Back Bavariya bayrağı Azerbaijani Stootsflaggn Bayern BAR Сцяг Баварыі Byelorussian Bandera de Baviera Catalan Bavorská vlajka Czech Flagge Bayerns German Σημαία της Βαυαρίας Greek Flago de Bavario Esperanto Bandera de Baviera Spanish Drapeau de la Bavière French
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| Rautenflagge[1] (lozenge flag) | |
| Use | Civil and state flag, civil ensign    |
|---|---|
| Proportion | not specified, often follows 3:5 ratio of German flag |
| Adopted | Historical (13th/14th century) |
| Design | An array of 21 or more lozenges of blue and white, with or without arms. |
| Streifenflagge[1] (striped flag) | |
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| Use | Civil and state flag, civil ensign  |
| Proportion | Not specified, often follows 3:5 ratio of German flag |
| Adopted | 1806 |
| Design | A bicolor of white over blue. |
There are officially two flags of Bavaria: the striped type and the lozenge type, both of which are white and blue. Both flags are historically associated with the royal Bavarian Wittelsbach family, which ruled Bavaria from 1180 to 1918.[2]
- ^ a b "Flag Legislation (Bavaria, Germany), Executive Order on Flags of 1954". Flags of the World. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
- ^ Whitney Smith (1975), Flags Through the Ages and Across the World
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