Flag Variants (Bavaria, Germany)

Last modified: 2004-12-29 by santiago dotor
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• Introduction
• Horizontal Striped Flags
• Horizontal Lozengy Flags
• Vertical Striped Flags
• Vertical Lozengy Flags
• Horizontal Striped Flags with Coat-of-Arms
• Horizontal Lozengy Flags with Coat-of-Arms
• Vertical Flags, Horizontally Striped with Coat-of-Arms
• Vertical Flags, Vertically Striped with Coat-of-Arms
• Vertical Lozengy Flags with Coat-of-Arms

See also:

• Bavaria (Bayern, Germany)
• Germany

The Bavarian flag comes in 10 different (main) types, most of which also have different variants. Possibility for variation are the shade of blue, the ratio (proportion length:height) and the number and arrangement of the lozenges (in the lozengy types). The main types are:

1. horizontal flags, striped white over blue
2. horizontal flags, lozengy of white and blue
3. vertical flags, horizontally striped white over blue
4. vertical flags, vertically striped white and blue
5. vertical flags, lozengy of white and blue
6. horizontal flags, striped white over blue, with greater coat-of-arms or middle arms (greater arms without supporters)
7. horizontal flags, lozengy of white and blue, with greater coat-of-arms or middle arms (greater arms without supporters)