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    Default austrian republic flag

    im no history buff, but can someone explain to me why the austrian republic flag looks so much like the polish one ? and why does prussian republic get the modern german flag instead ?

    just curious

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    Default Re: austrian republic flag

    Quote Originally Posted by hellooo View Post
    im no history buff, but can someone explain to me why the austrian republic flag looks so much like the polish one ? and why does prussian republic get the modern german flag instead ?

    just curious

    Origins

    Duke Friedrich II (1210-1246), the last of the Babenberg dynasty, who was nicknamed the "Quarrelsome" or the "Warlike", designed a new coat of arms in red-white-red in the year 1230 in his attempt to become more independent from the Holy Roman Empire.
    Legend

    According to legend, the flag was invented by Duke Leopold V of Austria. After a fierce battle, his white battle dress was completely drenched in blood. When he removed his belt, the cloth underneath was untouched by it, revealing the combination of red-white-red. So taken was he by this singular sight that he adopted the colors and scheme as his banner. (1157–1194) as a consequence of his fighting during the crusades.
    Use during the Monarchy




    Although the combination of red-white-red was, since the late Middle Ages, widely considered to be the "Austrian" colours and used by both the Babenberg and Habsburg dynasties in connection with their Austrian territories, the national flag of Austria (in a modern sense) until 1918 was black-yellow.

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    Default Re: austrian republic flag

    It doesn't make sense that Prussia would use the german flag as a republic. German nationalism is out of place, and Prussia was just one of the many german states anyways. Prussia, except for that they historically united germany some hunred years later than this game's setting, is no more justified to use the flag than bavaria or saxony, or even Austria. In fact, Austria probably has the best claim given that the emperor of the holy roman empire was austrian, and because the colours of the flag are german and the eagle is imperial. As a republic, prussia should just have a white and black bi- or tricolour -as I believed they had historically sometimes- or just keep the cross.

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