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Black and yellow were the colors of the Prussian Province of Saxony and the pre-1952 State of Saxony-Anhalt, but on 29 January 1991 the traditional order of the colors was reversed to distinguish the flag from the black-over-yellow bi-color of Baden-Württemberg. This was then enshrined in the state constitution of 17 July 1992, where Article 1 ...
Civil flag 1751–present; state flag introduced in 1897, confirmed in 1952: Flag of Hamburg [1] Hesse: 1949–present: Flag of Hesse: Lower Saxony: 1951–present: Flag of Lower Saxony [1] Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania: 1991–present: Flag of Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania: North Rhine-Westphalia: 1953–present: Flag of North Rhine ...
The flag of the Kingdom of Saxony (1815–1918), the Free State of Saxony (Weimar Republic (1918–1925), and reunified Germany (since 1991) War flag with cannons, bombs, lances and one Fire Salamander , who can live in, eat and his drunken blood protects from fire (1697–1706; 1709–1763)
The flag of Washington, the state's flag. The U.S. state of Washington has 21 official emblems, as designated by the Washington State Legislature.These symbols, which reflect the history and culture of the state, are often opportunities for politicians to "tie themselves to popular symbols", for teachers to highlight the legislative process to their students, and for lobbyists to "have their ...
The Principality of Anhalt (German: Fürstentum Anhalt) was a State of the Holy Roman Empire, located in Central Germany, in what is today part of the federal state of Saxony-Anhalt. Under the rule of the House of Ascania , the Anhalt territory was split off the German stem duchy of Saxony in 1212 and granted to Count Henry I , who was raised ...
When Prussia was disbanded in 1947, the province became the state of Saxony-Anhalt. It became part of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) in 1949. From 1952 to 1990 Saxony-Anhalt was divided into the East German districts of Halle and Magdeburg. In 1990, in the course of German reunification, the districts were reintegrated as a state.
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Washington adopted its seal during the state constitutional convention on August 21, 1889, [1] months prior to official admission as a U.S. state on November 11, 1889. [2] While the new state did not have an official flag, a military flag displaying a gold profile of George Washington, the state's namesake, on blue bunting was used across the state at the turn of the 20th century and was first ...