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Front Matter Colours of History Flags and Banners in the World Proceedings of the XXII. International Vexillological Congress FlagBerlin 2007 Berlin, Germany, 06 - 10 August 2007 Volume I Published by: Board of the German VexiUological Society BerUn 2009' XXII. International Congress of Vexillology FlagBerlin 2007 Organizing Committee: Dr. Andreas Herzfeld Chairman of the German Ve.xillological Socien> (DGI^ Prof. Dr. Hans Ottomeyer Director General of the German Historical Museum Berlin Gerd Vehres Ambassador ret.. Member of the DGh-Bt)ard, President of the Organizing Committee, Jorg M. Karaschewski Vexillologist, Author; Hans-Ulrich Herzog Vexillologist, Author; Editor of DGF-lnformationen Hans-Jiirgen Malirs Treasurer of the DGF; Dr. Hans-Martin Hinz German Historical Museum, Coordinator for scientific events Daniel Hohrath, M.A. German Historical Museum, Curator Dr. Marcus E.V. Schmoger Scientific Coordinator for the XXII. ICV. Jens Pattke Webmaster www.FlagBerlin2007.de Project editors: Vehres / Hcr/og (Berlin) Lector; Dr. Rabbow (Berlin) Editorial contribution: Dr. Schmfiger (Miinchen) Front cover: Pattke (Frankfurt/Oder) Printing: Printing Office Frank Zclle, Berlin AUe RedUe voth^iaUen. Ohne scbriftliche hrlauhnis des 1 lerausgebers diitfen das Werk oder Tide daram, weder manmH mit f hlje ekktronischer oder mechanischer Sjsteme etnschl. Fo/okopimn. handauf^eichnnngen oder Datenspeicherung reprodus^ert, iibertragen noch kopiert iverden. All rights reserved. This Publication or any part of it may not be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. © Deutsche Gesellschaft fiir Flaggenkunde e. V. Postfach 021119, D-10122 Berlin ISBN 978-3-9351^-10-0 22. International Congress of Vexilloiogy Fla9Beiiin2007PagnS Contents VOLUME I Preface (Ottomeyer)......................................................................................... 9 Introduction (Vehres) ...................................................................................... 11 List of Participants........................................................................................... 12 Congress-Program............................................................................................. 21 Congress-Flag.................................................................................................... 25 Message of salutation by the German Federal Minister of Interior, Member of Parliament, Herr Dr. Wolfgang Schauble .....................................27 Welcoming Address by the First Chairman of the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Flaggenkunde e.V., Herr Dr. Andreas Herzfeld.................. 29 Welcoming Address by the Deputy Director General of the German Historical Museum, Herr Dr. Dieter Vorsteher................................ 31 Address by the President of the FIAV and opening of the XXI. ICV “FlagBerlin2007”, Monsieur Michel Lupant.............................33 Papers and Posters Part A: National and Regional Flags Michel Lupant The Flags of the Cook-Islands................................................................35 Roman Klimes The Symbols of Guam..............................................................................58 Edward Kaye American Indian Flags and the Lewis & Clark Bicentennial ................77 Arnold Rabbow Die Entstehung der deutschen Nationalfarben [Black, Red, and Gold: The Genesis of Germany’s National Colours]......................................................................................92 Gunther Mattern ■ Die Farben Schwarz-Wei(3 als mindere Reichsfarben [The Colours Black-White as “inferior” Colours of the Reich]...........105 Alfredo Betocchi Origin of the Flag of the Venetian Republic .......................................117 Robert Breschi Precursory Projects of the Regional Emblems in Italian Geopolitical Area....................................................................................123 Ales Brozek A VexMlological View of 1848 — the Year of the Revolution in the Lands of the Bohemian Crown....................................................146 Contents 22 International Congress of Vexillology Fla9Berlin2007 Page 6 Pascal Vagnat The History of the Flags of Saarland and Rheinland-Pfalz 162 Ulrich Zeiler Legal Stipulations concerning the Flags of the Free-State Saxony after its new Foundation in 1990 (Poster) ............ 179 Whitney Smith The Ensignment of the Romani People ............................. 181 Ralph Kelly Has the Australian Flag Debate ended?............................. 193 Jonathan Dixon Flags of Australian Territories ............................................ 227 Tony Burton Flagging Indifference - Emblems of the Adelaide and Barossa Germans in South Australia 1838-1972: Symbols of authentic Patriotism and Citizenship............................ 