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The Prussian national and merchant flag was originally a simple black-white-black flag issued on May 22, 1818, but this was replaced on March 12, 1823, with a new flag. The revised one (3:5) was parted black, white, and black (1:4:1), showing in the white stripe the eagle with a blue orb bound in gold and a scepter ending in another eagle.
Civil flag of Prussia A bicolour design – white and black, split horizontally. 1750–1801 Second flag of the Kingdom in Prussia and first flag of the Kingdom of Prussia: A black eagle holding a sword and rod on a white field, a crown on top 1801–1803 Second flag of the Kingdom of Prussia 1803–1892 Third flag of the Kingdom of Prussia
The Kingdom of Prussia [a] (German: Königreich Preußen, pronounced [ˈkøːnɪkʁaɪç ˈpʁɔʏsn̩] ⓘ) constituted the German state of Prussia between 1701 and 1918. [5] It was the driving force behind the unification of Germany in 1866 and was the leading state of the German Empire until its dissolution in 1918. [5]
The German Confederation was established at the Congress of Vienna in 1815 and the Kingdom of Prussia was a member until the dissolution in 1866 following the Austro-Prussian War. The Prussian state was initially subdivided into ten provinces. The Prussian government appointed the heads of each province known as Oberpräsident (i.e. High ...
In 1803, Hanover was conquered by the French and Prussian armies in the Napoleonic Wars. The Treaties of Tilsit in 1807 joined it to territories from Prussia and created the Kingdom of Westphalia, ruled by Napoleon's youngest brother, Jérôme Bonaparte. French control lasted until October 1813, when the territory was overrun by Russian Cossacks.
The Hanover Expedition, also known as the Weser Expedition, [1] was a British invasion of the Electorate of Hanover during the Napoleonic Wars.Coordinated as part of an attack on France by the nations of the Third Coalition against Napoleon by William Pitt the Younger and Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, planning began for an invasion of French territories in July 1805.
The original flag of the Teutonic Knights had been a black cross on a white flag. Emperor Frederick II in 1229 granted them the right to use the black Eagle of the Holy Roman Empire. [citation needed] This "Prussian Eagle" remained the coats of arms of the successive Prussian states until 1947.
Date: 03-19-2011: Source: Own Work, Custom Creation according design specifications of the previous file: Author: Drawing created by David Liuzzo: Permission (Reusing this file)Since the flag is historic (i.e. not longer used by the authorities), and to the fact that this depiction is my individual interpretation of the flag description, the following Licenses apply: