Czech Republic

2011
50 x 50 x 3,6 cm | 28 kg
Fused multilayer glass with inclusion of pigments

The flag of the current Czech Republic is identical to that of Czechoslovakia, a state created in 1918, on the rubble of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
The territory included Bohemia-Moravia and Slovakia, an ill-matched union which did not hold up.
The first version of the flag only featured red and white, the traditional colors of the arms of the Kingdom of Bohemia, dating back to 1192.
The question then arose of the national emblems to be used to unify the two countries. A special commission was created, under the leadership of Professor G. Friedrich in 1919, to propose a new flag.
The solution finally chosen was the historic bicolour flag of Bohemia with a blue corner advancing until
half of the flag, supposed to represent Slovakia.
After the breakup of the former Czechoslovakia, and the creation of independent Slovakia on January 1, 1993, to maintain a sort of historical integrity of color symbolism, blue was interpreted as the color of Moravia.
The latter had sometimes adopted it as a standard on the battlefields.