Information about the Hungarian Flag: Colors and Meaning of the Flag of Hungary
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The flag of the Republic of Hungary has been in use since 1848, as a sign of the Hungarians’ unwavering desire to be a free country. The civil revolution of 1956 is the culmination of their quest for freedom, resulting in the official adoption of the current flag design on October 1, 1957. It is very basic in design, taking inspiration from the flag of France. It, too, is made up of three colors for its three equal-sized horizontal stripes, with red on top, white in the middle and green at the bottom.
The flag design may have been patterned after that of France’s but the colors of the Hungarian flag were taken from their coat of arms, and according to some reports, had been in use since the coronation of Mathias II in 1608.
Generally speaking, red means strength, while white is for faithfulness and green represents hope. In the case of the flag of Hungary, and for the same reason given by most countries that have had to endure endless wars and uprising, red symbolizes all the blood shed by the country’s freedom fighters, who unselfishly gave up their lives for the sake of freedom. The white middle field in the flag represents the purity and cleanliness of Hungary while the green stripe represents the color of the revolution in the mid-1900s. The usual dimensions for the flag of Hungary is a ratio of 2:3.
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