Thuringia

The civil flag of Thuringia (German: Thüringen), a federal land of Germany, is a horizontal of white over red, similar to the flag of Poland.
The state flag is the same but with the coat of arms in the centre.
==Symbolism==
The colours of the flag reflect the colour of the heraldic lion upon the coat of arms.
The new coat of arms of Thuringia is the old arms of the Landgravate of Thuringia, with some alterations. Because of the similarites between Hesse and Thuringia coats of arms, the flags appear similar too.
==History==
The civil bicolour flag of white over red was used before World War II, and formally abolished in 1935, under the reforms of the Third Reich. It was readopted 1946 when Thuringia became a state again, and abolished 1952 under governing reforms of the German Democratic Republic. When Germany was reunited, Thuringia became a state again, and so the flag was finally readopted in 1991, having been a much used symbol during the demonstrations in the German Democratic Republic in 1989/90. It was immediately accepted as Landesflagge after the reunification and the re-establishment of Thuringia as a state on 3 October 1990. The first legal regulation was the Gesetz über die Hoheitszeichen of 30 January 1991; however, this law came into force retroactively as of October 3, 1990.
== Nickname ==
* The Striped Lion of Thuringia
** Der gestreifte Löwe von Thüringen
==References==
*Thuringia (Germany) on Flags of the World
*Flag of Thuringia on Wikipedia
*Flagge Thüringens on German Wikipedia
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