 Civil Flag Ratio: 2:3 The flag of Austria has three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and red. Image File history File links Flag_of_Austria. ...
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History
--75.183.54.57 01:43, 18 May 2007 (UTC)[[Media:[[Image: = = [['''''ihatesocialstudiesjustkiddingiloveit!!!''''']] = = ]]]]Together with the Danish flag, the Austrian flag is said to be among the oldest national flag designs in the world. The Dannebrog. ...
According to legend, the flag was invented by Duke Leopold V of Austria (1157-1194) while he was involved in a fierce battle during the Crusades. After the Siege of Acre, his white battledress was completely drenched in blood, but when he removed his belt the cloth underneath was untouched by it. So taken was he by this singular sight that he adopted the colours and scheme as his banner. Leopold V (1157-December 31, 1194), the Virtuous, was a Babenberg duke of Austria from 1177 to 1194 and Styria from 1192 to 1194. ...
Events Births September 8 - King Richard I of England (died 1199) Leopold V of Austria (died 1194) Hojo Masako, wife of Minamoto no Yoritomo (died 1225) Deaths August 21 - King Alfonso VII of Castile (born 1105) Agnes of Babenberg, daughter of Leopold III of Austria Sweyn III of Denmark Yury...
Events November 20 - Palermo falls to Henry VI, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire December 25 - Henry VI is crowned king of Sicily. ...
The Siege of Antioch, from a medieval miniature painting, during the First Crusade. ...
The Siege of Acre was the most important event of the Third Crusade, lasting from August 28, 1189 until July 12, 1191, and the first time in the history of the crusades that the king was compelled to personally see to the defense of the Holy Land. ...
In fact, the flag was designed in the 13th century by Frederick II, Duke of Austria (1210-1246; known as 'Frederick the Quarrelsome'), the last of the Babenberg dynasty. Frederick sought greater independence from the Holy Roman Emperor. To this end, he had a new coat of arms designed: a red field with a silver fess. The oldest source for the new flag is contained in a seal kept in the monastery of Lilienfeld (Lower Austria), dated November 30, 1230. However, the red and white flag did not become the national flag of Austria until 1919. (12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. ...
Frederick II, known as the Quarrelsome (German: Friedrich der Streitbare) (1201 – June 15, 1246), from the dynasty of Babenberg, was the duke of Austria and Styria from 1230 to 1246. ...
Events End of the reign of Emperor Tsuchimikado, emperor of Japan Emperor Juntoku ascends to the throne of Japan Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor excommunicated by Pope Innocent III for invading southern Italy in 1210 Gottfried von Strassburg writes his epic poem Tristan about 1210 Beginning of Delhi Sultanate Births...
Events End of the reign of Emperor Go-Saga, emperor of Japan. ...
Originally from Bamberg in Franconia, now northern Bavaria, the Babenbergs or Babenberger ruled Austria as counts of the march and dukes from 976 - 1248, before the rise of the house of Habsburg. ...
The Holy Roman Emperor was, with some variation, the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire, the predecessor of modern Germany, during its existence from the 10th century until its collapse in 1806. ...
A modern coat of arms is derived from the medi val practice of painting designs onto the shield and outer clothing of knights to enable them to be identified in battle, and later in tournaments. ...
Lilienfeld is a city in Lower Austria (Niederösterreich), Austria, south of St. ...
Map of Lower Austria showing districts and the four quarters (Waldviertel in green, Weinviertel in red, Mostviertel in yellow and Industrieviertel in blue) Lower Austria (de: Niederösterreich) is one of the nine states or Bundesländer in Austria. ...
November 30 is the 334th day (335th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 31 days remaining. ...
Events Kingdom of Leon unites with the Kingdom of Castile. ...
See also This is a list of flags used in Austria. ...
The flags of the Austrian states show two (or three) stripes in the main colours of the respective arms. ...
The Coat of Arms of Austria has been used since the end of World War I to symbolize Austria. ...
External links
Screenshot of the Flags of the World website Official flag Flags of the World (or FOTW) is the Internets largest website devoted to vexillology, containing comprehensive information about all kinds of flags. ...
