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The blue stripes are twice the size of the yellow middle stripe. Their proportion of the flag is 2 ⁄ 5 each, while the yellow stripe is 1 ⁄ 5. [1] The state flag of the voivodeship is a blue rectangle, with an aspect ratio of height to width of 5:8. In its centre is placed a yellow eagle, adopted from the coat of arms of the voivodeship. [2]
The eagle had been adopted from the coat of arms of the voivodeship, [6] which itself, was based on the coat of arms of Lower Silesia, originally introduced in 1224 by Henry II the Pious, duke of Silesia. [8] The flag of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, used from 2008 to 2009.
During World War II, as a result of German occupation the entire region was under control of Nazi Germany. In 1945, after World War II, most of the German-held Silesia was transferred to Polish jurisdiction by the Potsdam Agreement between the victorious Allies and became again part of Poland, although with a Soviet-installed communist regime.
Silesian-Dąbrowa Voivodeship from 1946 to 1950. In 1946 territories were incorporated into existing Voivodeships or divided into new ones. In Upper Silesia a Silesian-Dąbrowa Voivodeship was established roughly comprising the pre-war Polish Silesian Voivodeship and the Zagłębie Dąbrowskie in the
On 11 June 2001, the Silesian Voivodeship adopted its civil and state flags, based on yellow and blue colours of the coat of arms of Upper Silesia. The civil flag is a triband rectangle, with an aspect ratio of its height to its width equal 5:8. It is divided into three stripes, that are from top to bottom: blue, yellow, and blue.
The voivodeship was dissolved on 8 October 1939 following the German invasion of Poland, and its territory was incorporated into the German Province of Silesia. After the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, its territory was incorporated into a new, larger Silesian Voivodeship which existed until 1950.
Lower Silesia Dolnośląskie: Yellow emblazoned with a black eagle with a white crescent and a crosslet on its chest Lublin Lubelskie: Horizontal tricolor of white, red and yellow (2:1:2) emblazoned with the arms of the voivodeship Lubusz Lubuskie: Four horizontal stripes of yellow, white, red and green (2:1:1:2) emblazoned with the arms of the ...
Podlaskie Voivodeship (flag information) 2002 Four horizontal stripes of white, red, yellow and blue Pomeranian Voivodeship (flag information) 2002 (original introduction) 2010 (reintroduction) Yellow emblazoned with a black griffin with a red tongue Silesian Voivodeship (flag information) 2001 Horizontal triband of blue and yellow (2:1:2)