Flag of North Rhine-Westphalia

Name	Landesflagge Nordrhein-Westfalens
Use	Civil flag and ensign
Proportion	3:5 (or 1:2)
Adopted	1953 (in use from 1948)
Design	A horizontal tricolour of green, white, and red.
Name	Landesdienstflagge Nordrhein-Westfalens
Use	State flag
Proportion	3:5 (or 1:2)
Adopted	1953 (in use from 1948)
Design	The civil flag with the addition of the coat of arms.

The Flag of North-Rhine Westphalia is the flag of the German state of North-Rhine Westphalia.

After the establishment of North-Rhine Westphalia in 1946, this flag had been in use since 1948 although it was not formally established until 1953.^[1] The plain tricolour is the state's civil flag. Government authorities use the state flag (Landesdienstflagge), where the flag is defaced by the state coat of arms.^[1]

The flag is a combination of the two former provinces of Prussia that comprise most of the state: the Rhine Province and Westphalia, which unfortunately can easily be confused with the much older Flag of Hungary.

Flags from preceding Prussian provinces:
Rhine Province (1822–1946)	Westphalia (1815–1946)

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} Government of North Rhine-Westphalia (1953-03-10). "Gesetz über die Landesfarben, das Landeswappen und die Landesflagge" (in German). http://sgv.im.nrw.de/lmi/owa/pl_text_anzeigen?v_id=1220040120130647172. Retrieved 2008-02-10. 

[edit] External links

• North Rhine-Westphalia at Flags of the World

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