North Rhine-Westphalia

The civil flag of North Rhine-Westphalia (German: Nordrhein-Westfalen), a federal land of Germany, is a of green (upper stripe), white, and red.
The state flag is the same, but with the coat of arms in the center.
==Symbolism==
The flag is a combination of the colours of the preceding Prussian provinces: Rhine Province (green over white) and Westphalia (white over red). According to the German heraldic tradition, the colors of the flag coincide with the colors of the coat of arms.
==History ==
The land of North-Rhine Westphalia was established in 1946. Its current flag had been in use since 1948 although it was not formally established until 1953.
== Nickname ==
* Upside-Down Hungary
** Auf dem Kopf stehendes Ungarn
== Trivia ==
* If the flag was turned upside-down, it would look like the flag of Hungary.
==References==
*North Rhine-Westphalia on Flags of the World
*Flag of North Rhine-Westphalia on Wikipedia
*Flagge Nordrhein-Westfalens on German Wikipedia
*Gesetz über die Landesfarben, das Landeswappen und die Landesflagge
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