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Historical Flags (Bavaria, Germany)

Bayern

Introduction
Duchy (up to 1507) and Electorate of Bavaria (1507-1806) (Herzog- und Kurfürstentum Bayern)
Palatinate 14th-18th Centuries (Pfalz)
Kingdom of Bavaria 1806-1918 (Königreich Bayern)
- Royal Flags 1806-1918
Soviet Republic of Bavaria 4th April - 1st May 1919
Republic of Bavaria 1919-1935 (Freistaat Bayern)
Dukedom of Swabia 15th Century (Herzogtum Schwaben)

See also:

Bavaria (Bayern)
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 1826-1918 (Saxe-Coburg became part of Bavaria in 1920)
Würzburg before 1815
Historical Flags (Germany)
Germany

Introduction

Most of the [Bavarian historical flags'] information is from Drake-Brockman 1983.

Norman Martin, August 1998

An official flag for Bavaria was adopted only in 1878. The lozenged flag was the flag of Wittelsbach family and it was used since 1337. From ca.1506 the white standard with the arms began to be used. Later a great number of different standards were used. Before 1878 all the flags were unofficial, based on the Landesfarben white and blue, the latter should had been light after a royal decision of 1838. The official flag for Bavaria was adopted by royal decree (11 September 1878) and it was white over light blue. King Louis II stated that all the flags, on land and at sea, were of two horizontal stripes.

Mario Fabretto, 3 August 1998

Bavaria (Bayern) was a Duchy until 1507, when it became an Electorate (Kurfürstentum Bayern). It became a kingdom in 1806 (Königreich Bayern), a republic in 1918 and a federal free state (Freistaat Bayern) shortly after that.

Santiago Dotor, 8 September 2000

Soviet Republic of Bavaria 4th April - 1st May 1919

by Santiago Dotor

From 4th April to 1st May 1919: plain red flag. After this the white-blue flag was restored.

Jaume Ollé, 24 August 1998

Dukedom of Swabia 15th Century

Herzogtum Schwaben

This webpage shows the banner of the (fictitous) duke Romulus of Swabia (Schwaben, around Augs