Flag of the Opole Voivodeship

The civil flag of the Opole Voivodeship, Poland is a rectangle divided into two horizontal stripes, with yellow on the top, and blue at the bottom. The top stripe is twice the size of the bottom one.[1]

Opole Voivodeship
Flag of the Opole Voivodeship
Usecivil flag
Proportion5:8
Adopted21 December 2004
Designtwo horizontal stripes, with yellow on the top, and blue at the bottom, of which, the top stripe is twice the size of the bottom one
Designed byMichał Marciniak-Kożuchowski
State flag of the Opole Voivodeship
Usestate flag
Proportion5:8
Adopted21 December 2004
Designtwo horizontal stripes, with yellow on the top, and blue at the bottom, of which, the top stripe is twice the size of the bottom one, with a coat of arms of the voivodeship placed in the right corner, within the yellow stripe
Designed byMichał Marciniak-Kożuchowski

Design

The civil flag of the Opole Voivodeship is a rectangle, with an aspect ratio of height to width of 5:8, which is divided into two horizontal stripes, with yellow on the top, and blue at the bottom. The top stripe is twice the size of the bottom one.[1]

The state flag of the voivodeship uses the design of the civil flag, with the coat of arms of the voivodeship placed in the right corner, within the yellow stripe. The coat of arms depicts a yellow (golden) eagle on the blue background within the Old French style escutcheon.[1]

History
The flag of the Province of Upper Silesia, used from 1920 to 1935.

The Province of Upper Silesia, which was partially located within modern borders of the Silesian Voivodeship, adopted its flag in 1920. It was rectangle divided horizontally into two stripes: yellow on top, and dark blue on the bottom. The aspect ratio of its height to its width was equal 2:3. Its colours had been based on the coat of arms of Upper Silesia. It was used until 1935, when Nazi Germany forbid its provinces from flying its flags, ordering them to replace them with the national flag.[2][3]

The Opole Voivodeship was established in 1999.[4] Its flag was approved by Opole Regional Assembly on 28 September 2004,[5] and officially adopted on 21 December of the same year.[6] It was designed by Michał Marciniak-Kożuchowski.[1]

References
  1. "FLAGI I INSYGNIA WOJEWÓDZTWA OPOLSKIEGO". opolskie.pl (in Polish).
  2. Herbert Knötel, Holger Tümmler: Uniform-Fibel von 1933, Berlin 1933.
  3. "Flagi Śląska". slownikslaski.pl (in Polish).
  4. Ustawa z dnia 24 lipca 1998 r. o wprowadzeniu zasadniczego trójstopniowego podziału terytorialnego państwa (Dz.U. z 1998 r. nr 96, poz. 603).
  5. Resolution no. XXIV/209/2004 of the Opole Regional Assembly from 28 September 2004.
  6. Resolution no. XXIX/254/2004 of the Opole Regional Assembly from 21 December 2004.
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