Quick note: I say that after the Hungarian Communists were defeated a republican government took over, technically it was a regent acting on behalf of a monarch so a little more complicated than I made out.
Hi, Hungaria (from Slovakia) here. First of all, pretty good summary Hilbert, not many foreign historians research Hungarian history well enough to get the details right. To be honest the use of the Hungarian flag is a bit of a mess. First of all, Hungary uses 23 historical flags on important national events. (Link: hu.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magyar_t%C3%B6rt%C3%A9nelmi_z%C3%A1szl%C3%B3sor) Funny thing is, none of the current 2, the red white and green or the red white and green with the coat of arms is part of the 23 mentioned above. Now it gets complicated: it is true that during the 'rendszerváltás' (literally means 'regime change' but it only refers to the 1989 regime change... Hungary had MANY regime changes in it's 1100 year long history) there was no new law regarding the flag. What did eventually change is the coat of arms ('címer' in Hungarian). So the coat of arms you show in the thumbnail and in the video is the current/valid coat of arms of Hungary. Now here is the part where it gets really complicated/ interesting! The OFFICIAL flag of Hungary is WITHOUT the coat of arms, meaning it's just red white and green... HOWEVER the flag with the coat of arms could be used by individuals and even by state offices and local authorities WITHOUT ANY LEGAL PENALTY. So to sum it all up: red white and green is the official flag, the one with the coat of arms is semi-official. P.s.: Hilbert, a good advice, please don't use the phrase 'rebellion' when talking about the 1848/49 Hungarian revolution especially if Hungarians are around. P.p.s.: Now there are actually banned flags/symbols in Hungary. Hungary is unique in this aspect because it banned both far- right and far- left symbolism. Meaning the communist flag (1948-56) and any related symbolism as well as the arrow- cross (Hungarian nazi) flag and the swastika (German nazi) flag is banned. That's the reason why there's no real Antifa presence (unlike the US or Germany) nor is there a communist party in Hungary. On the other hand the far- right found a loophole in this law, they started to use the Árpád flag (red and white) for some weird reason which is part of the 23 historical flags to avoid being arrested or fined. Fortunately the far-right activity has been on the decline since the 2006 riots which was the peak year of neo- nazi movements.
@@stanleysmith7551 Rendszerváltás means system change. Unlike you or the Romanians we did not have a revolution, we just voted off the commies. And why would calling 1848 a revolution is an issue? It was a revolution and we learning about it like that. We have Red White and Green in our coat of arms since the 1300s. On antifa, there is no antifa in Russia either while they still using the red commie flag
@@stanleysmith7551 I really like reading "local" perspectivies and comments like yours! It's possibly the best part of UA-cam comments. IMhumbleO Thank you! ✌️🌏☮️
As a Hungarian I can say that the 4 white stripes on the red base comes from the 4 big river historically great Hungary had. That’s why Árpád house adoptes it
Nope, it is Imre I.'s coat of arm, and moat probably it is following an Iberian pattern, basicly Imre made a nice alteration of his wife's (Constance of Aragon) coat of arm. He turned the stripes horizontal and changed the gold stripes to silve (white). Basicly theses tripes have more to do with Catalonia's flag then with our rivers :DD
Helo! This is the first video I’ve ever seen from you, and you did a really good job. However as a Hungarian historian, I noticed some minor mistakes which are need to be corrected in my opinion. In 1849, the Hungarian Diet dethroned the Habsburg dynasty and the coat of arms changed as well with it. They used the so called “Kossuth címer” (Kossuth coat of arms) which is basically the Hungarian coat of arms but without the crown and the shape of the crest is slightly different as well. However, oficially the Government form was still Monarchy. In 1945-46 the second Hungarian Republic was proclaimed (communists were in minority in the government during that period). The Hungarians were sick of Monarchy as well (even though, between 1920-1944, Hungary was a Monarchy without a monarch) and the people gladly removed the crown from the crest without Soviet pressure. Communists came to power in 1947 after a controversial election. After the revolution of 1956, there was a coat of arms in the officially used flag - as far as I can remember- called the “Kádár címer” (Kádár coat of arms, named after the leader of Hungary between 1956-1989). If you need sources, feel free to contact me. But as I mentioned, you did an absolutely fine job!
The "Kádár címer" was an "internal" flag as it was used mostly within the country. Officially the flag was the red-white-green flag. It is very similar to the situation regarding the Hungariyan Constitution. Even though the constitution was a sort of copy of the russian one it actually never stated the state to be a dictatorship. (I know it is complicated but very interesting!) So basically the state was "in constitution" a democracy with a democratic constitution and the socialist government was basically above the law and used decrees/statutes to form "law" and rule the country. This is one of the reasons why we did not have to accept a new constitution after the regime change and we did not have to change the flag. Because according to law they were democratic. Personally as a political scientist I find it both amazing and hilariously funny. Also I would prefer the "Kossuth címer" as an official coat of arms and the slim flag without any addition. Also the name Republic of Hungary.
@@humorpalanta Exactly, thank you for your supplement. So do I prefer "Kossuth címer". That would be more appropriate, especially when Hungarian politicians claim themselves as the legacy of revolutionaires of 1848 and 1956.
There was a referendum planned around 1990 about what kind of coat of arms people want, the traditional one, or the stripped Kossuth kind (was supported by post communists and the infamous, ~foreign supported "Free Democrats", who later fallen out from the parliament, who always hated the traditions, called them nationalism, and always wanted to erase the past). People in huge majority supported the traditional one, and there was no question what will be voted, so the parliament finally decided to use the traditional one, and the referendum was cancelled.
Both variants are equally used both by the government, government agencies, local governments and civilians. I've never noticed any pattern or system behind it. It's completely random like whichever version they manage to get their hands on when they need a new flag. I saw a chess tournament not long ago and at these tournaments they place mini flags next to the players and even at the same chess tournament there was no consistency. :D Again, whatever they can find as long as it's a legal variant. There's also a third variant where the coat of arms is smaller and only appears on the white stripe. I think this one is only used by civilians.
It is always depending on the political views of the government. If they want to emphasize the past, they use the one with the seal. Both are officially legitimate though.
Hello Hilbert. I enjoy these videos as I always liked flags, going back to learning them as a kid and trying to match them with family atlases that showed the border changes across the last century. I heard about some of this from asking about "Magyar" stamps back then, which always seemed to be my favourite ones. It tied in well with recently seeing some Great War channel videos about the period after 1918. Happy New Year to you and anyone reading this comment.
In Hungary we mostly use the flag without the emblem. Great video overall. (Foot note you mispronounced the three mountain ranges. The Mátra, Tátra and Fátra. The 'á' is not an 'e' sound, it is stronger and somewhat longer Spanish/German like 'a' sound.)
Yeah, it started well, but _á_ and _é_ were very bad. 3:50 Tátra, Mátra, Fátra - I had to look up what he was talking about. _Á_ sounds like _a_ in far or father. _É_ sounds like _a_ in way, so Béla is not Bilá. 4:24
Awesome video Hilbert! My wife who is Hungarian loved it. Can you do a video on the evolution of the Austrian flag? From the days of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Empire, Austria-Hungary, the Federal State of Austria to the present day. Thanks
The story that I heard was that the crown got bent at the top because someone shut the iron box it was held in too quickly Can you IMAGINE being that guy? I'd just jump off the highest tower in the land, save the executioner the trouble
That guy didn't exist. The Holy Crown of Hungary is about a thousand years old, some say even older. The cross simply loosened during that time and some time in the 18th century they've fixed it so it won't rattle. Now, we know that the crown got abused quite a lot, but the closig too fast guy is a legend basically.
@@peterbaan9671 Well at least it's a known legends instead of me misremembering, certainly too neat and funny to be a real story. History is much more mundane most of the time.
@@peterbaan9671 Which guy? Well one part of it is a couple hundred years older than 1000 (Byzantine part) the other parts after the reign of St. Stephen. But I am sure you already know that. Closing and dropping it is pretty much disproved yes, however multiple times for long time it was hidden and dug down (being taking in a box on horse etc could have 'smashed it' perhaps, or by some reason when dug down. Doesn't need much since it is a fragile easily vounerable part. The main mystery is perhaps when it happened, could be during Habsburgs, during revolts or before. However depiction from middle of 1800s show it not crooked, whilst depictions from late 1700s show it crooked. Older depictions show a different form so it could also have undergone changes (which it did on every other part so its logical). It should be looked into more by historians and other academics.
@@therealignotus7549 It is indeed the "canon" that the crown was made out of two pieces, but one of the goldsmiths who had the opportunity to take a close look at it claimed that the parts doesn't make sense separately. I believe him more than the currently accepted theory, because that one is dumb. Anyway, the box which was housing the crown and the rest of the crown jewels is on display and it's just a reinforced box with no inserts or anything. That's why there is no guy who closed it too fast, the crown was probably damaged and repaired multiple times during the last at least 1000 years. There are multiple depictions, but especially after the Habsburgs took over, virtually nobody saw the crown irl. It was only worn on coronation ceremonies and they were rare. So for one to depict it correctly had to have: - Art talent - Access to the crown for a sufficient amount of time - The urge and permission or commission to depict it Which was very rare and even rarely survived history. Most of what survives today are copies of earlier drawings and texts. Also some of the drawings were created from text and the artist never saw the crown. Yes, the crown had some changes, earlier texts claim the picture on the back was Virgin Mary and not Michael VII Doukas. Also it had 5 pendants originally, now it has 7. Yes, it needs to be researched more and also we need to pay attention more to those who know a thing or two about goldsmithing, because historians were clearly failed us multiple times.
You can see both really. The Holy Crown has a really interesting history too. Hungary and the Hungarian language in general all do. And just as the three hills represent mountains the silver stripes came to represent the rivers Danube, Tisa, Drava and Sava.
