Saxony (Germany)

Sachsen, Free State of Saxony, Freistaat Sachsen

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by Marcus Schmöger
Flag adopted 1991

• Introduction
• Legislation
• Civil Flag (Landesflagge)
• State Flag (Dienstflagge der Landesbehörden or Landesdienstflagge)
• Vertical Flags (Hängefahnen or Banner)
• Coat-of-Arms (Landeswappen)
• County and Municipal Flags (Kreis- und Gemeindeflaggen)
• Historical Flags
• Former Silesian Areas
• Sorb People
  • Upper Lusatia Region (Oberlausitz)

See also:

• Saxony-Anhalt (Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany)
• Germany

Other sites:

• Sachsen symbolisch (Saxony symbolic, German text only) at the Saxony official website

The flag article in the Constitution allows the Sorbs to fly their flag and to have arms. The inhabitants of the part of Saxony which belonged to Lower Silesia in the past can fly the flag of this former province.

Pascal Vagnat, 19 December 1995

Sources:

• Laitenberger and Bassier 2000
• Schurdel 1995
• Günther 1999
• Verfassung des Freistaates Sachsen vom 27. Mai 1992. Sächsisches Gesetz- und Verordnungsblatt 1992, S. 243-257 (Constitution of the Free State of Saxony of 27 May 1992. Saxon Law and Official Gazette 1992, pp. 243-257)
• Gesetz über das Wappen des Freistaates Sachsen vom 18. November 1991. Sächsisches Gesetz- und Verordnungsblatt 1991, S. 383-385 (Law on the arms of the Free State Saxony of 18 November 1991. Saxon Law and Official Gazette 1991, pp. 383-385)
• Verordnung der Sächsischen Staatsregierung über die Verwendung des Staatswappens vom 4. März 1992. Sächsisches Gesetz- und Verordnungsblatt 1992, S. 70 (Regulation of the Saxon state government on the use of the state arms of 4 March 1992. Saxon Law and Official Gazette 1992, p. 70)

Marcus Schmöger, 5 October 2001