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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.
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]
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:
Prussia, with its capital at Königsberg and then, when it became the Kingdom of Prussia in 1701, Berlin, decisively shaped the history of Germany. The name Prussia derives from the Old Prussians; in the 13th century, the Teutonic Knights – an organized Catholic medieval military order of German crusaders – conquered the lands inhabited by ...
Provinces of Prussia in the German Confederation, 1818. 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 Rhine Province was the most densely populated part of Prussia, the general average being 617 persons per km 2. The province contains a greater number of large towns than any other province in Prussia. Upwards of half, the population were supported by industrial and commercial pursuits, and barely a quarter by agriculture.
Date: 06.09.2008: Source: Own Work, Custom Creation according to the flag description: 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:
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: The copyright holder of this file, David Liuzzo , allows anyone to use it for any purpose, provided that the copyright holder is properly attributed.