Oláh Miklós esztergomi érsek a mohácsi csata után Hungária c. művében írja: ősi címerünket zöld hármashalmon fehér kettőskereszttel Atila királytól örököltük!!!
First of all, thx for the video :) The Árpád dynasty didn't just lose power, the main branch died out. Their symbol stayed on the coat of arms of kings after them, because they were all related. In fact, even the Royal Family of the UK is related to them as well. The rebellion wasn't lasted a year. It was recognized at first, then the king vas deposed and Franz Joseph walked back on the recognition. After that, it was an independence war and not a rebellion really. But that last one is nitpicking :) Also while I nitpick, the whole thing was about 1,5 year not one :D :P 1919 - No, the communists weren't crushed by foreign powers. The commies looted everything that wasn't nailed down, murdered and then simply fled. Also, the people rebelled against them. It did happen at the same time when the Romanian army pushed through, but that's a coincidence. Also-also, there is a major part missing: There were a hippie revolution of sorts in 1918, they even removed the crown from the flag, which was pretty similar to the '47 flag, but the shield shape was different. They are also the ones who should be blaimed for the previously mentioned defeat, because they started to demlilitarize the country and let the neighboring countries take territories with ethnic Hungarians lived at the time. '57 - No, it was in '56, less than two weeks after the rebellion started Current use: Both versions official, but the flag with the crest is special, it can only be used (without permission) basically by the government and its extensions. So, the Parliament, the Judical branch, the head of state, the army, etc. The rest of us can use the plain flag.
And also, in 1849 the hungarian revolution wasn't technically crushed by the Habsburg Empire, because they were busy fighting with the italians too. Therefor they didn't have enough power, and they asked Nicholas I of Russia to help them out. The hungarian army insisted to only surrender to the russians. No austrian soldier were allowed there.
The Hungarian crown that included in the coat of arms actually has a hungarian king ruled after Stephen and byzantine emperor (also ruled after Stephen) on it. In Hungary one of the current version of the crown origin story states it is 2 crowns merged together one is that contains the images I mentioned above (greek crown) and one with unknown origin (latin crown). Also the cross on top is a later addition and was originally straight.
That Byzantine Emperor is Michael VII Doukas and his image is clearly a later addition as the picture is bigger than the placeholder slot and it’s placed there rather shoddily compared to the Christian saints that appear to be originals.
It is simply not reasonable how can someone call something for a crown which cannot stay on a head, Sorry but someone who can accept this stupidity that a cross-strap can be a crown - that worth their own "crown" : the fool's cap :D ¤¤¤ Also this actual fake science can stay on in "official" science meanwhile the also known the so called "parts" were created with the same technique :D at the same time ... as after some centuries some techniques are fading away - so cannot be done such thing again. Some of the small parts cannot be redo actually as the technique as it was created is not known anymore. Not even the exact ingredients of some material. Someone accepts it they worth to sit on a donkey or mule backward -- facing the butts - meanwhile the animal driven someone who cry out loud : "-- Look at this fool and pity the hapless !" More written material from different sources should be read about our Holy Crown before post something stupidity about it. Long live and prosper !
Your last sentence contains some truth - the cross is a later addition - originally the crown has a symbol on top that belongs to the Scythian past, so it must be Scythian. The most possible is a Turul or a double cross , which menas God , as it always ment 'Egy' prononced in Hungarian this sound of 'gy' or smoothed 'd' and means also the first number : Egy, so God.
@@jmeneshaton Bocsi, hogy csalódást kell okozzak, de a turulnak, a szkítáknak, vagy a magyar nomád hagyományok és vallásnak a magyar koronához abszolút nincs köze, az egész egy nagyon szigorúan keresztény valamint feudális szimbólumokkal ellátott keresztény ékszer főleg görög/bizánci valamint kevés nyugat-európai motívummal. Ha ez nem tetszik ajánlom felkeresésre a parlament kupolacsarnokát, ott megtekinteni a koronát, elolvasni néhány kutatást amit olyanok végeztek akik "kézben is tarthatták" a koronát.
1:29 red, white, green. The video is great! Some comment on the end of the video: The current hungarian constitution says, that the coat of arms and the flag without the coat of arms is the official symbols of Hungary, but it says too, that the coat of arms and the flag can be used as other historical versions were used too. This usage is regulated by a special law.
Theoretically, the colours of the Árpád dynasty weren't white and red, but silver and red. I don't know exactly why but somewhere it became white. But originally it was silver.
During the regime change (1989) there was a debate that the coat of arms should keep the crown on the top or should it be removed. The did not remove it at the end because they said that with the crown on top it represents the continuity of the hungarian state, and symbolises that this is the same state that was founded by Saint Stephen I.
Wow, Hilbert. Very nice information. I didn't know the representation in the coat of arms in the flag, as why they used that colors in the flag of that former grand kingdom
Hi Hilbert, I am from Hungary (as I see many commenters below are), and I studied history for the appropriate number of years, but I wasn't aware of how our flag is composed (and also not aware of some of the changes)! Thanks for the video, it was really educational and contained just the right amount of details!
As a Hungarian i have to mention that the double cross is the apostolic double cross, as the Hungarian kings were given the apostolic title by the Pope. Thats the official story. Thus starting from Stephen I every king was the Apostolic King of the Kingdom of Hungary.
Sorry but not the Pope gave us, as the Hungarian kings , just as Stephen I. also established all the churches in the Hungarian Kingdom. just as the Pope had not send the Holy Crown to the king. If the Pope sent any crown it was not the coronation crown. The Apostolic title goes to the kingdom, the Hungarian king is an Apostol - this came from this and earlier acts happened by leaders in Pannonia. The referred this last one by Stephen generally as the scythian king or Hungarian king in person of Stephen I selected and voted to Rome leading christian churches Against byzantine version - established such churches in the Kingdom and established closer connections to Rome. He made it to so called catholic - that means universal - at least that was the intent , as it that time the christian church was parted to Rome led smaller and Constantine established official romanian where the main priest were always the Byzantine emperor only later the patriarch. And also some independent smaller churches were as well. Think about it : in the time of Atilla there were no Pope - that main priest was just bishop of Rome. So as the most strong kingdom and power in Europe he could established or tried to establish a unified christian churches. This gave the veto rights to them at the election of Pope, only the Hungarian king has that right. Franz Joseph was the last king who could use it to block a Pope to be selected for election. Some years later there was get off by a sinodus or conference -- those who had not right to take away that right. as it was not given by a Pope as the later Popes were not Apostle just as the Hungarian kings were.
Oláh Miklós esztergomi érsek a mohácsi csata után Hungária c. művében írja: ősi címerünket zöld hármashalmon fehér kettőskereszttel Atila királyunktól örököltük!!!
A very tiny error: 4:15 is a picture of a Serbian Tzar Dušan. At that time, Serbia was independent form Byzantine for some 100+ years. Tzardom of Serbia is basically the continuation of the Byzantine tradition and art, so this portrait is painted in the same fashion as Byzantine ones and has all those Orthodox motifs and items, so we can consider it the same. But since I felt a little bit of national pride when I saw the picture, just wanted to point this fact out :)
Hey, cheers from Hungary. You did a good job putting this together. About the flags: the flag with the coat of arms is like a more elegant version of the flag, and both are used. Also both of the crests are used separately from the flag, the "small crest" and the "large crest" including the angels.
Hello. As far as I know the flag without the coat of arms represents Hungary the country itself, and the flag with the coat of arms represents the hungarian nation with every hungarian inside or outside the borders of today's Hungary. Good video. Thanks for making a video about our little country.
Hey, the video was great but there were some mistakes, The Árpád-dynasty's "male line" died out and there was no heir for the throne! So it didn't lost power. The Patriarchal Cross was used by the most Orthodox Nations in Eastern Europe, for example Serbian's had it with White cross on Golden flag or Red cross on White flag! And the Hungarian Rebellion in 1848-49 wasn't destroyed by the Austrian's, the Austrian army was pretty weakened and the war was turning after Hungarian campaign's in Spring of 1849 called "Spring Campaign" but after the Austrians left the Country in the Summer of 1849, because of great losses and bad cohesion! And when they once more entered Hungary to destroy the Hungarian Rebellion they made an Alliance with the Russian Empire! And the Hungarian Army wasnt able to fight against 2 major empire's!
We mainly use the plain tricolor, without any coat of arms, that's a different matter entirely, great video btw, full of usefull and interesting informations, keep it up!!!
The one without the coat of arms is used most often. Usually when government agencies or local governments have to use it they will go with the official one and many people also use the official flag, but also a lot of people prefer the one with the coat of arms. So altogether the offical flag is used most often.
The colours have meaning where the red means power, the white is for loyalty and green represents hope. Also on the coat of arms the 4 white (originally silver) lines stand for the 4 main rivers of the Hungarian kingdom, the Danube (Dúna), Tisza, Drava and Sava The double cross actually has a religious meaning of Egypt being united in 1800 BC, and on the coat of arms we're told here that it represented Hungary being a Christian Kingdom.
Greetings from your neighbor from Serbia. I am always interested in content related to Hungary. I've been in Budapest, last July, at Pearl Jam concert. I've noticed a lot of calm people, in no rush. I liked that, so I hope I'll visited soon again. Lot of greetings from Belgrade! 👋👍✌
As a hungarian living in romania, I almost always see the hungarian flag whit the coat of arms cause we were part of hungary during the eras whit those flags.
@@voffbe Hát Brassóban a román magyar megeggyezés még a jobbik eset úgyh. itt nem, de a helyeken ahol a magyar román rány 50-50 ott úgy hallottam nagyobb a feszültség. Mondjuk az őseim székelyföldiek úgyh. tervezek visszamenni.
The difference between the two flags: Without coat of arms: Hungarian national flag With coat of arms: state flag (government, president of the republic, constitutional court, parliament, etc.)
