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South Bohemian symbols, Czech Republic

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by Pascal Gross, 13 Nov 2001

South Bohemian Region flag
South Bohemian Region emblem
Proposals

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South Bohemian Region flag

The lion is for Bohemia, towers for city of Ceske Budejovice (regional capital). The majority of south Bohemia was dominated by the house of Rozmberks ("Rosembergs") in the Middle Ages - this house was symbolized by a rose in various color combinations (see numerous south Bohemian municipalities), especially red-on-silver and gold-on-blue. As the gold-blue version is used predominantly in the eastern part of the Region, including its Moravian part (city of Dacice and surroundings), it is said to represent the Moravian part of the Region (instead of the Moravian eagle). Two vertical stripes, yellow and white, represent the medieval Golden Canal (linking numerous south Bohemian ponds) and the Vltava river ('Moldau' in German), respectively; the green field (obviously) stands for the forests and mountains.
Jan Zrzavy, 13 Nov 2001

Ceske Budejovice is of course the former Budweis, which gave name to the renowned Budweiser beer
Santiago Dotor, 13 Nov 2001

Yes ... but not "former", better "alternatively". There were both Czech- and German-speaking peoples in (south) Bohemia since the early Middle Ages but Germans evidently did not precede Czechs. However, after 1945 ethnical cleansing, there is no important national minority here. Another obsolete name is "Budiwoyz" (various spelling variants).
Jan Zrzavy, 13 Nov 2001

On this webpage you can see two *real* flags of the South Bohemian Region (CZE). Note that the "South Bohemian lion"
differs from the official shape of the Bohemian lion in COAs of the Czech Republic and most Czech regions.
Jan Zrzavy, 14 May 2002

South Bohemian Region - the lower hoist field should be divided 2:1:1:2. (Czech Vexillological Pages)
Jan Zrzavy, 31 Jul 2002

South Bohemian Region emblem

image from this webpage, reported by Jan Zrzavy, 2 Nov 2001

According to the regional www, the symbols of the South Bohemian Region (Czech Republic) have recently been approved by the parliamentary subcomittee. At present, I have no further details - the original proposal is included in Petr Exner's "Czech Vexillological Pages", and two minor changes were requested by the subcommi