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| Adopted | 1829 |
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| Design | Divided into blue, white, and red stripes |
The flag that is used as the symbol ofMasuria, a region inPoland, and theMasurian people, is divided horizontally into three stripes, that are, blue, white, and red. It was created in 1829, and popularly used until 1945, ever since existing as an obscure symbol, with some modern attempts of its revival.
The flag was divided horizontally into three equally-sized stripes, blue, white, and red.[1][2] Until 1882, it used dark blue, which was then replaced with lighter shade.[3] The blue colours symbolized freedom, equality, and fraternity.[1]
The flag ofMasuria was created in 1829, as the banner of theCorps Masovia Königsberg, astudent corp, at theUniversity of Königsberg, inKönigsberg,East Prussia (nowKaliningrad,Russia), that functioned as the student association of students from the region ofMasuria. The design was inspired by theFrench tricolour flag, and the colours stood for freedom, equality, and fraternity.[1][3] The flag was created before thePrague Slavic Congress in 1848, at whichpan-Slavic colors were adopted. The Corps Masovia Königsberg functioned until 28 October 1935, when it was dissolved from the orders ofNazi Party. It was reestablished in 2001, inPotsdam,Germany.[4]
In the following decades the flag begun gaining popularity amongMasurian people, since 1850s being hang during various events and holidays, eventually gaining huge popularity around 1875. The flag remained in general use until 1945, when in theaftermath of World War II, theexpulsion of theGerman population from the region, then annexed intoPoland. Following that the flag had fallen into obscurity. Nowadays, some organizations are attempting the revival of the flag usage in theWarmian-Masurian Voivodeship,Poland.[3]
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