Throughout its existence, from 1772 to 1918, the

Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria The Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria,, ; pl, Królestwo Galicji i Lodomerii, ; uk, Королівство Галичини та Володимирії, Korolivstvo Halychyny ta Volodymyrii; la, Rēgnum Galiciae et Lodomeriae also known as ...

, used three flag designs to represent itself.

History

The

, was a constituent possession of the

Habsburg monarchy The Habsburg monarchy (german: Habsburgermonarchie, ), also known as the Danubian monarchy (german: Donaumonarchie, ), or Habsburg Empire (german: Habsburgerreich, ), was the collection of empires, kingdoms, duchies, counties and other polities ...

, that existed from 1772 to 1918. The flag of the state had been introduced in the early 19th century and remained in use until 1849, its flag was divided horizontally into two equally-sized stripes, blue and red. In 1849, from the part of the territory of the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria was partitioned, the

Duchy of Bukovina The Duchy of Bukovina (german: Herzogtum Bukowina; ro, Ducatul Bucovinei; uk, Герцогство Буковина) was a constituent land of the Austrian Empire from 1849 and a Cisleithanian crown land of Austria-Hungary from 1867 until 1918 ...

. The duchy continued to use red and blue flag. It used said flag until 1918, when it ceased to exist. Galicia and Lodomeria adopted a new flag design, which consisted of three horizontal stripes of equal width: blue, red and yellow.Jan Miller: ''Chorągwie i flagi polskie'', Warsaw: Nasza Księgarnia. 1962, p. 30. Such design had been used until 1890, when it was replaced by a design consisting of two horizontal stripes of equal width: red and white. Such flag remained in use until 1918, when the kingdom ceased to exist.Hugo Ströhl: ''Oesterreichisch-ungarische Wappenrolle'', Vienna, 1898. Some historians, such as Jan D. Miller, argue, that the flag had

amaranth ''Amaranthus'' is a cosmopolitan genus of annual or short-lived perennial plants collectively known as amaranths. Some amaranth species are cultivated as leaf vegetables, pseudocereals, and ornamental plants. Catkin-like cymes of densely pack ...

(reddish-rose) stripe instead of a red stripe. However, ''Oesterreichisch-ungarische Wappenrolle'', a coloured table of flags published in 1898, states that red and white flag was the flag of the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, while amaranth and white flag, was a flag of

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken *Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...

minority within

Austria-Hungary Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire,, the Dual Monarchy, or Austria, was a constitutional monarchy and great power in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. It was formed with the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of ...

. The flag was used until 1918, when

ceased to exist.

Notes

{{Ukrainian flags

Galicia and Lodomeria The Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria,, ; pl, Królestwo Galicji i Lodomerii, ; uk, Королівство Галичини та Володимирії, Korolivstvo Halychyny ta Volodymyrii; la, Rēgnum Galiciae et Lodomeriae also known as ...

Galicia (Eastern Europe) Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria Duchy of Bukovina Flags introduced in 1849 Flags introduced in 1890 1849 establishments in the Austrian Empire 1890 establishments in Austria-Hungary