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Plzeň (Pilsen) - flag is divided by cross in four quarters: left up
is white, right up yellow, left down green and right down red. The flag
is used at least from 1995.
Jiri Martinek, 26 Jan 2000.
The colors of the City of Plzeň are derived from the coat of arms, i.e. white,
yelow, green and red. The Flag of the city of Plzeň has a quartered field,
in the flagpole part the canton white and the base green, in the fly upper
part yellow, lower part red (- that is: quarterly of argent, or, vert
and gules plain. There is absolutly no charge on it.)
Aleš Křižan, 4 Dec 2000
Plzeň is worldwide known as Pilsen, giving its name to a famous variety
of beer.
Santiago Dotor, 5 Dec 2000
The municipal coat of arms of Pilsen is shown two times on the bottles
of "Pilsner Urquell", the original and unsurpassed
Pilsner beer. The coat of arms is shown on the golden label surrounding
the neck of the bottle and on the main label of the bottle. I find it funny
to see a camel on a bottle of beer, knowing how few these animals drink
:-)
Original Source (Urquell): A "Pilsner Urquell" on my desk, unfortunately
nearly empty.
Ivan Sache, 12 Jul 2002
Plzeň was part of the Protectorate and that would have been impossible
with a German majority. Neither Jihlava (Iglau) nor Olomouc (Olmütz) or
Brno (Brünn) with really strong German populations were joined to the Reich.
All these cities were part of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.
Aleš Křížan, 5 Dec 2001
The city coat-of-arms is unusually complex and its symbols express the
historical development of the city from its foundation up
to 1578. The city's original coat-of-arms was a silver greyhound in
a red field, introduced by the burgesses at the time of the Hussite wars
in order to emphasize their loyalty. In 1434, in memory of their deeds
under the last siege by the Hussites, they received a golden camel in a
green field from Zikmund of Luxembourg. In 1466 Pope Paul II enlarged the
shield by two golden keys in a silver field and an armour-bearer holding
half a spread-eagle in a golden field. At that time the people of Plzeň
themselves put a picture on the shield of the oldest Plzeň seal, i. e.
the silver city gate in a red field, in which stands King Wenceslas II,
a sword drawn in his right hand, and in his left a shield with the Czech
lion. On the city wall there stands a bare-headed maiden holding two flags:
the one in her right hand showing the Czech lion and in the left the Moravian
eagle. The Plzeň coat-of-arms received its final addition in 1578 from
Pope Gregory XIII - a shield-bearer which was an angel and three mounds
with sprigs of olive and the inscription: "In hoc signo vinces" (In this
sign shalt thou conquer). In each corner there were two helmets and behind
the shield a crossed halberd and commander's baton. On the document of
Pope Gregory XIII, now kept in the city archives, the Plzeň coat-of-arms
is for the first time illustrated in color.
From the Plzeň homepage,
Jarig Bakker, 5 Dec 2000.