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by Marcus Schmöger
Flag adopted 1863, readopted 18th July 1919, abolished 1935, used unofficially 1990
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[Anhalt is a] small former German Duchy on [the River] Elbe southwest of Berlin. (...) It became a republic after World War One. After World War Two, was combined with the former Prussian Province of Saxony to become the state (Land) of Sachsen-Anhalt (abolished [1952], but then later re-established [1991]).
Norman Martin, 7 February 2001
From 1918 till 1945 Anhalt was a Land. According to Chamber's World Gazetteer 1954 it was a German constituent republic, and until 1918 a duchy. Duke Joachim Ernst abdicated on 12 November 1918, after which Anhalt became a republic.
Jarig Bakker, 9 February 2001
3:5
by Marcus Schmöger
Flag adopted 1863, readopted 18th July 1919, abolished 1935, used unofficially 1990
Horizontal tricolor red-green-white. In use until 1935.
Norman Martin, March 1998
The 1918 constitution, article 1, stated that the traditional red-green-white flag of Anhalt remained unchanged, so this was the official colour disposition. Rosenfeld 1883 reported a quite unusual (but heraldically correct) red-white-green flag for Anhalt. I have no other evidence for such a colour disposition.
Mario Fabretto, 24 August 1998
Flag: red-green-white. Coat-of-arms: a bear on a brick wall. Source: Nederlandsche Algemeene Encyclopaedie (the Dutch Brockhaus), c.1932.
Jarig Bakker, 9 February 2001
The constitution of the Freistaat Anhalt of 18th July 1919 confirmed the colours red-green-white [of the Duchy of Anhalt from 1863-1918], that were used until 1935. (...) After 1945 the Anhalt colours were not used officially; however, as already mentioned, in 1990 they were used inofficially for some time. Sources: Günther 1995/96, Arndt 1979, Znamierowski 1999.
Marcus Schmöger, 12 March 2001
The Anhalt state flag 1924-1935 (...) was the triband with the arms [same as those used briefly in 1990], but I do not know about the size and exact position of the arms.
Marcus Schmöger, 8 March 2001
I have no information how the state service flag looked like all my sources just show the simple triband as Landesflagge (civil flag).
Marcus Schmöger, 12 March 2001
As an alternative to red-green-white, simple green-white was also used for a long time. Even in 1928 the Grosse Brockhaus encyclopedia said:
Land's colours: red-green-white, used in the Land's flag in horizontal stripes; however in most cases just green and white are used.
Marcus Schmöger, 12 March 2001