Czech Flag History And The Flag Company Inc

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By Frank Bobs


Czechs are West Slavs, as are Poles and Slovaks. The capital Prague is often called The Heart of Europe as it is located in the middle of the Continent. There are over 10,5 million people in the Czech Republic and about 1,3 million people in Prague. The western part of the Czech Republic is called Bohemia, eastern Moravia, northeastern part Silesia.

A union of the Czech lands and Slovakia was proclaimed in Prague on Nov. 14, 1918, and the Czech nation became one of the two component parts of the newly formed Czechoslovakian state. In March 1939, German troops occupied Czechoslovakia, and Czech Bohemia and Moravia became German protectorates for the duration of World War II. The former government returned in April 1945 when the war ended and the country's pre-1938 boundaries were restored.

The Velvet Revolution was followed by the Velvet Divorce. The Czechs and Slovaks were two quite different people with different histories. In June 1992 the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia won elections and pressed for Slovak independence. Czechs and Slovaks quickly reached agreement and on 1 January 1993 Czechoslovakia separated into two states, Slovakia and the Czech Republic.

After the disintegration of Czechoslovakia into two separate expresses on January 1, 1993, the two states embraced their own banners. The Czech Republic held the banner of the previous Czechoslovakia while Slovakia received their own banner with the same hues and the coat of arms. The banner of the Czech Republic was a bicolor of red and white looking somewhat like the Polish banner. To keep away from perplexity, a blue triangle was added to the banner in 1920. From that point forward, this form of the banner has been being used.

The Czech Republic banner is made of two equivalent flat groups of red and white. On the left side of the banner is a blue triangle. The hues used as a part of the Czech Republic banner are the customary shades of Bohemia, acquired from the Bohemian crests. The hues have much typical quality as indicated by the oldest customs.

The white color represents the peaceful and honest nature of the people of the Czech Republic; red symbolizes valor, courage, and the noble patriotic spirit of the people; the color blue represents the Czech virtues of vigilance, truth, loyalty, perseverance, and. Designed by an archivist in the Czech Home Affairs Department, the national flag of the Czech Republic was officially adopted on March 30, 1920. The Flag Company Inc specialized in flag designs offered a special edition of decals and flags to memorize the history of Czech Flag for the future.




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