List of Slovak flags explained

This is a list of flags used in Slovakia.

Current flags

State flag

See main article: article and Flag of Slovakia.

FlagFrom DescriptionRatio
3 September 1992A horizontal tricolor of white, blue, and red; charged with coat of arms at the hoist side.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] 2:3
3 September 1992flag (vertical version)
1 January 1993Flag of the President[6] 1:1

Subnational flags

Regional flags

FlagAdministrative divisionAdopted
Bratislava Region
Trnava Region
Trenčín Region
Nitra Region
Žilina Region
Banská Bystrica Region
Prešov Region
Košice Region

Historical flags

FlagDateUse
1848Flag from Demands of the Slovak Nation from 11 May 1848.
1848–1849Flag used by the Slovak volunteer corps during the Slovak Uprising in 1848/1849. Later it became the flag of the Slovak National Council.
1848One of the flags, where the double cross was no longer green, but blue three-peaked, first used in 1848 during the autumn campaign.
1848–1849Another Slovak flag used during the revolution.
1868
1919–1938
1938–1939
1939–1945
1990–1992
The flag with this order of colors was used from 1848/1849 and was officially established in 1868 as the flag of the Slovaks.[7] It was widely used by Slovaks living in the United States and American Slovak associations. In the years 1919–1938 it was the unofficial flag of Slovakia, and in the years 1938–1939 the official flag of the autonomous Slovak Country. In the years 1939–1945 the official flag of the Slovak Republic[8] [9] and in the period 1990–1992 the official flag of the Slovak Republic within the Czech Republic.
Czecho-Slovak flag from the design of Milan Rastislav Štefánik, which was later used as the flag of the Czechoslovak National Council.
1918–1920The flag of the First Czechoslovak Republic in the years 1918–1920, which was based on the national flag of Bohemia. According to the CNR Act 67/1990 Coll. was also the official but practically unused flag of the Czech Republic within the Czechoslovakia from 13 March 1990 to 31 December 1992.
1919The flag of the Slovak Soviet Republic, which existed only for a short time (from 16 June to 7 July 1919) .
1920–1992The flag of Czechoslovakia in the years 1920 to 1992 and also the official flag of Czech Republic from 1 January 1993.[10] [11]
1939–1945War flag Slovak Republic (1939–1945).
1944The flag of Platoon 535 used during the Warsaw Uprising.
1917-1918The obverse side of the flag of the Czechoslovak Legion in Russia, with the reverse side being the russian flag.
1914-1915
1917-1918
The flag used by the Czechoslovak units in the French Foreign Legion, with the legion being disbanded in 1915 due to heavy casualties and then reestablished again in 1917.
1918The flag used by the Czechoslovak Legion in Italy.
1917-1918The obverse side of the flag used by the First Assault Battalion of the Czechoslovak Legions in Russia.
1960-1990The reverse side of the flag of the Czechoslovak People's Army, with the obverse side using various military flags.
1944The obverse side of the flag used by the Second independent parachute brigade in the USSR during the Slovak National Uprising with the flag being lost in December 1944 and only a replica existing.
1917-1920The flag of the 2nd Czechoslovak regiment Tatranský of the Czechoslovak Legion in Russia. The other side has a bohemian lion on a red background instead.

Political flags

FlagDatePartyDescription
2021–present
2019–present

2018–present
2015–2018
1992–present
1990–present
1990–present
2005–2006
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1938–1945

1913–1945
?–1990

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: 3 August 2017 . Zomrel autor výtvarného spracovania štátnych symbolov SR . . 2017-09-06.
  2. Web site: a.s . SITA Slovenská tlačová agentúra . 3 June 2011 . NOVÁK: Nie Tatra, Matra, Fatra, ale gotické oblúky . 2022-11-01 . Webnoviny.sk . sk.
  3. Web site: a.s . SITA Slovenská tlačová agentúra . 31 December 2015 . Obrazom: Bratislavský hrad vysvietili farbami štátnej vlajky . 2022-11-01 . Webnoviny.sk . sk.
  4. Web site: Slov-lex . 460/1992 Zb. – Ústava Slovenskej republiky . 2022-11-01 . Slov-lex . sk-SK.
  5. Web site: Slov-lex . 63/1993 Z.z. – Zákon Národnej rady Slovenskej repu... . 2022-11-01 . Slov-lex . sk-SK.
  6. Web site: Slovakian Coat of Arms . 2022-11-01 . www.crwflags.com.
  7. Web site: Slovakia – 1848 Flag . 2022-11-01 . www.crwflags.com.
  8. Web site: Slovakia before and during World War II . 2022-11-01 . www.crwflags.com.
  9. Web site: S SR 1939–1945, tisk 55 . 2022-11-01 . www.psp.cz.
  10. Web site: Czechoslovakia . 2022-11-01 . www.crwflags.com.
  11. Web site: NS RČS 1960–1964, tisk 24 . 2022-11-01 . www.psp.cz.