Flag of Besmenia

Flag of Besmenia
Name	Schmidt (unofficial)
Use	Civil and state flag, civil ensign
Adopted	14 September 1967

The current flag of Besmenia is since 1967 the official flag of the reunited Besmenia. The flag is one of the national symbols of Besmenia. It consists of a white rectangle with a green cross and 4 blue squares on each side of the green cross. The flag contains the national colors of Besmenia, green, white and blue. The flag has the unofficial nickname Schmidt, named after former PM Johannes Schmidt.

Design

Waving flag of Besmenia

Color model	Green	Blue	White
HTML	#30B413	#3076D8	#FFFFFF

Flag days

Labor Day (1 May)
Martin Beiter Memorial Day (5 May)
Liberation Day (7 June)
Day of the Basic Law (2 July)
Day of Reunification (14 September)
Day of election to the Federal Chamber

History

Kingdom of Besmenia

Besmenian Empire

Federal Republic of East Besmenia

Besmenia Republic

Reunited Besmenia

During the reunification process in 1966/1967, Prime Minister Johannes Schmidt proposed a new flag for the reunified Besmenia, which he said should be a national symbol for both East Besmenians and West Besmenians. Most of his cabinet opposed this proposal. They wanted to keep the star flag and only add the 7 new future federal states as stars to the flag. Schmidt was later able to prevail for his proposal. The new flag was introduced in September 1967 and became the official flag on September 14th at exactly midnight.

Flag designs for the reunited Besmenia

Suggestion from Ernst Lehnmann. Continuation of the previous star flag.
Suggestion from the FBBP
Suggestion from Otto Wilke

Flag Gallery

Flag of the Kingdom of Besmenia. (1821-1923) and of the West Besmenian Republic (1966-1967)
Flag of the Kingdom of Besmenia (1923-1927) and the Besmenian Empire (1927-1966)
Flag of the anti-goverment protesters during the West Besmenian Revolution, with the Ochsenbein-Axt of the West Besmenian flag cut out.
Flag of the Federal Republic of East Besmenia (1920-1922, 1934-1967)
Flag of the Federal Republic of East Besmenia (1923-1933)
Flag of the reunited Besmenia. (1967-present)