Hi Hilbert, intresting videó, good work! Sadly the history and simbolysm of the coat of arms is quite a mess, you made several inaccurat asumptions but many topic is still actively debated so its too dificult to include in a short video anyways.
Nowadays, the pure red-white-green represents present day Hungary, the one with the coat of arms also is in use, representing the unity of all hungarians líving in Carpathian basin and all over the world.
i am from Hungary, and you forgot the trianon and versay agrument. this is 2 important thing with out that no one can understand fully the Hungarian people :)
Hiii!! So in hungary we use both flags (both the simple tricolor and the one with the coat of arms). But there are flags that you didn't talked about. For an example with Szent István (Stephan l) our flag was full red and had a zigzag-is shape, like Nepal, then we had flags with just crosses on and with also an interesting shape, on those flags we mostly used different symbols from the coat of arms, then we had the Anjou flag after the Árpáds died out, then one from Luxemburgi Zsigmond and (big time jump) one from 1918 when there where no crown on the coat of arms Also there are some minor mistakes with the spelling like Béla isn't spelled with an 'i', 'é' is like uh.. Like in w *a* y or when you spelled 'magyar' it sounded like 'Madzsar' which is kindau nderstandable beacuse 'gy' and 'dzs' are similar, but 'dzs' is like *gy* m or *je* welry and 'gy' well.. There aren't much words pronounced with a 'gy'. Ofc the hungarian language is pretty hard so I don't blame you, sometimes even we, Hungarians misspell it lol Good video tho, keep up the good work!! Sok szeretet Magyarországról!!💓💖
One thing you forgot to mention is that the First Hungarian Republic would actually adopt a new coat of arms from 1918 to 1919 which did not have the crown at all but it had the simple shape of the current coat of arms.
It is a common misconception that prior to the 1867 compromise it was just Habsburg Empire, that is Austria, and the Hungarian Kingdom did not exist and only in 1867 the Habsburgs acknowledged the separate Hungarian Kingdom. You also said something like that. Well the Hungarian Kingdom existed throughout the Habsburg rule, the Emperor had to be crowned separately with the Hungarian Crown to become the King of Hungary and assume the right to rule Hungary. The Hungarian Kingdom was always a separate entity within the Habsburg Empire and the term Austria never covered Hungary. Without being crowned by the Saint Hungarian Crown he/she had no legitime right to rule Hungary, so anyone could have just ignore his/her decisions. There were attempts to ignore this, like in the case of Joseph II who did not crown himself with the Hungarian Crown, but he therefore had to revoke all of his decisions later on, as he made them illegitim. So the Hungarian Kingdom existed continuously from the year 1000. The only difference was that during the Habsburg rule the Habsburg Kings acknowledged only partial selfgovernence of the Hungarian nation: eg. even if there was a Hungarian Parliament (Diet) in Pozsony (today Bratislava) it had limited relevance and the Austrian secret police kept the developments under control. For instance the representatives of the Hungarian nation should have elected and approve the king and the Habsburgs obviously ignored or rather, they made sure that only loyal Hungarian nobels had a right to vote. All financial decisions were made in Vienna, keeping Hungary relatively undeveloped. Hence Hungarians rebelled against the Habsburg rule and the Compromise in 1867 fixed these acknowledging the separate Hungarian government with complex selfgovernance.
A of the law in power, since the year 2011, no coat of arms is included in the official flag, and only selected governmental bodies (explicitly listed in the text) are allowed to use the second version, which includes the coat of arms in formal circumstances. However, non-official use of it is widespread and generally accepted.
Hey, that was good! I’m Hungarian, and at one point dabbled in heraldry and vexillology, so have an idea of this, as well as Hungary. I’m a military historian, so have needed to keep up with dynasties, flags and what-not! A few nit-pics: 7 39. “A kingdom within the Austro-Hungarian Empire” Let me clarify. Hungary never ceased to be a kingdom, just as Bohemia or Croatia didn’t. The way the Hapsburgs ruled them was as kings of these kingdoms which were much older than Austria. Interestingly, even under Austrian rule, Hungary kept a kind of autonomy, with its own parliament (often ignored by the Hapsburg kings) and its local administrative units, the counties, which go back to St. Stephen’s time. Also, very importantly, while there was an Austrian Empire, there was never an Austro-Hungarian Empire. The correct term found on documents of the time was Austro-Hungarian Dual Monarchy. People then and now called it the “Danube Monarchy” or simply “The Monarchy”. The idea of an A-H Empire has sinister roots, coming from the British Propaganda Department. The flag and CoA: The laws have it, as you said, as the standard tricolour, but the coat of arms is included in certain places and official events under Law no. CCII of 2011.
Hello! I'm Hungarian and this is the first video I see abot an English guy making a video about the Hungarian flag! Btw most commonly we use the flag without the coat of arms
hello. I am from Hungary and we usually use the plane red, white and green stripes without the simbol but if you are lucky you can see ane on a goverment building
The flag without the crown is the official state flag flag used by the government and also the official civil flag while the flag without the crown holds a status as an unofficial state flag
I'm hungarian, I live in Hungary, and on national holidays there are flags displayed on the street on street lamps and such, and they're almost always the regular tricolor without the coat of arms, and it's quite rare to see the version with the coat of arms, but you can find it in some places! Thanks for the video, learned some new things about my own country!
Very well made video, it's also historically accurate, but I would also confirm what others said here: the 4 stripes are representing the rivers of the Carpathian Basin and they were actually silver on the original coat of arms. But everything you said was correct. As for today's flag I like both versions, but I can imagine that they will restore the one with the coat of arms as Orbán would pretty much crown himself as king of Hungary if he could :D
Hello. The video was very well done. I would like to say the following things as positive criticism, I don't want to offend you. 1., At 1.31 you said that . "Red, yellow and green." In reality, it is not yellow, but white. What you say in 7.19 is white instead of yellow. (Why am I dating this little mistake? 🤷♂️) 2., At the Árpád strip, the white stripes indicate/indicated the four big rivers found in the "great" Hungarian nation: Danube, Tisza, Ráva and Száva. I think the video was very well done, I hope that you will make the flags of other nations with such precision and dedication.
2 points I want to make. The modern flag has different dimensions fron the royal flag. It's 2:3, compared to the 1:2. Second, I'm a littlw disappointed you didn't talk more about the Austria-era Great Hungary crest, which I think is the most interesting. Flanked by the 2 angels, you can see the Hungarian crest in the center surrounded by local crests. These include Szeklerland, Slavonia, Croatia, Transylvania, etc.
I've looked into the legal details if anyone's interested. The original Hungarian coat of arms was - for all intents and purposes - banned between 1950 and 1989 though I don't think there was an actual law stating this but in practice the police would've taken you away for using it. In 1990, after the fall of communism, the coat of arms was restored but not onto the flag as the video also states. That didn't stop people from using it on the flag though. So in 1995, instead of trying to strictly police the usage of the flag, the government decided to make it a valid alternative basically legalising the already existing custom. (1995. LXXXIII.) This allowed double usage was reaffirmed in the 2011. CCII. law which is still in effect today. Having the empty flag as the main one is a legacy of goulash communism but it will probably stay this way as opinions on it are divided. Some say Hungary had the first horizontally red-white-green flag so there's no need for us to differentiate it with the coat of arms. Others say the coat of arms and the flag are two different symbols and should not be mixed. Other people believe that the one with the coat of arms should be the state flag, while the empty one should be the ethnic flag. Also there are people who prefer the empty flag because their political views don't agree with the symbolism of the coat of arms. So this allowed double usage is probably the best solution which will stay and yes, it is random. :D
We dont view the coat of arms as a part of the flag, however it can be placed on the flag. It doesnt change the flag itself though. Official buildings have the flag with the coat of arms because both are individually official symbols of the country. With or without the coat of arms, we dont think the two verssions of the flag is two versions. They are the same flag. The coat of arms is just an extra symbol by itself, it doesnt change the flag per se
There used to be a Hungarian cultural centre near my home. For a while they flew a Hungarian flag with the coat-of-arms center cut out! It looked like when Fearless Fosdick in the comic strip LI'L ABNER would shoot up a place and leave big round bullet holes everywhere...
There are more layers with regards to the cross. The cross on the triple hill means Holy Land which is an ancient symbol. Of course it’s widely used by Christianity. Furthermore the symbol itself is a letter (eGY) in the old Hungarian runic alphabet (with the meaning ONE) in latin letter written GY, and in English prononced something like “dj”. EGY-Ház=One-Unity-Holy-Saint. Kings of Hungary has got apostolic title from Rome pope therefore double cross has a second (less sophisticated) meaning as apostolic cross, but nothing to do with Byzantine, since the Apostolic kings had got special power and privilege from the Roman Catholic Church. All in all the cross standing on a triple mount is also a symbol from ancient times. The royal coat of arms is depicted with angels, which is also can be seen on the Hero’s square in Budapest (Archangel Gabriel holds the Hungarian Holy Crown and the apostolic double cross in his hands). So I would choose this nice flag with the 2 angels.
Great video! The president of the republic is also entitled to use the coat of arms with two angels as shield holders, and the prime minister is also entitled to use the coat of arms surrounded by oak branches and olive branches.
I remember there was a national vote regarding the flag during the regime change, between the tricolor flag without the coat of arms, with the Kossuth coat of arms, and with the coat of arms with the Royal Crown. The result of the election favored the one with the Royal Crown, so I suppose that is the official national flag, although in reality both that one and the simple tricolor are used.
