Flag of Bavaria

Bavaria
Rautenflagge[1] (lozenge flag)
UseCivil and state flag, civil ensign Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flagSmall vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flagReverse side is congruent with obverse side
Proportionnot specified, often follows 3:5 ratio of German flag
AdoptedHistorical (13th/14th century)
DesignAn array of 21 or more lozenges of blue and white, with or without arms.
Streifenflagge[1] (striped flag)
UseCivil and state flag, civil ensign Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flagSmall vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flagReverse side is mirror image of obverse side
ProportionNot specified, often follows 3:5 ratio of German flag
Adopted1806
DesignA bicolor of white over blue.
flags of Bavaria: the striped type and the lozenge type, both of which are blue and white. Both flags are historically associated with the royal Bavarian Wittelsbach family, which ruled Bavaria from 1180 to 1918.[2]
  1. ^ a b "Flag Legislation (Bavaria, Germany), Executive Order on Flags of 1954". Flags of the World. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
  2. ^ Whitney Smith (1975), Flags Through the Ages and Across the World