Flag of Galicia and Lodomeria but under no circumstances as the flag of Galicia. It seems, therefore, that the colours featured in "Wappenrolle" (red and white) were the correct colours of the Galician flag from 1890 to 1918, and not those reported by Miller (amaranth and white). Flag of Galicia and Lodomeria Flag of Galicia and Lodomeria - created after 1772 when this previously Polish province had been annexed to Austria. Until 1849 Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria constituted one crownland with Bukovina and used the blue-red flag consisting of two horizontal stripes of equal width. Following the separation of Bukovina and Galicia in 1849,
National colours of Germany and the North German states. After the war and the breakup of the German Confederation, the Prussian-led North German Confederation was established at the instance of Minister-President Otto von Bismarck to answer the German question. Another colour scheme was desired, as the black and gold colours were associated with Habsburg Austria. From 1867, the black, white, and red colours became the flag of the newly established federated state; the tricolour derived from the combination of the Prussian black and white with the white and red flag of the North German Hanseatic League. Since the 13th century, a black cross on