Schwarzburg Principalities until 1918 (Germany)

Principalities of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

Last modified: 2004-12-29 by santiago dotor
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by Santiago Dotor
Flag adopted 1866 for both Principalities, abolished 1920

• Introduction
• Schwarzburg Civil Flag (both Principalities) 1866-1920 (Landesfarben)
• Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Civil Flag 1815-1866 (Landesfarben)
• Schwarzburg-Sondershausen Civil Flag 1815-1866 (Landesfarben)
• Banner of the Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt until 1918 (Fürstenstandarte Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt)
• Banner of the Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen until 1918 (Fürstenstandarte Schwarzburg-Sondershausen)
• Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Coat-of-Arms
• Schwarzburg-Sondershausen Coat-of-Arms

See also:

• Clicable map of Saxon Duchies 1871-1918 (Germany)
• Historical Flags (Thuringia)
• Saalfeld-Rudolstadt County (Landkreis Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, Thuringia, Germany)
• Thuringia (Thüringen, Germany)
• Germany

Other sites:

• Greater Arms of the Schwarzburg Principalities (scanned from Ströhl 1897) at the Das Kaiserreich website

From Ralf Hartemink's International Civic Arms website:

The original county was divided into two counties in 1552. Both counts received the title of [Imperial] Prince (Reichsfürst) in 1697 and 1711 respectively. In 1909 the branch S[chwarzburg]-Sondershausen became extinct and the Prince of S[chwarzburg]-Rudolstadt became prince. From 1909-1918 the two states were ruled jointly. In 1918 both became Free States and were incorporated into Thüringen in 1920.

Santiago Dotor