Schleswig-Holstein Province unofficial flag 1867-1935 (Prussia, Germany)

Provinz Schleswig-Holstein

Last modified: 2004-12-29 by santiago dotor
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by Santiago Dotor
Flag introduced c.1843, banned 31 July 1845, reintroduced 1867, unofficially adopted 1920, abolished 1935, unofficially readopted 1948, officially 1957

• Description
• Flag Variant 1843 (also reported as Landesfarben 1897)

See also:

• Schleswig-Holstein Historical Flags
• Subnational Flags 1815-1918 (Prussia, Germany)
• Subnational Flags 1919-1933 (Prussia, Germany)
• Schleswig-Holstein (Germany)
• Germany

From 1867 the whole of Schleswig-Holstein was a province of Prussia, but the blue-white-red was never officially recognized. Such recognition first came (...) during the Weimar republic. Sources: Jessen-Klingenberg 1994 and Henningsen 1969.

Jan Oskar Engene, 12 November 1996

Schleswig-Holstein was a Prussian Province from 1866-1945.

Norman Martin, 22 January 1998

The blue, white, red flag was never made official, but was used commonly. In 1936 the territorial flags were supressed. Source: Ottfried Neubecker, Vexilla Belgica 1981.

Jaume Ollé, June or July 1998