Flag of Masuria

The flag of Masuria was created in 1829, as the banner of the Corps Masovia Königsberg, a student corp, at the University of Königsberg, in Königsberg, East Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia), that functioned as the student association of students from the region of Masuria. The design was inspired by the French tricolour flag, and the colours stood for freedom, equality, and fraternity.^[1][3] The flag was created before the Prague Slavic Congress in 1848, at which pan-Slavic colors were adopted. The Corps Masovia Königsberg functioned until 28 October 1935, when it was dissolved from the orders of Nazi Party. It was reestablished in 2001, in Potsdam, Germany.^[4]

In the following decades the flag begun gaining popularity among Masurian people, since 1850s being hang during various events and holidays, eventually gaining huge popularity around 1875. The flag remained in general use until 1945, when in the aftermath of World War II, the expulsion of the German population from the region, then annexed into Poland. Following that the flag had fallen into obscurity. Nowadays, some organizations are attempting the revival of the flag usage in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland.^[3]

• Flag of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship