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Liberec (German: Reichenberg) is in Liberec district, north Czechia,
with c. 100.000 inhabitants. Liberec was granted arms in 1657 by emperor
Rudolph II: Argent two towers gules with gates, united by the embattled
wall of the second. The escutcheon with wheel is that of the von Redern
family (which makes it canting: German "Räder" = wheels)
Two different flags with CoA are reported:
Red over white (equal stripes - 19th century)
Light blue (c. 1960)
Ales Krizan:, 19 Dec 2000
Some days ago were posted to the list two flag of the czech city of
Liberec. My information is a bit different:
1) after 1848 was used only the German Imperial flag
2) 1906 was adopted flag blue over white
3) Blue flag with arms was adopted c. 1920.
4) 1948 was adopted the flag red over white with arms.
Jaume Ollé, 11 Apr 2001
Perhaps the *Austrian* Imperial flag? (Considering that almost all of
current Czechia was Austrian until 1918, except for a small Polish enclave.)
Santiago Dotor, 16 Apr 2001
The present flag of Liberec has been accepted in 1978, and it is indeed
RW with COA. The '1948' must be typing error (in fact, after Communist
coup-d'etat 1948, using the municipal flags abruptly declined).
Jan Zrzavy, 12 Apr 2001
Perhaps in 1948 was adopted the current flag but it was out of use until
1978. During communist era local flags were scarcely used, but in 1978
the communits are in power yet. I believe that 1948 is not a mistake instead
1978, but a real date because I have two times this date in my notes.
Jaume Ollé, 12 Apr 2001
My sources are giving the year 1848 as a year of the change of Liberec
Flag. The Book "Klíč k našim městům" , Page 136 says, that probably AFTER
YEAR 1848 the German City administration introduced new blue field with
centered CoA. Red and white flag was considered to be "too Czech".
The book was edited in 1979 and there are no other reports after 1945.
By the way: Liberec/Reichenberg was always a "German Fortress" in northern
Bohemia and as such was a Capital city of the Reichsgau Sudetenland 1938
- 1945.
The German Administration of "Gauhauptstadt Reichenberg" wanted to
replace the lion in the Arms with a golden Swastika, but Archive Aussig
(Ústí nad Labem) disagreed.
Aleš Křížan, 17 Apr 2001
The present flag of Liberec has been proposed by Vaclav Zajicek in 1978 and s