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The "Romanian, that is to say Transylvanian flag" and the Habsburg flag were reportedly used together at Maypole dances in Kronstadt by 1881. That year, a Hungarian tricolor and a "Saxon flag" were added; the former's appearance led to a publicized brawl, with claims that Romanian students had put up the national flag of another country. [178]
Transylvania (Romanian: Transilvania [transilˈvani.a] or Ardeal; or Hungarian: Erdély; German: Siebenbürgen [ˌziːbm̩ˈbʏʁɡn̩] ⓘ or Transsilvanien, historically Überwald; Transylvanian Saxon: Siweberjen) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania.
Following the Compromise, on 3 May 1868, during a popular assembly attended by some 60,000 peasants from throughout Transylvania, the representatives of the Transylvanian Romanians issued the Blaj Pronouncement, a political declaration against the Hungarian system of government that did away with Transylvania's long-standing autonomy. It called ...
English: Flag of Transylvania in 1601, featuring the Báthory arms. Based on design captured at the Battle of Guruslău, as presented in von Aachen's allegory of the event . One of the several variants used in that battle (see plates by Cserna: A and B as well as contemporary engraving ).
National flags are adopted by governments to strengthen national bonds and legitimate formal authority. Such flags may contain symbolic elements of their peoples, militaries, territories, rulers, and dynasties. The flag of Denmark is the oldest flag still in current use as it has been recognized as a national symbol since the 14th century.
Description: Magyar: Erdély zászlaja 1918. December előtt. Romana: Steagul Transilvaniei pana in decembrie 1918. English: Flag of Transylvania before December 1918.
English: Semi-official flag of Transylvania in 1852, reportedly ordered by Governor Karl von Schwarzenberg, and replacing the older color scheme (blue-red-yellow) by inverting the top bands. This was probably due to a mistaken reading of tradition (see Iosif Sterca-Șuluțiu, "Tricolorul românesc.
In 1885, Ghevont Alishan, an Armenian Catholic priest and historian proposed 2 Armenian flags. One of which is a horizontal tricolor flag of red-green-white, with red and green coming from the Armenian Catholic calendar, with the first Sunday of Easter being called "Red Sunday", and the second Sunday being "Green Sunday", with white being added for design reasons.