239 Jan Henrik Munksgard The Reformation promoted the Dannebrog .................... 270 Kevin Harrington A Sense of Flags in Northern Ireland after the Accord.... 286 Kambhampati Sanjeeva Rao About the Genesis of the Indian National Flag................ 292 Gerd Vehres Federal States - a VexiUological Study with Germany as Example............................................................................... 294 Part B: Municipal and Local Flags Gunter Strumpf Baren mit und ohne Krone [Bears with and without crown] ......... 298 Jorg Majewski Kommunalflaggen in Schleswig-Holstein [Local flags in Schleswig-Holstein] (Poster).................................... 302 Jorg Majewski i/" i Die Kommunen in Deutschland und ihre Flaggen ' [The German Communities and their Flags] ................. HdlA........ 304 Klaus Gunther ^ Streifen, Wellen und Schneeflocken - neuartige Gestaltung von Kommunalflaggen in Rheinland-Pfalz [Stripes, Waves and Snowflakes — new Types of Designing Flags of Communities in Rhineland-Palatinate] ............................. 326 Erwin Gunther Wappen und Flaggen in OstpreuBen, seinen Kreisen und Kreis- stadten - gestern und heute [Coats of Arms and Flags in Eastern Pmssia, of its Districts and Towns - yesterday and today] ........... 334 Contents Page? 99 Irternational Congress of VexillologyilSgg!!!!]^----------------------- Zeljko Heimer ............. ............. 359 The Flags of Zagreb ......................................... VOLUME II Part C: Military Flags - Ei. ReUk, de. Geschich„ [Kyffhaeuser-Flags - a Relic of History] ...................... G-lf *e Pop« "r “1................. 3« *e P»pe-. S»iss G.a,d since 1798 ....................................... Black Scmsen Victcn' os Dead, fo, Asgendna................ (1958-1976) ........................................................ Part D: Collections of Flags and Banners Museum in Berlin - gestern heute rrhe CoUection of Flags in the German Histoncal M .......... in Berlin - in the Past and Present Time]......................... ^nrs^=““;::-TB.S,n.boUofCo»»si„W............... '”“”FS“e„ dec Basies Be,«f.»esba„de „nd Fach.eseine des 19.Jl.. [Flags of the Professional Unions and Societies o ............................ 19th Century in Basle]......................................... Thijs van Leeuwen und Tom ^ Rotterdam Presentation of the International Flag 1 araae in !“d of *. Nedseslands FlagMuseuse ............................................. Marcus Schmdger Die Autoflaggen des Bundesgrenzschutzes (The Car-Flags of the Federal Border Guard] ........ (Poster from the Collection of Jurgen Rimann) ..................... Books in the Library of the “Facultad de BeUas Artes de la Umversidad ............................ ^^3 Complutense de Madrid” .................................. ztikunft to ^utofla^ensam^ung..................... [The Future of the Rimann-CoUecnon of Car-FlagJ^. Contents 1 Pnqe 8 Congress of Vexillology FlagBerlin2007 Laszlo Balogh Soaeu?^ of Budapest and the Hungarian VexillologicaJ Valeria Nezgovorova; 537 Gift Banners of 1923 Parn-’s Anniversary - Ceremonial and Symbolics ................. 538 Part E: Vexillologie Kevin Harrington \X-dio let the Bears on? Jaroslav Martykan 554 Dr. Michael Meinecke’s Contributions to the Research on Muslim Vexillologt’ Ales Brozek 560 lv.„ s’arlkO’” (Poster) 573 Flag Identifier - Flag Identifying T«,l and Vex.ll<>l„g,c,l Database Alexa^drn Drill Classification and Data Storage 574 Moral Concepts Surrounding Flags - an Anah sis Marcus Schmoger 591 Vexillologie - ein linguistischer Ansatz f\Vxillolog)t ^ a Lingustic Approachl . .. Peter Orenski . 610 Vexilogorrhea - A culturally determined amerikanische Maggensunde/ [American Vexillological Sinl Dong Lin ' ....................... 625 Twenty Principles for the National Flag Design Ralph Bartlett " ....................... 637 Good Flag - bad Use .................... Scott Guenter 652 Culture Wars, Divided Nation; Battles for Semiotic Rob Rlfide' "" Tfentyefirs, Century Public Interest in VexiUologj- ^ Questions from the Public 1999^2006 Nozomi Kariyasu/Yoshi Koshikawa XXIII. International Congress of Vexillolog>t 2009 in Yokohama . 688 List of authors ................. Minutes of the 20th FIAV-General Assembly 691 List of sponsors ................ 695 709 Contents Preface The ancient Roman soldiers who roamed the German forests at the time of Christ’s birth carried insignia showing the symbols of their state and their emperor. Their signum was the Eagle of the Legion, which later became the emblem of the medieval Holy Roman Empire of the German nation and survived as a symbol from antiquity until modern
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