Stettin 14th-19th Centuries (Brandenburg, Germany)

nowadays Szczecin (Poland)

Last modified: 2006-05-27 by santiago dotor
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by Jaume Ollé

• Description
• Variation
• Hanging Flag 15th Century

See also:

• Szczecin (Poland)
• Hanseatic Cities (Germany, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland)
• Prussia Historical Flags
• Germany

White-red bicolor with squares in opposite color in each field slightly towards hoist. Reported 1716, 1750, 1805, 1842 and 1862.

Norman Martin, 20 January 1998

by Jaume Ollé

Variation according to a Polish book [Miller 1962].

Norman Martin, 20 January 1998

by Phil Nelson

Znamierowski 1999 shows several interesting flags of the Port Cities of northern Europe. These are derived from gonfanons, originally red in color. The flags, in a banner form [i.e. hanging flags], were flown from the stern of the vessels, the mast carrying the gonfanon of the colors. One of the final three that Znamierowski 1999 shows is Stettin in the 15th century.

Phil Nelson, 20 February 2000