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Budapest - Historical Flags (Hungary)

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The original flag of the City of Buda 1703-1873 was: red-white-green horizontal, (like the Hungarian flag now)
The original flag of the City of Pest 1703-1873 was: blue-yellow-red horizontal
You can see the proposals at <www.budapest.hu>, which are the union of the two city flags.
István Molnár, 12 October 2000

The Red-white-green stripes are not the colours of the national flag, but these are the colours of the flag of City of Buda 1703-1873.
István Molnár, 15 October 2000

The flag of Budapest before 1989 was: White with the Coat of Arms, but without the Holy Crown and the two animals, but with the great red star on the "blue river"
István Molnár, 15 June 2000

At <www.budapest.hu> page:
Between  1948/49-1966/68 no CoA and no flag.
Between 1968/73-1989 was a CoA and it was used on white field as flag.
István Molnár, 14 October 2000


Budapest 1873 Flag Proposal