Slovene tricolor

Slovene tricolor.

Slovene tricolor is a tricolour consisting of the colors taken from the historical Carniolan coat-of-arms, i.e. featuring three equal horizontal bands of white (top), blue, and red.

Origin

For the first time in history it was raised in response to a German flag raised on top of the Ljubljana Castle, in Ljubljana, at the Wolf Street 8, during the Revolution of 1848 by the Slovene Romantic nationalist activist and poet Lovro Toman on April 7, 1848.^[1]

Legacy

Flag used by Slovene Anti-Nazi guerrilla army, the Slovenian Partisans, that was adopted on 26 September 1941 at the Stolice meeting of the Yugoslav Partisans.

Flag of the Slovene Home Guard, Slovenian Nazi-sponsored anti-communist militia, with the traditional coat of arms of Carniola

Based on it, a number of historical variants of the Slovene flags, for example the Slovene Partisans flag, were created, including the current Flag of Slovenia.

References

1. Celebration of the Slovene Tricolor (In Slovene: "Praznik slovenske trobojnice"), MMC RTV Slovenia, 7. April 2013