Fun fact: In the 1956 revolution, Hungary put bowls on the ground to stop the tanks it didn’t but it worked as the Soviets thought they were land mines and dared to not go over them
I didnt know that "Fun with flags" are really exsists. Thank you great video. I more often see the one with army coat. I was in belief that it is the official. I just see them at official events like the speach of the Ministerpresident. You pronounced perfectly the hungarian words. It is really rare so i had to mentioned :-) Dont mind the critical voices. This is just the know it all hungarian virtue. Ask them about the milestones of the human kind they wont know nothing... Have a nice day. I love history channalls so i subscribed. :-)
My family moved to Canada and America after the collapse of the Soviet Union and its satellites. I fly the austro-hungarian flag but would love to just get a tricolour with the coat of arms by itself to fly as well
Hi! This was an interesting journey in our history. About the flag: the official flag is the one without the crest. Our constitution defines the meaning of the colors: red is for power, strength, white is for allegiance, green is for hope. The coat of arms, including the Holy Crown of Hungary, is the official symbol of the state. The flag with this coat of arms is defined as the "ceremonial flag", and the use of this variant is not obligatory for anyone, nor the public institutions. But if you go out to an international sports event where Hungarian supporters occur, you will probably see the ceremonial flag in their hands. :-)
I am a half Slovakian half Hungarian living in Slovakia and what I see is that the version with the coat of arms is used by more nationalistic people, I guess is more exciting :}. What I wanted to ask is how come you dated the double cross to the 12th century ? We in Slovakian schools learn that the Byzantine symbol came when saint Constantine and Method came to the Great Moravian empire to give the Slavs there their own alphabet and translate the Bible. Which happened in the 9th century and what would explain why was the double cross more important in the upper part of Hungary (Felvidék). Is this false ?
@@charliezobel511 I solved this dilemma by not watching football XD. For context I will add that I am from Dunajska Streda (Dunaszerdahely) so trust me that it was really a dilemma.
@Rudolf Nosek of course Dunaszerdahely is the correct name seeing my dad came from Transylvania. I'm probably the only person in all of Lincolnshire who always checks up your on your local team's score every single game they play, hajrá DAC!
The double cross on the coat of arms is dated from the 12th century as it first appears on coins minted by Béla III. It became part of the royal coat of arms under Béla IV in the 1230’s. The mound appears in the 1300’s to keep the cross from floating but on most depictions it’s a single mound or a Gothic clover motif. It came to be three mounds in the 1400’s and became distinct elongated hills in the late 1500’s. It is possible that earlier Slavs used the double cross as well as emblems but there is scant evidence for that and elaborate coats of arms and flags were not in style in the 900’s.
both are standard and identify us. but of course the coat of arms is an older sign and refers to the kingdom. btw the government widely use it on any official documents as signature/stamp/graphics. it's the default sign of the hungarian state. even in schools there is a plate above the board with a coat of arms in every classrooms. also have to mention that the kossuth (kossuth címer) version is famous too and it's a symbol of the hungarian revolution and the independent republic.
Starting from the premise that Almos , Arpad and most of their direct descendents had names of Turkic origin , and also taking into account some other aspects , the hypothesis of their Kabar - Khazar ? origin was held as valid .
According to modern genetic studies, the Hungarians were always in Europe (i.e they arrived with other humans in the prehistoric ages). Because everybody has 1000+ grandparents and everybody mixed over the centuries, thus Hungarians could also have a genetic impact from outside Europe. Nowadays many Hungarians are making personal genetic tests and the majority of Hungarians have similar results. According to these genetic tests, the Hungarians have a vast amount of shared genomes with local ancient Stone Age and Bronze age samples from the Carpathian Basin which was the western part of the Scythian civilization and where later the Hungarian state was established around 900. Hungarians also have a big Scythian impact on their genetics from the Scythians and from Scythian folks (Sakas, Sarmatians, Huns, Avars, Hungarian tribes of Árpád). And of course, Hungarians have Germanic and Slavic genetic impacts. Hungarian people look similar to their neighbors and Hungarian genetics are similar to their neighbors (Austria, Croatia, Czechia, East Germany, Moldova, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Transylvania, and Ukraine). The genetics of today’s Hungarians match with a vast amount of Stone Age and Bronze Age local Carpathian Basin ancient genetic samples, and the Carpathian Basin locates at the center of Europe. The horses were domesticated in the Eurasian Steppe. This 8000 km long area was the ancient homeland of the horse archer Scythian folks, the Scythian core region locates above the Black Sea in Europe, they were a tribal confederation, and the Proto-Hungarian tribes were among them. The western end of the Eurasian steppe zone is the Carpathian Basin, and the eastern end is the Ordos region, there are very rich Scythian archeological findings in the whole Eurasian Steppe, in the Carpathian Basin (Central Europe), in East China and in Mongolia too. It was a continuous movement of the horse archer Scythian nations between the west and the east in the past. The Carpathian Basin had constantly a base population and according to the latest archaeogenetics results, this base population had a relationship with the returning nations. There were many comebacks from Scythia in many waves such as the Iazyges, the Sarmatians, the Huns, the Avars, the Hungarians. The Scythian-Hungarian affinity was declared in medieval sources. According to modern genetic studies, the Proto-Hungarians admixed with Sarmatians and Huns, and the old Hungarian tribes of Grand Prince Árpád were a less homogeneous group than today's Hungarians in the conquering Hungarian period. The blood oath was a Scythian tradition and many tribes together became a new nation through this custom. The name of the tribal confederation always came from the name of the strongest leading tribe, who was raised on the shield, and who was the elected leader among them. But it was more tribes always in the Carpathian Basin. Hungary was called "Magyar-country" in the Hungarian language because Árpád from the Megyer tribe was raised on the shield, and his tribe, and he was the elected leader.
I just want to get some justice for the hungarian freedom fighters in 1848-49: the rebels were quickly driven out of budapest by the austrians and the government relocated to debrecen. Then there was the "glorious spring campaign" where they drove them out of hungary and had the chance to march on vienna. The revolution was crushed by the austrians, russian and anti hungarian rebellions. The famous surrender at Világos was to the russian general and not the austrians showing who really beaten the hungarians
Domestically both versions are official, and both are used interchangeably. At the international scene, the horizontal red-white-green tricolor represents Hungary. If we change that, then any possible future countries, states or organizations could claim it. At sport events the one with the coat of arms is more common as it appears more patriotic, whereas when someone creates a multilingual webpage, text, description, etc., then the tricolor "does the job".
Nem igazán van igazad. A Magyarország Alaptörvénye elég egyértelmű ebben a kérdésben. Hivatalosan a magyar zászló: "Magyarország zászlaja három, egyenlő szélességű, sorrendben felülről piros, fehér és zöld színű, vízszintes sávból áll, amelyben a piros szín az erő, a fehér szín a hűség, a zöld szín a remény jelképe." Majd: "A címer és a zászló a történelmileg kialakult más formák szerint is használható. A címer és a zászló használatának részletes szabályait, valamint az állami kitüntetéseket sarkalatos törvény határozza meg."
As a Hungarian, one change I would like to see is to change the sides from 1:2 to an other proportion (3:5 would be the best). Regarding the coat of arms, I don't think it is necessary to put it back on, but I wouldn't be so upset if they did
Hello! I am Hungarian. One flag is for the international use, and the other is for national use. The simple flag is for international use only, because the citizens and leaders of some countries can be sensitively affected by the coat of arms.
well,i'm from Hungary and i like both of the flags,and i just see the one whitout anything in the center of the flag often and abt the change,i don't really think we should,it's perfect for me what kind of flag we have right now
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I was hoping to see your usual comment here! Started to miss it! Greetings from Hungary! 🙂
Quick note: I say that after the Hungarian Communists were defeated a republican government took over, technically it was a regent acting on behalf of a monarch so a little more complicated than I made out.
Hi, Hungaria (from Slovakia) here. First of all, pretty good summary Hilbert, not many foreign historians research Hungarian history well enough to get the details right. To be honest the use of the Hungarian flag is a bit of a mess. First of all, Hungary uses 23 historical flags on important national events. (Link: hu.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magyar_t%C3%B6rt%C3%A9nelmi_z%C3%A1szl%C3%B3sor) Funny thing is, none of the current 2, the red white and green or the red white and green with the coat of arms is part of the 23 mentioned above. Now it gets complicated: it is true that during the 'rendszerváltás' (literally means 'regime change' but it only refers to the 1989 regime change... Hungary had MANY regime changes in it's 1100 year long history) there was no new law regarding the flag. What did eventually change is the coat of arms ('címer' in Hungarian). So the coat of arms you show in the thumbnail and in the video is the current/valid coat of arms of Hungary. Now here is the part where it gets really complicated/ interesting! The OFFICIAL flag of Hungary is WITHOUT the coat of arms, meaning it's just red white and green... HOWEVER the flag with the coat of arms could be used by individuals and even by state offices and local authorities WITHOUT ANY LEGAL PENALTY. So to sum it all up: red white and green is the official flag, the one with the coat of arms is semi-official.
P.s.: Hilbert, a good advice, please don't use the phrase 'rebellion' when talking about the 1848/49 Hungarian revolution especially if Hungarians are around.
P.p.s.: Now there are actually banned flags/symbols in Hungary. Hungary is unique in this aspect because it banned both far- right and far- left symbolism. Meaning the communist flag (1948-56) and any related symbolism as well as the arrow- cross (Hungarian nazi) flag and the swastika (German nazi) flag is banned. That's the reason why there's no real Antifa presence (unlike the US or Germany) nor is there a communist party in Hungary. On the other hand the far- right found a loophole in this law, they started to use the Árpád flag (red and white) for some weird reason which is part of the 23 historical flags to avoid being arrested or fined. Fortunately the far-right activity has been on the decline since the 2006 riots which was the peak year of neo- nazi movements.
@@stanleysmith7551 Rendszerváltás means system change. Unlike you or the Romanians we did not have a revolution, we just voted off the commies.
And why would calling 1848 a revolution is an issue?
It was a revolution and we learning about it like that.
We have Red White and Green in our coat of arms since the 1300s.
On antifa, there is no antifa in Russia either while they still using the red commie flag
@@stanleysmith7551 well said
@@stanleysmith7551 I really like reading "local" perspectivies and comments like yours! It's possibly the best part of UA-cam comments. IMhumbleO
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you mean. YOU LIED.
