From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Flag of Hesse
Flag of Hesse
Variant flag of Hesse
Flag of Hesse
Name Landesdienstflagge des Landes Hessen
Use State flag
Proportion 3:5 (or 1:2)
Adopted Unknown, believed 1948
Design The civil flag with the addition of the coat of
arms.
The civil flag of Hesse consists of a bicolor of a red top
and a bottom white stripe, in the proportion 3:5. The
Name "Landesflagge"
state flag is similar, except it is defaced with the coat
Use Civil flag of arms in the centre, and may only be used by govern-
ment departments and services. It is the reverse of the
Proportion 3:5 (or 1:2) flag of Thuringia[1] and, apart from the proportions and
Adopted Unknown, believed 1948 the shades of red, identical to the flag of Indonesia and
the flag of Monaco.
Design A bicolor of red over white.
References
[1] State Chancellery (1948), Gesetz über die
Hoheitszeichen des Landes Hessenn (German)
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