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| Landesflagge | |
| Use | Civil flag   |
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| Proportion | 3:5 (or 1:2) |
| Adopted | 1920, 1947, 1991 |
| Design | A bicolor of white over green. |
| Landesdienstflagge | |
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| Use | State flag  |
| Proportion | 3:5 (or 1:2) |
| Adopted | 1991 |
| Design | The civil flag with the addition of the coat of arms. |
Both the civil and state flag of the German state ofSaxony feature a bicolour of white over green, similar to the Austrian province ofStyria although they are historically not related to each other. The state flag is similar to the civil flag, except it is defaced in the centre with thecoat of arms of Saxony. The colours of both flags were officially decided as state colours in 1815[1] in theKingdom of Saxony. The aristocracy used mostly and in first time thequadrangular version and later therectangular.
The civil bicolour flag of white over green was used beforeWorld War II, and formally abolished in 1935, under the reforms of theThird Reich. It was readopted 1945 when Saxony became a state again, and abolished 1952 under governing reforms of theGerman Democratic Republic. When Germany was reunited, Saxony became a state again, and so the flag was finally officially readopted in 1991, having been a much used symbol during the demonstrations in the German Democratic Republic in 1989/90.[2]
Landtag of the Free State of Saxony uses its own flag.
Flag ofLandtag of Saxony.Paragraph 4 of Article 2 of the Constitution of theFree State of Saxony guarantees other flags equality alongside the Saxon state flag.[3]
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Flag of Silesians (with eagle)
Saxon flag by theHouse of Ascania; associated for theSaxon Ostmark and battleflag for theSaxon Eastern March;crusades around 950.svg)
Royal standard of theHouse of Wettin
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Royal Standard ofPrince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha as consort of Queen Victoria (1840–1861).svg)
Saxe-Altenburg (1602–1672, 1826–1918, 1918–1920).svg)
Saxe-Meiningen flag design during 1826–1918
Electorate of Saxony (1356–1806)
The height of Saxony's power: Royal standard of theSaxon Kings of Poland-Lithuania (1697–1706; 1709–1763)
Without coat of arms (the flag of theKingdom of Saxony, until 1815) The flag of theKingdom of Saxony (1815–1918), theFree State of Saxony (Weimar Republic (1918–1925), andreunified Germany (since 1991)
War flag with cannons, bombs, lances and oneFire Salamander, who can live in, eat and his drunken blood protects from fire (1697–1706; 1709–1763)
The banner of theMargraviate of Meissen for troops or princes (1806–1918).svg)
Duchy ofSaxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1809–1920)
Duchy ofSaxe-Eisenach (1596–1638; 1640–1644; 1662–1809).svg)
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1826–1911).svg)
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1911–1920)
Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1680–1826)Saxe-Hildburghausen (1680–1826)
Flag ofGau Saxony (1933–1945)