As a Hungarian I can say that the 4 white stripes on the red base comes from the 4 big river historically great Hungary had. That’s why Árpád house adoptes it
Nope, it is Imre I.'s coat of arm, and moat probably it is following an Iberian pattern, basicly Imre made a nice alteration of his wife's (Constance of Aragon) coat of arm. He turned the stripes horizontal and changed the gold stripes to silve (white). Basicly theses tripes have more to do with Catalonia's flag then with our rivers :DD
@@ahmedabdul319 Your name sounds very Hungarian, I believe you on that
@@ahmedabdul319 I'm also Hungarian, and I can say Bálint is right.
@@nerovonschwarz6634 it isn't
@@goat86 bro doesnt unserstand sarcasm
Helo! This is the first video I’ve ever seen from you, and you did a really good job. However as a Hungarian historian, I noticed some minor mistakes which are need to be corrected in my opinion.
In 1849, the Hungarian Diet dethroned the Habsburg dynasty and the coat of arms changed as well with it. They used the so called “Kossuth címer” (Kossuth coat of arms) which is basically the Hungarian coat of arms but without the crown and the shape of the crest is slightly different as well. However, oficially the Government form was still Monarchy.
In 1945-46 the second Hungarian Republic was proclaimed (communists were in minority in the government during that period). The Hungarians were sick of Monarchy as well (even though, between 1920-1944, Hungary was a Monarchy without a monarch) and the people gladly removed the crown from the crest without Soviet pressure. Communists came to power in 1947 after a controversial election.
After the revolution of 1956, there was a coat of arms in the officially used flag - as far as I can remember- called the “Kádár címer” (Kádár coat of arms, named after the leader of Hungary between 1956-1989).
If you need sources, feel free to contact me.
But as I mentioned, you did an absolutely fine job!
The "Kádár címer" was an "internal" flag as it was used mostly within the country. Officially the flag was the red-white-green flag. It is very similar to the situation regarding the Hungariyan Constitution. Even though the constitution was a sort of copy of the russian one it actually never stated the state to be a dictatorship. (I know it is complicated but very interesting!) So basically the state was "in constitution" a democracy with a democratic constitution and the socialist government was basically above the law and used decrees/statutes to form "law" and rule the country. This is one of the reasons why we did not have to accept a new constitution after the regime change and we did not have to change the flag. Because according to law they were democratic. Personally as a political scientist I find it both amazing and hilariously funny. Also I would prefer the "Kossuth címer" as an official coat of arms and the slim flag without any addition. Also the name Republic of Hungary.
@@humorpalanta Exactly, thank you for your supplement.
So do I prefer "Kossuth címer". That would be more appropriate, especially when Hungarian politicians claim themselves as the legacy of revolutionaires of 1848 and 1956.
There was a referendum planned around 1990 about what kind of coat of arms people want, the traditional one, or the stripped Kossuth kind (was supported by post communists and the infamous, ~foreign supported "Free Democrats", who later fallen out from the parliament, who always hated the traditions, called them nationalism, and always wanted to erase the past). People in huge majority supported the traditional one, and there was no question what will be voted, so the parliament finally decided to use the traditional one, and the referendum was cancelled.
@@somorjai yeah, this guy is totally objective, LOL.... XD
@@humorpalanta Gondolhatod...
Both variants are equally used both by the government, government agencies, local governments and civilians. I've never noticed any pattern or system behind it. It's completely random like whichever version they manage to get their hands on when they need a new flag. I saw a chess tournament not long ago and at these tournaments they place mini flags next to the players and even at the same chess tournament there was no consistency. :D Again, whatever they can find as long as it's a legal variant. There's also a third variant where the coat of arms is smaller and only appears on the white stripe. I think this one is only used by civilians.
It is always depending on the political views of the government. If they want to emphasize the past, they use the one with the seal. Both are officially legitimate though.
The chess tournament sounds funny XD
Like choose one darnit XD OCD time!
@@n0rbert79 The seal is the official seal of Hungary, so I dont think it has anythign to do with the past.
Hello Hilbert. I enjoy these videos as I always liked flags, going back to learning them as a kid and trying to match them with family atlases that showed the border changes across the last century. I heard about some of this from asking about "Magyar" stamps back then, which always seemed to be my favourite ones. It tied in well with recently seeing some Great War channel videos about the period after 1918.
Happy New Year to you and anyone reading this comment.
In Hungary we mostly use the flag without the emblem.
Great video overall.
(Foot note you mispronounced the three mountain ranges. The Mátra, Tátra and Fátra. The 'á' is not an 'e' sound, it is stronger and somewhat longer Spanish/German like 'a' sound.)
Sad , the coat of arms should be put on the flag .
Yeah, it's a high 'a' sound. idk if people are just lazy to look it up with google translate or it's that hard to pronounce it for english speakers
Like the A in the English word archer
im hungarian and i can confirm saying that word is just a high pitched A
just pronounce "R" with out 'R , like u start making the sound but not closing your mouth ' , if that makes sense
The pure fact you can pronounce hungarian words with a pretty well amazes me just by it self
Yeah, it started well, but _á_ and _é_ were very bad. 3:50 Tátra, Mátra, Fátra - I had to look up what he was talking about. _Á_ sounds like _a_ in far or father. _É_ sounds like _a_ in way, so Béla is not Bilá. 4:24
1:52 But _á_ in Áprád was not bad, so he should have stick to that pronunciation. :)
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Awesome video Hilbert! My wife who is Hungarian loved it. Can you do a video on the evolution of the Austrian flag? From the days of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Empire, Austria-Hungary, the Federal State of Austria to the present day. Thanks
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The story that I heard was that the crown got bent at the top because someone shut the iron box it was held in too quickly
Can you IMAGINE being that guy?
I'd just jump off the highest tower in the land, save the executioner the trouble
It was dug down hidden from the Ottomans/Habsburgs for many years
That guy didn't exist. The Holy Crown of Hungary is about a thousand years old, some say even older. The cross simply loosened during that time and some time in the 18th century they've fixed it so it won't rattle.
Now, we know that the crown got abused quite a lot, but the closig too fast guy is a legend basically.
@@peterbaan9671 Well at least it's a known legends instead of me misremembering, certainly too neat and funny to be a real story. History is much more mundane most of the time.
@@peterbaan9671 Which guy? Well one part of it is a couple hundred years older than 1000 (Byzantine part) the other parts after the reign of St. Stephen. But I am sure you already know that. Closing and dropping it is pretty much disproved yes, however multiple times for long time it was hidden and dug down (being taking in a box on horse etc could have 'smashed it' perhaps, or by some reason when dug down. Doesn't need much since it is a fragile easily vounerable part. The main mystery is perhaps when it happened, could be during Habsburgs, during revolts or before. However depiction from middle of 1800s show it not crooked, whilst depictions from late 1700s show it crooked.
Older depictions show a different form so it could also have undergone changes (which it did on every other part so its logical). It should be looked into more by historians and other academics.
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It is indeed the "canon" that the crown was made out of two pieces, but one of the goldsmiths who had the opportunity to take a close look at it claimed that the parts doesn't make sense separately. I believe him more than the currently accepted theory, because that one is dumb.
Anyway, the box which was housing the crown and the rest of the crown jewels is on display and it's just a reinforced box with no inserts or anything. That's why there is no guy who closed it too fast, the crown was probably damaged and repaired multiple times during the last at least 1000 years.
There are multiple depictions, but especially after the Habsburgs took over, virtually nobody saw the crown irl. It was only worn on coronation ceremonies and they were rare. So for one to depict it correctly had to have:
- Art talent
- Access to the crown for a sufficient amount of time
- The urge and permission or commission to depict it
Which was very rare and even rarely survived history. Most of what survives today are copies of earlier drawings and texts. Also some of the drawings were created from text and the artist never saw the crown.
Yes, the crown had some changes, earlier texts claim the picture on the back was Virgin Mary and not Michael VII Doukas. Also it had 5 pendants originally, now it has 7.
Yes, it needs to be researched more and also we need to pay attention more to those who know a thing or two about goldsmithing, because historians were clearly failed us multiple times.
You can see both really. The Holy Crown has a really interesting history too. Hungary and the Hungarian language in general all do.
And just as the three hills represent mountains the silver stripes came to represent the rivers Danube, Tisa, Drava and Sava.
Oláh Miklós esztergomi érsek a mohácsi csata után Hungária c. művében írja: ősi címerünket zöld hármashalmon fehér kettőskereszttel Atila királytól örököltük!!!
First of all, thx for the video :)
The Árpád dynasty didn't just lose power, the main branch died out. Their symbol stayed on the coat of arms of kings after them, because they were all related. In fact, even the Royal Family of the UK is related to them as well.
The rebellion wasn't lasted a year. It was recognized at first, then the king vas deposed and Franz Joseph walked back on the recognition. After that, it was an independence war and not a rebellion really. But that last one is nitpicking :) Also while I nitpick, the whole thing was about 1,5 year not one :D :P
1919 - No, the communists weren't crushed by foreign powers. The commies looted everything that wasn't nailed down, murdered and then simply fled. Also, the people rebelled against them. It did happen at the same time when the Romanian army pushed through, but that's a coincidence.
Also-also, there is a major part missing: There were a hippie revolution of sorts in 1918, they even removed the crown from the flag, which was pretty similar to the '47 flag, but the shield shape was different. They are also the ones who should be blaimed for the previously mentioned defeat, because they started to demlilitarize the country and let the neighboring countries take territories with ethnic Hungarians lived at the time.
'57 - No, it was in '56, less than two weeks after the rebellion started
Current use:
Both versions official, but the flag with the crest is special, it can only be used (without permission) basically by the government and its extensions. So, the Parliament, the Judical branch, the head of state, the army, etc. The rest of us can use the plain flag.
