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and copyright | write us | mirrors As for (non)existence of
Bohemian flags before WW1: we know, that Austrian Länder had no
flags in their own right, but Armorial (or Livery) Colours
(Landesfarben), sometimes used in form of flag. White over red
Bohemian flag was also first flag of independent Czechoslovakia
between 1918-1920. Flag of Bohemia-Moravia Protectorate was
created in autumn 1939 by Prince Karel Schwarzenberg (based on
"Staatsfarben" of Czechoslovakia). In the first months of the
Protectorate former Czechoslovak State Flag was used. Aleš
Křížan, 24 Jul 2002 According the "Diccionario Enciclopédico
Universal ESPASA, the flag used by Bohemia before 1918 was red
over white in horizontal stripes. Is this correct? Juan Manuel
Gabino Villascán, 20 Jul 2002 In Brockhaus' Kleines
Konversations-Lexikon (1914) I read: Landesfarben: Rot-Weiss
(Colors: red-white) - which seems to corroborate