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The current national flag of Hungary incorporates the colours
found in the old Hungarian coat of arms.
The colours gained popular support as a flag at patriotic gatherings
early in the 19th century. The first official adoption of a red-white-green horizontal striped flag
occurred during the 1848-49 Hungarian Revolution.
However, the revolution was suppressed and it wasn't until independence was proclaimed, after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918, that the flag again officially represented Hungary.
The flag was maintained until the occupation of Hungary by Germany in 1944. With the defeat of Germany in the Second World War,
Hungary became a Soviet controlled nation in 1945 and adopted five different national flags over the next 11 years, all based on the
red-white-green horizontal striped tricolour.
In 1956, Anti-Soviet sentiment led to the restoration of the plain
red-white-green horizontal striped Hungarian flag.
The current design was adopted on the 1st of October 1957. |
