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![[Olomoucký kraj flag]](../images/c/cz-olom.gif)
by Brian Ellis, 11 Dec 2002
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If the COA on the Olomoucky
kraj website is the adopted one, the future flag should look something
like this.
Pascal Gross, 29 May 2001
I guess 'SPQO' stands for 'Senatus PopulusQue Olomouci' (or something
near it).
Santiago Dotor, 30 May 2001
Yes, you're right. The letters SPQO are an allusion to the tradition
of the Roman origin of Olomouc.
Jan Zrzavy, 30 May 2001
According to Petr Exner, four regional COAs (and BOAs) were discussed
and supported by the parliamentary heraldical-vexillological subcommitee.They
are Karlovy Vary, Pardubice, Zlin, and Olomouc Regions. At present, it
is not clear whether regional symbols will be approved all at once or step-by-step.
Jan Zrzavy, 2 Jun 2001
Description of the first four flags of the regions of the Czech Republic
that have bee approved by the parliamentary
heraldical-vexillological subcommittee. Note that they are still proposals
(as they have not yet been officially declared by the chairman of the House
of Representatives) and that some details are not clear (some regions sent
to the subcommittee only the proposed COAs and their 'translation' to the
armorial banners is not always unequivocal).
Olomouc Region (Olomoucky kraj): The flag is quartered. The upper hoist
field is blue with a red-white checkered eagle with yellow crown, beak,
and legs. The upper fly field is yellow with a black lion with yellow crown,
red beak and red legs, with a
white perisonium with a central cross and two terminal trefoil. The
lower hoist field is yellow with a blue wavy diagonal stripe ("descending").
The lower fly field is blue with yellow letters S, P, Q, and O (SP above
QO). Ratio 2:3.
Jan Zrzavy, 6 Jun 2001
According to recent message from Petr Exner, the chairman of the House
of Representatives of the Parliament of the Czech Republic has approved
(June 27, 2001, decree No. 87) symbols of the Karlovy Vary Region ("Karlovarsky
kraj"), Pardubice Region ("Pardubicky kraj"), and Olomouc Region ("Olomoucky
kraj"). Their COAs are the same as in Czech
Vexillological Pages; some details of their flags have to be defined
because the "translation" of COA into flag is not unequivocal (Karlovy
Vary Region - number of peaks of the wavy stripes, Pardubice Region - width
of the wall).
Nevertheless, there are three regional flags within the Czech Republic,
not proposals.
Jan Zrzavy, 10 Jul 2001
Today the speaker of the House of Representatives of the Parliament
of the Czech Republic delivers COAs and flags to first three regions (Karlovy
Vary Region, Pardubice Region, Olomouc region).
Jan Zrzavy, 14 Aug 2001
The new issue of "Vexilologie" provides a paper by Petr Exner
and Pavel Fojtik about Czech regional flags, with some more details.
Olomouc Region - the width of wavy stripe should be 1/10 of the flag
length and the wave should have three 'tops' (/\/\/\). In the attached
image, the stripe starts from the hoist margin of a flag (not from the
upper margin of the yellow field).
Jan Zrzavy, 31 Jul 2002
In looking for info about Olomouc, I came across the regional website
which has the coat-of-arms ("znak") and flag ("prapor"). Here's
the link: You can download the images from this page and they come
zipped with EPS and JPEG formats.
I've also attached GIFs of the emblems. I noticed that compare to the
flags shown on various websites, the official flag has the eagles in the
1st and 2nd quarters widened to fill more their respective spaces intead
of just using the narrower eagles from the coat-of-arms as in the FOTW
images.
Brian Ellis, 11 Dec 2002
![[Olomoucký kraj emblem]](../images/c/cz)71.gif)
image from the Olomouc
website, reported by Brian Ellis, 11 Dec 2002