Hungary is a country with a very long history, we are extremely proud of both our country and our flags!
And also, in 1849 the hungarian revolution wasn't technically crushed by the Habsburg Empire, because they were busy fighting with the italians too. Therefor they didn't have enough power, and they asked Nicholas I of Russia to help them out. The hungarian army insisted to only surrender to the russians. No austrian soldier were allowed there.
The Hungarian crown that included in the coat of arms actually has a hungarian king ruled after Stephen and byzantine emperor (also ruled after Stephen) on it. In Hungary one of the current version of the crown origin story states it is 2 crowns merged together one is that contains the images I mentioned above (greek crown) and one with unknown origin (latin crown). Also the cross on top is a later addition and was originally straight.
That Byzantine Emperor is Michael VII Doukas and his image is clearly a later addition as the picture is bigger than the placeholder slot and it’s placed there rather shoddily compared to the Christian saints that appear to be originals.
It is simply not reasonable how can someone call something for a crown which cannot stay on a head,
Sorry but someone who can accept this stupidity that a cross-strap can be a crown - that worth their own "crown" : the fool's cap :D
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Also this actual fake science can stay on in "official" science meanwhile the also known the so called "parts" were created with the same technique :D
at the same time ... as after some centuries some techniques are fading away - so cannot be done such thing again.
Some of the small parts cannot be redo actually as the technique as it was created is not known anymore. Not even the exact ingredients of some material.
Someone accepts it they worth to sit on a donkey or mule backward -- facing the butts - meanwhile the animal driven someone who cry out loud : "-- Look at this fool and pity the hapless !"
More written material from different sources should be read about our Holy Crown before post something stupidity about it.
Long live and prosper !
Your last sentence contains some truth - the cross is a later addition - originally the crown has a symbol on top that belongs to the Scythian past, so it must be Scythian. The most possible is a Turul or a double cross , which menas God , as it always ment 'Egy' prononced in Hungarian this sound of 'gy' or smoothed 'd' and means also the first number : Egy, so God.
@@jmeneshaton Bocsi, hogy csalódást kell okozzak, de a turulnak, a szkítáknak, vagy a magyar nomád hagyományok és vallásnak a magyar koronához abszolút nincs köze, az egész egy nagyon szigorúan keresztény valamint feudális szimbólumokkal ellátott keresztény ékszer főleg görög/bizánci valamint kevés nyugat-európai motívummal. Ha ez nem tetszik ajánlom felkeresésre a parlament kupolacsarnokát, ott megtekinteni a koronát, elolvasni néhány kutatást amit olyanok végeztek akik "kézben is tarthatták" a koronát.
1:29 red, white, green. The video is great! Some comment on the end of the video: The current hungarian constitution says, that the coat of arms and the flag without the coat of arms is the official symbols of Hungary, but it says too, that the coat of arms and the flag can be used as other historical versions were used too. This usage is regulated by a special law.
Theoretically, the colours of the Árpád dynasty weren't white and red, but silver and red. I don't know exactly why but somewhere it became white. But originally it was silver.
Every white is "argent" heraldically.
White in vexological terms is always called silver, yellow is always called gold.
This happened to my buddy Eric once, actually
During the regime change (1989) there was a debate that the coat of arms should keep the crown on the top or should it be removed. The did not remove it at the end because they said that with the crown on top it represents the continuity of the hungarian state, and symbolises that this is the same state that was founded by Saint Stephen I.
Wow, Hilbert. Very nice information. I didn't know the representation in the coat of arms in the flag, as why they used that colors in the flag of that former grand kingdom
Hi Hilbert, I am from Hungary (as I see many commenters below are), and I studied history for the appropriate number of years, but I wasn't aware of how our flag is composed (and also not aware of some of the changes)! Thanks for the video, it was really educational and contained just the right amount of details!
As a Hungarian i have to mention that the double cross is the apostolic double cross, as the Hungarian kings were given the apostolic title by the Pope. Thats the official story. Thus starting from Stephen I every king was the Apostolic King of the Kingdom of Hungary.
Sorry but not the Pope gave us, as the Hungarian kings , just as Stephen I. also established all the churches in the Hungarian Kingdom.
just as the Pope had not send the Holy Crown to the king. If the Pope sent any crown it was not the coronation crown.
The Apostolic title goes to the kingdom, the Hungarian king is an Apostol - this came from this and earlier acts happened by leaders in Pannonia. The referred this last one by Stephen generally as the scythian king or Hungarian king in person of Stephen I selected and voted to Rome leading christian churches Against byzantine version - established such churches in the Kingdom and established closer connections to Rome.
He made it to so called catholic - that means universal - at least that was the intent , as it that time the christian church was parted to Rome led smaller and Constantine established official romanian where the main priest were always the Byzantine emperor only later the patriarch. And also some independent smaller churches were as well.
Think about it : in the time of Atilla there were no Pope - that main priest was just bishop of Rome. So as the most strong kingdom and power in Europe he could established or tried to establish a unified christian churches.
This gave the veto rights to them at the election of Pope, only the Hungarian king has that right. Franz Joseph was the last king who could use it to block a Pope to be selected for election. Some years later there was get off by a sinodus or conference -- those who had not right to take away that right. as it was not given by a Pope as the later Popes were not Apostle just as the Hungarian kings were.
Oláh Miklós esztergomi érsek a mohácsi csata után Hungária c. művében írja: ősi címerünket zöld hármashalmon fehér kettőskereszttel Atila királyunktól örököltük!!!
Very important: the double cross is the symbol and word "one" (and means monotheism) in Hungarian runic writing.
"one god, one nation"
@@nemeshwad7402 Mi köze lett volna Attilának a kettős kereszthez?
@@the_white_rabbit meg kell kérdezni Oláh Miklós néhai esztergomi érseket.
Attól hogy ez az információ elveszett, nem jelenti azt hogy nem valid.
A very tiny error: 4:15 is a picture of a Serbian Tzar Dušan. At that time, Serbia was independent form Byzantine for some 100+ years. Tzardom of Serbia is basically the continuation of the Byzantine tradition and art, so this portrait is painted in the same fashion as Byzantine ones and has all those Orthodox motifs and items, so we can consider it the same.
But since I felt a little bit of national pride when I saw the picture, just wanted to point this fact out :)
You must be mistaken, cause Byzantine newer existed, you are probably referring to Eastern Roman empire or Romeic empire (in Serbian).
@@KristianHerdi Yes, I am referring to Eastern Roman Empire, colloquially known as the Byzantine empire or Byzantium.
Nice touch, using Liszt's 2nd hungarian rhapsody :) Good video, even as a Hungarian I have learnt some new stuff!
Hey, cheers from Hungary. You did a good job putting this together. About the flags: the flag with the coat of arms is like a more elegant version of the flag, and both are used. Also both of the crests are used separately from the flag, the "small crest" and the "large crest" including the angels.
Hello.
As far as I know the flag without the coat of arms represents Hungary the country itself, and the flag with the coat of arms represents the hungarian nation with every hungarian inside or outside the borders of today's Hungary. Good video. Thanks for making a video about our little country.
Hey, the video was great but there were some mistakes,
The Árpád-dynasty's "male line" died out and there was no heir for the throne! So it didn't lost power.
The Patriarchal Cross was used by the most Orthodox Nations in Eastern Europe, for example Serbian's had it with White cross on Golden flag or Red cross on White flag!
And the Hungarian Rebellion in 1848-49 wasn't destroyed by the Austrian's, the Austrian army was pretty weakened and the war was turning after Hungarian campaign's in Spring of 1849 called "Spring Campaign" but after the Austrians left the Country in the Summer of 1849, because of great losses and bad cohesion! And when they once more entered Hungary to destroy the Hungarian Rebellion they made an Alliance with the Russian Empire! And the Hungarian Army wasnt able to fight against 2 major empire's!
We mainly use the plain tricolor, without any coat of arms, that's a different matter entirely, great video btw, full of usefull and interesting informations, keep it up!!!
The one without the coat of arms is used most often. Usually when government agencies or local governments have to use it they will go with the official one and many people also use the official flag, but also a lot of people prefer the one with the coat of arms. So altogether the offical flag is used most often.
The colours have meaning where the red means power, the white is for loyalty and green represents hope.
Also on the coat of arms the 4 white (originally silver) lines stand for the 4 main rivers of the Hungarian kingdom, the Danube (Dúna), Tisza, Drava and Sava
The double cross actually has a religious meaning of Egypt being united in 1800 BC, and on the coat of arms we're told here that it represented Hungary being a Christian Kingdom.
Greetings from your neighbor from Serbia. I am always interested in content related to Hungary. I've been in Budapest, last July, at Pearl Jam concert. I've noticed a lot of calm people, in no rush. I liked that, so I hope I'll visited soon again. Lot of greetings from Belgrade! 👋👍✌
As a hungarian living in romania, I almost always see the hungarian flag whit the coat of arms cause we were part of hungary during the eras whit those flags.
Szar lehet nem létező országban élni :C
@@voffbe Hát Brassóban a román magyar megeggyezés még a jobbik eset úgyh. itt nem, de a helyeken ahol a magyar román rány 50-50 ott úgy hallottam nagyobb a feszültség. Mondjuk az őseim székelyföldiek úgyh. tervezek visszamenni.
de egyébkébt érdemes egy látogatás Brassóban, szép város
The Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Church in Toronto Canada uses the Hungarian flag with the coat of arms.
The difference between the two flags:
Without coat of arms: Hungarian national flag
With coat of arms: state flag (government, president of the republic, constitutional court, parliament, etc.)
Hi Hilbert, intresting videó, good work!
Sadly the history and simbolysm of the coat of arms is quite a mess, you made several inaccurat asumptions but many topic is still actively debated so its too dificult to include in a short video anyways.
Great video. Little bit of Missed opportunity to mention why the cross at the top of the crown is bent.
