Flag of the Czech Republic
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| Use | National flag, civil and state ensign |
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| Proportion | 2:3 |
| Adopted | 1 January 1993 30 March 1920 |
| Design | Two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and red with a blue isosceles triangle based on the hoist side. |
| Designed by | Jaroslav Kursa |
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| Proportion | 1:1 |
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| Adopted | 1993 (1918) |
| Design | Coat of arms with national motto "Pravda vítězí" (Truth prevails) and leaves of linden tree. |
| Designed by | Jiří Louda |
The national flag of the Czech Republic (Czech: státní vlajka České republiky) is the same as the flag of the former Czechoslovakia. Upon the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, the Czech Republic kept the Czechoslovak flag while Slovakia adopted its own flag. The first flag of Czechoslovakia was based on the flag of Bohemia, and was white over red. This was almost identical to the flag of Poland (only the proportion was different), so a blue triangle was added at the hoist in 1920. The flag was banned by the Nazis in 1939, and a horizontal tricolor of white, red, and blue was enforced. The 1920 flag was restored in 1945.
Flag of Kingdom of Bohemia, and Czechoslovakia. (1918–1920)
Flag of Czechoslovakia (1920–1992)
Flag of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. (1939–1945)
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