The flag of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland is a tricolour rectangle, with three horizontal stripes: white, yellow, and red, with the top and bottom stripes being twice the size of the middle one.[1]

Design

The flag of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship is a tricolour rectangle, with the aspect ratio of height to width of 5:8. It consist of three horizontal stripes: white, yellow, and red, with the top and bottom stripes being twice the size of the middle one. The proportions of the three stripes are: 2⁄5 for white and red, and 1⁄5 for yellow/gold. The colour of the flag had been adopted from the coat of arms of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship, which depicts the white eagle with a golden (yellow) crown, legs, and a band put throw his wings, located within a red escutcheon.[1]

History

The flag had been adopted by the Lesser Poland Voivodeship Sejmik, on 24 May 1999, in the resolution no. VIII/73/99.[2] It had been designed by Barbara Widłak, Wojciech Drelicharz, and Zenon Piech.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c W. Drelicharz, Z. Piech: Dawne i nowe herby Małopolski. 2004. Kraków, p. 79.
  2. ^ "Symbole". malopolska.pl (in Polish).
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_Lesser_Poland_Voivodeship
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