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The '''naitional banner o the [[Czech Republic]]''' is the same as the banner o the umwhile [[Czechoslovakie]]. Upon the [[dissolution o Czechoslovakie]] the Czech Republic kept the Czechoslovak banner while the [[Slovakie|Slovak Republic]] adoptit [[Banner o Slovakie|its awn banner]].
The first banner o Czechoslovakie wis based on the airms, an wis white ower reid. This wis identical tae the [[Banner o Poland]], sae a blue triangle wis addit at the hoist. The banner wis banned bi the Nazis in 1939, an a horizontal tricolor o white, red, an blue wis enforced. The oreeginal banner wis restored in 1945.

When the Czech an Slovak Republics separatit in 1993, the Czechs adoptit a banner identical tae the umwhile banner o the [[Czech an Slovak Federal Republic]], in direct violation o the constitutional act that explicitly forbids umwhile federal seembols tae be uised bi the twa successor states.<ref>[http://www.zbierka.sk/zz/predpisy/default.aspx?PredpisID=12127&FileName=92-z542&Rocnik=1992 Ústavný zákon č. 542/1992 Zb. o zániku Českej a Slovenskej Federatívnej Republiky], Čl.&nbsp;3 ods.&nbsp;2<br />(''Constitutional act. No.&nbsp;542/1992&nbsp;Col. on the dissolution of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic, art.&nbsp;3 sect.&nbsp;2'')</ref>

== History ==
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File:Flag of Bohemia.svg|{{FIAV|historical|}}Banner o [[Kinrick o Bohemie]], an [[Czechoslovakie]]. (1918–1920)
File:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg|{{FIAV|historical|}}Banner o Czechoslovakia (1920–1992)
File:Flag of Bohmen und Mahren.svg|{{FIAV|historical|}}Banner o the [[Pertectorate o Bohemie an Moravie]]. (1939–1945)
File:Naval ensign of Czechoslovakia (1935–1939, 1945–1955).svg|{{FIAV|historical|}}Naval Ensign o Czechoslovakie. (1935–1955)
File:Naval Ensign of Czechoslovakia 1955-1960.svg|{{FIAV|historical|}}Naval Ensign o Czechoslovakia. (1955–1960)
File:Flag of Bohemia.svg|{{FIAV|historical|}}Banner o Federal [[Czech Socialist Republic]] (1969-1990) an Federal [[Czech Republic]] (1990–1992)
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The author o the banner is Jaroslav Kursa (1875–1950) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.uhk.cz/cvp/TZ03%20O_autorovi_vlajky.doc|title=Czech society of vexicologists about the origin of the Czechoslovak state flag|language=Czech|accessdate=2007-12-10|format=MS Word}}</ref>, an archivist o the Depairtment o Hame Affairs, as the oreeginal author o the present banner appearance. The banner contains reid an white colors derived frae the auncient [[Coat o airms o the Czech Republic|Coat o airms o Bohemie]]; acause the banner wis amaist identical wi the [[Banner o Poland|Pols banner]] an haed the same colors as [[Banner o Austrick|the Austrian banner]], a blue wedge wis addit in 1920 (The version athoot the wedge is identical tae the [[flag o Bohemie]]).

The banner wis offeecially approved bi the [[Naitional Assembly o Czechoslovakie]] (ČSR) on 30 Mairch 1920. Syne then, it haes been uised continuously, excludin the [[Warld War II]] [[German occupation o Czechoslovakie|occupation]] years.<ref>Government of the Czech Republic [https://web.archive.org/web/20080221152222/http://www.vlada.cz/en/vlada/historie/vlajka/default.html The Czech Republic's national flag]. Retrieved August 13, 2007.</ref> Durin the [[Prague Ware]] (1968) an the [[Velvet Revolution]] (1989) the banner served as the dominant seembol o naitional unity.

Durin the 1992 negotiations aboot the details o [[dissolution o Czechoslovakie]], on demand bi Vladimír Mečiar an Václav Klaus, a clause forbiddin uise o state seembols o Czechoslovakie bi successor states wis insertit intae the [http://www.lexdata.cz/lexdata/sb_free.nsf/c12571d20046a0b20000000000000000/c12571d20046a0b2c12566d40073f052?OpenDocument Law aboot dissolution o]{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} [[ČSFR]]. Frae 1990 tae 1992, the reid an white [[Banner o Bohemie]] (differin frae the Pols banner anerlie bi proportion o the colours) offeecially served as the banner o the Czech Republic.  Eventually, efter a sairch for new seembology the Czech Republic decidit tae keep the Czechoslovak banner wi an altered meanin, an this wis acceptit bi prominent Slovak vexillologists.

== Dimensions ==
The [[blazon]] o this banner is ''per pall fesswise Argent, Azure, and Gules''. The banner is formed frae an [[isosceles triangle]] that extends haufway alang the rectangle (a common mistake is tae draw it shorter) an twa baunds: ane white an ane reid.

== Literature ==
* Zbyšek Svoboda, Pavel Fojtík: brochure ''Naše vlajka. Vznik a vývoj české vlajky'' (''Our Flag. Origin and evolution of the Czech flag''), Libea, 2005, ISBN 80-239-5862-3.
* Petr Exner, Pavel Fojtík, Zbyšek Svoboda: brochure ''Vlajky, prapory a jejich používání'' (''Flags, banners and their use''), Libea, 2004, ISBN 80-239-2873-2.

== References ==
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