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![[Moravianflag]](../images/c/cz-morav.gif)
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reported by Jarig Bakker, 8 Dec 2000
Moravia is the eastern part of the Czech Republic. Great Moravia was
an independent kingdom in the 9th century, comprising Bohemia and other
territories in Central Europe. It was conquered by the Magyars in 893,
reconquered by Bohemia in 1029. In 1849 became a separate crownland of
Austria with capital at Brno, and in 1918 organized
as a province of Czechoslovakia. United with Silesia
1927 forming province of Moravia and Silesia. All of Silesia and some areas
in north and south Moravia became part of German
Sudetenland in 1938. The remainder of Moravia joined with Bohemia as
German protectorate (1939-45) of Bohemia-Moravia.
Restored to Czechoslovakia in 1945 and since 1990
part of the Czech Republic.
Jarig Bakker, 10 Dec 2000
Moravia - I think, that its flag is horizontal yellow-blue (this
flag of Moravia was used by one separatistic political party in 1st half
of 1990s). I don´t know any other flag of Moravia.
Jiri Martinek, 26 Jan 2000.
The regional flag of Moravia is yellow-over-red, not yellow-over-blue.
Jan Zrzavy, 27 Jan 2000
Recently I sent a contribution attempting to explain why Moravia uses YR flag (horizontal) if the Moravian CoA includes red-silver checkered eagle on the blue shield.
The ancient Moravian CoA is