Nowadays, the pure red-white-green represents present day Hungary, the one with the coat of arms also is in use, representing the unity of all hungarians líving in Carpathian basin and all over the world.
more tri colour flags should have code of arms, way easier to differentiate them
On an admittedly pedantic note, when talking about a coat of arms, your left is actually right (or dexter), and vice versa.
i am from Hungary, and you forgot the trianon and versay agrument. this is 2 important thing with out that no one can understand fully the Hungarian people :)
Hiii!! So in hungary we use both flags (both the simple tricolor and the one with the coat of arms).
But there are flags that you didn't talked about. For an example with Szent István (Stephan l) our flag was full red and had a zigzag-is shape, like Nepal, then we had flags with just crosses on and with also an interesting shape, on those flags we mostly used different symbols from the coat of arms, then we had the Anjou flag after the Árpáds died out, then one from Luxemburgi Zsigmond and (big time jump) one from 1918 when there where no crown on the coat of arms
Also there are some minor mistakes with the spelling like Béla isn't spelled with an 'i', 'é' is like uh.. Like in w *a* y
or when you spelled 'magyar' it sounded like 'Madzsar' which is kindau nderstandable beacuse 'gy' and 'dzs' are similar, but 'dzs' is like *gy* m or *je* welry and 'gy' well.. There aren't much words pronounced with a 'gy'. Ofc the hungarian language is pretty hard so I don't blame you, sometimes even we, Hungarians misspell it lol
Good video tho, keep up the good work!!
Sok szeretet Magyarországról!!💓💖
One thing you forgot to mention is that the First Hungarian Republic would actually adopt a new coat of arms from 1918 to 1919 which did not have the crown at all but it had the simple shape of the current coat of arms.
Thnx for doing this video, was fun to was as a hungarian from origin !
Please do a video about the history of the flag of Myanmar. It’s very interesting.
It's nearly the same with Austria we also use the coat of arms in our flag but have the one without presentated
I'm from Hungary.
That was amazing!
Thank you!
It is a common misconception that prior to the 1867 compromise it was just Habsburg Empire, that is Austria, and the Hungarian Kingdom did not exist and only in 1867 the Habsburgs acknowledged the separate Hungarian Kingdom. You also said something like that. Well the Hungarian Kingdom existed throughout the Habsburg rule, the Emperor had to be crowned separately with the Hungarian Crown to become the King of Hungary and assume the right to rule Hungary. The Hungarian Kingdom was always a separate entity within the Habsburg Empire and the term Austria never covered Hungary. Without being crowned by the Saint Hungarian Crown he/she had no legitime right to rule Hungary, so anyone could have just ignore his/her decisions. There were attempts to ignore this, like in the case of Joseph II who did not crown himself with the Hungarian Crown, but he therefore had to revoke all of his decisions later on, as he made them illegitim.
So the Hungarian Kingdom existed continuously from the year 1000. The only difference was that during the Habsburg rule the Habsburg Kings acknowledged only partial selfgovernence of the Hungarian nation: eg. even if there was a Hungarian Parliament (Diet) in Pozsony (today Bratislava) it had limited relevance and the Austrian secret police kept the developments under control. For instance the representatives of the Hungarian nation should have elected and approve the king and the Habsburgs obviously ignored or rather, they made sure that only loyal Hungarian nobels had a right to vote. All financial decisions were made in Vienna, keeping Hungary relatively undeveloped. Hence Hungarians rebelled against the Habsburg rule and the Compromise in 1867 fixed these acknowledging the separate Hungarian government with complex selfgovernance.
A of the law in power, since the year 2011, no coat of arms is included in the official flag, and only selected governmental bodies (explicitly listed in the text) are allowed to use the second version, which includes the coat of arms in formal circumstances. However, non-official use of it is widespread and generally accepted.
heyyyy hungarian here, you left out quite a few details my dude but i really appreciate the tryings to pronounce the genuinely quite difficult words
Hey, that was good! I’m Hungarian, and at one point dabbled in heraldry and vexillology, so have an idea of this, as well as Hungary. I’m a military historian, so have needed to keep up with dynasties, flags and what-not!
A few nit-pics:
7 39. “A kingdom within the Austro-Hungarian Empire”
Let me clarify. Hungary never ceased to be a kingdom, just as Bohemia or Croatia didn’t. The way the Hapsburgs ruled them was as kings of these kingdoms which were much older than Austria. Interestingly, even under Austrian rule, Hungary kept a kind of autonomy, with its own parliament (often ignored by the Hapsburg kings) and its local administrative units, the counties, which go back to St. Stephen’s time. Also, very importantly, while there was an Austrian Empire, there was never an Austro-Hungarian Empire. The correct term found on documents of the time was Austro-Hungarian Dual Monarchy. People then and now called it the “Danube Monarchy” or simply “The Monarchy”. The idea of an A-H Empire has sinister roots, coming from the British Propaganda Department.
The flag and CoA: The laws have it, as you said, as the standard tricolour, but the coat of arms is included in certain places and official events under Law no. CCII of 2011.
The one with the coat of arms is much better, it adds more personality to the whole flag, and the historical aspect is very cool
Hi! So the thing is the red-white-green means: Red: Power, White: Loyalty, Green: Hope.
Great video man !
Hello! I'm Hungarian and this is the first video I see abot an English guy making a video about the Hungarian flag! Btw most commonly we use the flag without the coat of arms
hello. I am from Hungary and we usually use the plane red, white and green stripes without the simbol but if you are lucky you can see ane on a goverment building
The flag without the crown is the official state flag flag used by the government and also the official civil flag while the flag without the crown holds a status as an unofficial state flag
you said without twice, which is it?
@@wojtekpolska1013 without:official
With:semi-official
I'm hungarian, I live in Hungary, and on national holidays there are flags displayed on the street on street lamps and such, and they're almost always the regular tricolor without the coat of arms, and it's quite rare to see the version with the coat of arms, but you can find it in some places! Thanks for the video, learned some new things about my own country!
Very well made video, it's also historically accurate, but I would also confirm what others said here: the 4 stripes are representing the rivers of the Carpathian Basin and they were actually silver on the original coat of arms. But everything you said was correct.
As for today's flag I like both versions, but I can imagine that they will restore the one with the coat of arms as Orbán would pretty much crown himself as king of Hungary if he could :D
we hope he will not :)
I personally like the simple 3 coloured flag, but I also like the kokárda without the coat of arms
In heraldry the color white represents silver (and yellow represents gold), so right you are!
Hello.
The video was very well done.
I would like to say the following things as positive criticism, I don't want to offend you.
1., At 1.31 you said that .
"Red, yellow and green." In reality, it is not yellow, but white. What you say in 7.19 is white instead of yellow. (Why am I dating this little mistake?
🤷♂️)
2., At the Árpád strip, the white stripes indicate/indicated the four big rivers found in the "great" Hungarian nation: Danube, Tisza, Ráva and Száva.
I think the video was very well done, I hope that you will make the flags of other nations with such precision and dedication.
2 points I want to make. The modern flag has different dimensions fron the royal flag. It's 2:3, compared to the 1:2.
Second, I'm a littlw disappointed you didn't talk more about the Austria-era Great Hungary crest, which I think is the most interesting. Flanked by the 2 angels, you can see the Hungarian crest in the center surrounded by local crests. These include Szeklerland, Slavonia, Croatia, Transylvania, etc.
Yay Hilbert did a video related to my country!
I've looked into the legal details if anyone's interested. The original Hungarian coat of arms was - for all intents and purposes - banned between 1950 and 1989 though I don't think there was an actual law stating this but in practice the police would've taken you away for using it. In 1990, after the fall of communism, the coat of arms was restored but not onto the flag as the video also states. That didn't stop people from using it on the flag though. So in 1995, instead of trying to strictly police the usage of the flag, the government decided to make it a valid alternative basically legalising the already existing custom. (1995. LXXXIII.) This allowed double usage was reaffirmed in the 2011. CCII. law which is still in effect today. Having the empty flag as the main one is a legacy of goulash communism but it will probably stay this way as opinions on it are divided. Some say Hungary had the first horizontally red-white-green flag so there's no need for us to differentiate it with the coat of arms. Others say the coat of arms and the flag are two different symbols and should not be mixed. Other people believe that the one with the coat of arms should be the state flag, while the empty one should be the ethnic flag. Also there are people who prefer the empty flag because their political views don't agree with the symbolism of the coat of arms. So this allowed double usage is probably the best solution which will stay and yes, it is random. :D
Change is constant and keeps things fresh.
I’m Hungarian American and I wish it had the symbol on it, it looks better with it
We dont view the coat of arms as a part of the flag, however it can be placed on the flag. It doesnt change the flag itself though.
Official buildings have the flag with the coat of arms because both are individually official symbols of the country.
With or without the coat of arms, we dont think the two verssions of the flag is two versions. They are the same flag. The coat of arms is just an extra symbol by itself, it doesnt change the flag per se
As a Romanian/Hungarian I like the old flag better
Transylvania?
You are not dacian
@@Vpentrov Banat
@@wladovits7088Balkan peoples acting civilised to eachother for more than 30 seconds (IMPOSSIBLE CHALLENGE)
@@boozecruiser true
Correction. The rebbelion wasn't crushed by the Habsburgs. In fact they were losing when Russia crushed the rebellion.
There used to be a Hungarian cultural centre near my home. For a while they flew a Hungarian flag with the coat-of-arms center cut out! It looked like when Fearless Fosdick in the comic strip LI'L ABNER would shoot up a place and leave big round bullet holes everywhere...
In that flag thats a symbol of the cutting out of the communist symbols. People ususally do that during the celebration of the 1956 revolution.
