Flag of Slovakia

The current form of the national flag of the Slovak Republic was adopted by Slovakia's Constitution, which came into force on 3 September 1992. The flag of Slovakia, like many other flags of Slavic nations, uses the Pan-Slavic colours. Pictured to the left of centre of the flag is Slovakia's national coat of arms.

History

Slovakia's flag in its current form can be dated back to the revolutionary year 1848. It was also used semi-officially in Czechoslovakia before World War II, and by the Slovak Republic during World War II.
In 1990, the interior ministry tasked Ladislav Čisárik, a painter and heraldic artist, and Ladislav Vrtel, an expert in heraldry, with creating a new coat of arms and national flag. Čisárik and Vrtel based their designs for a modern coat of arms of Slovakia and flag on an existing 14th-century coat of arms of Hungary. However, Čisárik and Vrtel chose to enlarge the double cross three times to emphasize it as a national symbol. In addition to the national coat of arms and the national flag, the duo also designed a new presidential standard, which incorporates the double cross as well.
The new flag was finally adopted on 1 March 1990 as the flag of the Slovak Republic within Czechoslovakia. The coat of arms was added on 3 September 1992 and a special law describing the details of the flag followed in February 1993, after Slovakia became an independent country.

Since the first tricolor flag of Slovakia without the coat of arms was inspired by the flag of Russia since the revolutionary year 1848, the Constitution of Slovakia in September 1992 added the national coat of arms at the hoist side, and surrounding by a narrow white fringe.
It is one of 28 national flags that contain overtly Christian symbols.