Flag of Czechia

What the flag means

• ⚪White and red — the historic colors of Bohemia
• 🔵Blue triangle — the Slavic lands (Moravia and Slovakia)

Design set by: ⁨Zákon č. 3/1993 Sb., o státních symbolech České republiky, § 4⁩ · Adopted 1993

Highlights

• 🏰 Prague's fairy-tale old town
• 🍺 Some of the world's best beer
• 🎼 The music of Dvořák
• 🌉 The beautiful Charles Bridge
• 💎 Bohemian crystal craft

Quick facts

Region

Europe · Central Europe

Population

10,886,878 people (2025)

Area

78,865 km²

Capital

Prague

Languages

Czech, Ukrainian

Currency

Czech koruna (CZK)

Organizations

United Nations, European Union, NATO, OECD

Neighboring countries

• Austria
• Germany
• Poland
• Slovakia

Land neighbors, approximated from simplified map outlines.

Symbols in History (1)

Coats of arms and emblems whose historic seat lies within this country’s present-day territory.

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  Arms of the Kingdom of Bohemia

  Kingdom of Bohemia (present-day Czech Republic) · 1198–1918 · kingdom arms

  OriginThe core shield of Bohemia — a crowned silver lion with two tails on red — is first documented on an equestrian seal of 1213. The crowned helm above it and the black wings sown with gold hearts are not attested by medieval sources; they come from a 19th-century reconstruction by Hugo Gerhard Ströhl.

  DescriptionOn a red shield a silver lion wearing a gold crown, its tail forked in two, rears on its hind legs, and both its claws and its protruding tongue are gold. Above the shield is a helm topped by a crown, and above it and to either side spreads a large black wing-shaped ornament closely studded with gold hearts.

  Source: Státní znak České republiky, jeho předchůdci a současná podoba · Vláda České republiky (Government of the Czech Republic) · Image source: Wikimedia Commons — Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Bohemia.svg · Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 · Redraw: Samhanin · Historical original works: Hugo Gerhard Ströhl