
and white, but the official Austro-Hungarian
Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary , more formally known as the Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council and the Lands of the Holy Hungarian Crown of Saint Stephen, was a constitutional monarchic union between the crowns of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary in...
publication Wappenrolle (1898) clearly features the flag of Galicia in red and white. In Wappenrolle there is a picture of an amaranth and white flag, used unofficially, and described as "the national colours of the Poles" (Nationalfarben der Polen), but under no circumstances as the flag of Galicia. It seems, therefore, that the colours featured in Wappenrolle (red and white) were the correct colours of the Galician flag from 1890 to 1918, and not those reported by Miller (amaranth and white).