Crazy how they didnt teach any of this in school
There are more layers with regards to the cross. The cross on the triple hill means Holy Land which is an ancient symbol. Of course it’s widely used by Christianity. Furthermore the symbol itself is a letter (eGY) in the old Hungarian runic alphabet (with the meaning ONE) in latin letter written GY, and in English prononced something like “dj”. EGY-Ház=One-Unity-Holy-Saint. Kings of Hungary has got apostolic title from Rome pope therefore double cross has a second (less sophisticated) meaning as apostolic cross, but nothing to do with Byzantine, since the Apostolic kings had got special power and privilege from the Roman Catholic Church.
All in all the cross standing on a triple mount is also a symbol from ancient times. The royal coat of arms is depicted with angels, which is also can be seen on the Hero’s square in Budapest (Archangel Gabriel holds the Hungarian Holy Crown and the apostolic double cross in his hands). So I would choose this nice flag with the 2 angels.
Great video! The president of the republic is also entitled to use the coat of arms with two angels as shield holders, and the prime minister is also entitled to use the coat of arms surrounded by oak branches and olive branches.
I remember there was a national vote regarding the flag during the regime change, between the tricolor flag without the coat of arms, with the Kossuth coat of arms, and with the coat of arms with the Royal Crown. The result of the election favored the one with the Royal Crown, so I suppose that is the official national flag, although in reality both that one and the simple tricolor are used.
Fun fact: In the 1956 revolution, Hungary put bowls on the ground to stop the tanks it didn’t but it worked as the Soviets thought they were land mines and dared to not go over them
I didnt know that "Fun with flags" are really exsists. Thank you great video. I more often see the one with army coat. I was in belief that it is the official. I just see them at official events like the speach of the Ministerpresident.
You pronounced perfectly the hungarian words. It is really rare so i had to mentioned :-)
Dont mind the critical voices. This is just the know it all hungarian virtue. Ask them about the milestones of the human kind they wont know nothing...
Have a nice day. I love history channalls so i subscribed. :-)
My family moved to Canada and America after the collapse of the Soviet Union and its satellites. I fly the austro-hungarian flag but would love to just get a tricolour with the coat of arms by itself to fly as well
I do see the angel version from time to time. Pretty cool though.
4:3 Variants was used durring the Kadar and earlier durring the Rakosi period that used their Socialist arms on the 4:3 flag
Hi! This was an interesting journey in our history. About the flag: the official flag is the one without the crest. Our constitution defines the meaning of the colors: red is for power, strength, white is for allegiance, green is for hope. The coat of arms, including the Holy Crown of Hungary, is the official symbol of the state. The flag with this coat of arms is defined as the "ceremonial flag", and the use of this variant is not obligatory for anyone, nor the public institutions. But if you go out to an international sports event where Hungarian supporters occur, you will probably see the ceremonial flag in their hands. :-)
hungary has a very interesting historical tradition concerning flags
I’m always Hungary for more flag videos
I wish nation-name puns would Finnish.
I wouldn't Russian to do that if I'm Frank-reich!
Central European country puns? Czech.
Happy New Year!
I am a half Slovakian half Hungarian living in Slovakia and what I see is that the version with the coat of arms is used by more nationalistic people, I guess is more exciting :}.
What I wanted to ask is how come you dated the double cross to the 12th century ? We in Slovakian schools learn that the Byzantine symbol came when saint Constantine and Method came to the Great Moravian empire to give the Slavs there their own alphabet and translate the Bible. Which happened in the 9th century and what would explain why was the double cross more important in the upper part of Hungary (Felvidék). Is this false ?
FC DAC or Slovan?
@@charliezobel511 I solved this dilemma by not watching football XD.
For context I will add that I am from Dunajska Streda (Dunaszerdahely) so trust me that it was really a dilemma.
@Rudolf Nosek of course Dunaszerdahely is the correct name seeing my dad came from Transylvania.
I'm probably the only person in all of Lincolnshire who always checks up your on your local team's score every single game they play, hajrá DAC!
The double cross on the coat of arms is dated from the 12th century as it first appears on coins minted by Béla III. It became part of the royal coat of arms under Béla IV in the 1230’s.
The mound appears in the 1300’s to keep the cross from floating but on most depictions it’s a single mound or a Gothic clover motif. It came to be three mounds in the 1400’s and became distinct elongated hills in the late 1500’s.
It is possible that earlier Slavs used the double cross as well as emblems but there is scant evidence for that and elaborate coats of arms and flags were not in style in the 900’s.
@@barkasz6066 thank you for your comment, Do you then have an idea why do the Slovakians associate the double cross with themselfs ?
both are standard and identify us. but of course the coat of arms is an older sign and refers to the kingdom. btw the government widely use it on any official documents as signature/stamp/graphics. it's the default sign of the hungarian state. even in schools there is a plate above the board with a coat of arms in every classrooms. also have to mention that the kossuth (kossuth címer) version is famous too and it's a symbol of the hungarian revolution and the independent republic.
A flag with the Turul bird would be cool 🇭🇺
Starting from the premise that Almos , Arpad and most of their direct descendents had names of Turkic origin , and also taking into account some other aspects , the hypothesis of their Kabar - Khazar ? origin was held as valid .
According to modern genetic studies, the Hungarians were always in Europe (i.e they arrived with other humans in the prehistoric ages). Because everybody has 1000+ grandparents and everybody mixed over the centuries, thus Hungarians could also have a genetic impact from outside Europe. Nowadays many Hungarians are making personal genetic tests and the majority of Hungarians have similar results. According to these genetic tests, the Hungarians have a vast amount of shared genomes with local ancient Stone Age and Bronze age samples from the Carpathian Basin which was the western part of the Scythian civilization and where later the Hungarian state was established around 900. Hungarians also have a big Scythian impact on their genetics from the Scythians and from Scythian folks (Sakas, Sarmatians, Huns, Avars, Hungarian tribes of Árpád). And of course, Hungarians have Germanic and Slavic genetic impacts.
Hungarian people look similar to their neighbors and Hungarian genetics are similar to their neighbors (Austria, Croatia, Czechia, East Germany, Moldova, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Transylvania, and Ukraine). The genetics of today’s Hungarians match with a vast amount of Stone Age and Bronze Age local Carpathian Basin ancient genetic samples, and the Carpathian Basin locates at the center of Europe.
The horses were domesticated in the Eurasian Steppe. This 8000 km long area was the ancient homeland of the horse archer Scythian folks, the Scythian core region locates above the Black Sea in Europe, they were a tribal confederation, and the Proto-Hungarian tribes were among them. The western end of the Eurasian steppe zone is the Carpathian Basin, and the eastern end is the Ordos region, there are very rich Scythian archeological findings in the whole Eurasian Steppe, in the Carpathian Basin (Central Europe), in East China and in Mongolia too. It was a continuous movement of the horse archer Scythian nations between the west and the east in the past. The Carpathian Basin had constantly a base population and according to the latest archaeogenetics results, this base population had a relationship with the returning nations. There were many comebacks from Scythia in many waves such as the Iazyges, the Sarmatians, the Huns, the Avars, the Hungarians. The Scythian-Hungarian affinity was declared in medieval sources. According to modern genetic studies, the Proto-Hungarians admixed with Sarmatians and Huns, and the old Hungarian tribes of Grand Prince Árpád were a less homogeneous group than today's Hungarians in the conquering Hungarian period. The blood oath was a Scythian tradition and many tribes together became a new nation through this custom. The name of the tribal confederation always came from the name of the strongest leading tribe, who was raised on the shield, and who was the elected leader among them. But it was more tribes always in the Carpathian Basin. Hungary was called "Magyar-country" in the Hungarian language because Árpád from the Megyer tribe was raised on the shield, and his tribe, and he was the elected leader.
can't wait for what you will make this year
Absolutely enthralling sir! Absolutely.
I just want to get some justice for the hungarian freedom fighters in 1848-49: the rebels were quickly driven out of budapest by the austrians and the government relocated to debrecen. Then there was the "glorious spring campaign" where they drove them out of hungary and had the chance to march on vienna. The revolution was crushed by the austrians, russian and anti hungarian rebellions. The famous surrender at Világos was to the russian general and not the austrians showing who really beaten the hungarians
Well we have the flag with the Code of Arms, but it isn't very common in our area so it's hard to tell
Érdekes Videó lett!
The original Hungarian flag was two coloured red and white! I don’t actually know who and when decided to add green to it.
Domestically both versions are official, and both are used interchangeably. At the international scene, the horizontal red-white-green tricolor represents Hungary. If we change that, then any possible future countries, states or organizations could claim it.
At sport events the one with the coat of arms is more common as it appears more patriotic, whereas when someone creates a multilingual webpage, text, description, etc., then the tricolor "does the job".
Nem igazán van igazad. A Magyarország Alaptörvénye elég egyértelmű ebben a kérdésben. Hivatalosan a magyar zászló: "Magyarország zászlaja három, egyenlő szélességű, sorrendben felülről piros, fehér és zöld színű, vízszintes sávból áll, amelyben a piros szín az erő, a fehér szín a hűség, a zöld szín a remény jelképe."
Majd: "A címer és a zászló a történelmileg kialakult más formák szerint is használható. A címer és a zászló használatának részletes szabályait, valamint az állami kitüntetéseket sarkalatos törvény határozza meg."
1:28 Red, YELLOW(???) and green
As a Hungarian, one change I would like to see is to change the sides from 1:2 to an other proportion (3:5 would be the best). Regarding the coat of arms, I don't think it is necessary to put it back on, but I wouldn't be so upset if they did
nice to see some one who can say hungarian words almost prfectly (i have seen so much english youtubers who couldnt) oh and hi from hungary :D
The angels were widely deemed too cute for a national flag.
Youre too cute
Hello!
I am Hungarian. One flag is for the international use, and the other is for national use. The simple flag is for international use only, because the citizens and leaders of some countries can be sensitively affected by the coat of arms.
well,i'm from Hungary and i like both of the flags,and i just see the one whitout anything in the center of the flag often and abt the change,i don't really think we should,it's perfect for me what kind of flag we have right now