Albania · Andorra · Armenia2 · Austria · Azerbaijan4 · Belarus · Belgium · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus2 · Czech Republic · Denmark · Estonia · Finland · France · Georgia4 · Germany · Greece · Hungary · Iceland · Ireland · Italy · Kazakhstan1 · Latvia · Liechtenstein · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Republic of Macedonia · Malta · Moldova · Monaco · Montenegro · Netherlands · Norway · Poland · Portugal · Romania · Russia1 · San Marino · Serbia · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden · Switzerland · Turkey1 · Ukraine · United Kingdom · Vatican City This is a list of international and national flags used in Europe. ...
Flag ratio: 1:2 The Flag of the Republic of Macedonia represents a rising yellow sun with eight rays extending to the edges of the red field. ...
Flag of Montenegro (2004–present) The flag of Montenegro was changed on 12 July 2004 by the Parliament of Montenegro into a red banner bearing the coat of arms adopted in 1993. ...
The flag of Serbia is a tricolour with Pan-Slavic colours, with three equal horizontal fields, red on the top, blue in the middle and white on the bottom, and the Coat of Arms of Serbia centered vertically and located left of center by one-seventh of the flags...
Dependencies, autonomies and other territories
Abkhazia4 · Adjara2 · Åland · Azores · Akrotiri and Dhekelia · Canary Islands · Crimea · Faroe Islands · Gibraltar · Guernsey · Isle of Man · Jersey · Kosovo · Madeira · Nagorno-Karabakh2 · Nakhichevan2 · Transnistria · Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus2, 3 · A dependent territory, dependent area or dependency is a territory that does not possess full political independence or sovereignty as a State. ...
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Types of political territories include: A legally administered territory, which is a non-sovereign geographic area that has come under the authority of another government. ...
In the red canton, the open hand represents Abkhaz nationhood. ...
On 20 July 2004, the Supreme Council of the Ajarian Autonomous Republic, Georgia ratified a new flag for the region. ...
Flag of Ã…land The flag of Ã…land points to the location of the islands - it is the Swedish flag with an additional red cross symbolising Finland. ...
The Flag of the Azores The flag of the Azores is similar to the flag of Portugal used from 1830-1910, except that the Portuguese coat of arms has been removed and been replaced by the Goshawk (in Portuguese: Açor), the symbol of the Azores. ...
Flag Ratio: 1:2 The Union Flag (commonly, the Union Jack) is the national flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. ...
State flag of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands. ...
Flag ratio: 1:2 The flag of Crimea is in use since 1992 and was officially adopted on April 21, 1999. ...
DioGuardi proposal for a new flag of Kosovo. ...
Flag ratio: 2:3 The flag of the Madeira Islands consists of a blue-gold-blue vertical triband with a red-bordered white Cross of Christ in the centre. ...
Flag Ratio: 1:2 The flag of Nagorno-Karabakh, an unrecognised self-proclaimed government in a region of Azerbaijan, is identical to the flag of Armenia, with only a white pattern added. ...
The Flag of Nakhichevan is officially that of Azerbaijan, but there was one used in 1991 by seperatist groups in Nakhichevan during the breakup of the former Soviet Union. ...
The Transnistrian flag is a version of the former flag of Moldavian SSR which served as a flag of the whole country until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 with slightly different colors and no hammer and sickle or red star. ...
TRNC Flag The flag of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) is based on the flag of Turkey with the colors reversed and two horizontal red stripes added at the top and bottom. ...
1 Has significant territory in Asia. 2 Entirely in West Asia, but considered European for cultural, political and historical reasons. 3 Only recognised by Turkey. 4 Partially or entirely in Asia, depending on the definition of the border between Europe and Asia. A transcontinental country is a country belonging to more than one continent. ...
World map showing the location of Asia. ...
A map showing Southwest Asia - The term Middle East is more often used to refer to both Southwest Asia and some North African countries Southwest Asia, or West Asia, is the southwestern part of Asia. ...
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