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Lesser Poland Voivodeship (Polish: województwo małopolskie) is a voivodeship in southern Poland. The province's name recalls the traditional name of a historic Polish region, Lesser Poland, or in Polish: Małopolska.
Description[]
The flag of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship is a tricolour rectangle, with the aspect ratio of height to width of 5:8. It consist of three horizontal stripes: white, yellow, and red, with the top and bottom stripes being twice the size of the middle one. The proportions of the three stripes are: 2⁄5 for white and red, and 1⁄5 for yellow/gold.
Symbolism[]
The colour of the flag had been adopted from the coat of arms of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship, which depicts the white eagle with a golden (yellow) crown, legs, and a band put throw his wings, located within a red escutcheon.
History[]
The flag had been adopted by the Lesser Poland Voivodeship Sejmik, on 24 May 1999, in the resolution no. VIII/73/99. It had been designed by Barbara Widłak, Wojciech Drelicharz, and Zenon Piech.
