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FLAGS OF AUSTRIA
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Flags of Bavaria

State Flag of Bavaria
The flag is a blue-white lozengy of 21 pieces. Adopted as an alternative on December 14, 1953. The number of lozenges is only fixed to a minimum of 21 - including the cut ones. That means that flags with more lozenges are correct. The shape of the lozenges is not fixed by the law, but the (cut) lozenge in the upper corner has to be a white one. The language in the state law reads: "The lozenge flag includes at least twenty-one white and blue lozenges (rolls [i. e. little breads]), including the lozenges cut by the edges. According to the size and shape of the flags, the number of lozenges may be higher. At any rate the upper right [i.e., hoist] corner of the flag should be reserved for a cut white lozenge (cf. illustration of the smaller Bavarian state arms)."
Act of Administration to the Bavarian State Flags and Service Flags for Motor Vehicles, Section I (Bavarian state flags), Paragraph 1, Phrase 3

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The Banner of Arms of the Duchy of Bavaria, circa 1340.

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.Bayern-Landshut Ducal Flag, circa 1500.

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Electoral Flag, circa 1688.
A square white flag with crowned arms with a red escutcheon containing an orb, rotated 315 degrees. The image is according to the one in the Flag Bulletin. Note that in the arms from the flag of 1700, the lions are facing to the left (in the banner: the hoist) and the crown has many differences.

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Ducal Galley Flag, circa 1700 and 1820.

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19th Century Bavarian Flag
Horizontal bicolor: white-blue. It appears to have been used as national flag. It was also used as a jack on royal yachts. It was officially re-adopted as the state flag on December 14, 1953. At the close of World War II, Allied troops generally found white flags of surrender flying from towns as they advanced. An exception to this was in Bavaria, where the old national bicolor flew from many houses. After the war, it was usually used as the Bavarian flag, even before its official adoption.

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