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Czech Republic Flag

Flag Date of Adoption

1993

Flag Symbolism

two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and red with a blue isosceles triangle based on the hoist side (identical to the flag of the former Czechoslovakia)

Czech Republic National Anthem

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Anthem History name: "Kde domov muj?" (Where is My Home?)

lyrics/music: Josef Kajetan TYL/Frantisek Jan SKROUP

note: adopted 1993; the anthem was originally written as incidental music to the play "Fidlovacka" (1834), it soon became very popular as an unofficial anthem of the Czech nation; its first verse served as the official Czechoslovak anthem beginning in 1918, while the second verse (Slovak) was dropped after the split of Czechoslovakia in 1993
Anthem Lyrics Kde domov muj, Kde domov muj?


voda huci po lucinach,


bory sumi po skalinach,


v sade skvi se jara kvet,


zemsky raj to na pohled!


A to je ta krasna zeme,


zeme ceska domov muj,


zeme ceska domov muj!



Kde domov muj, kde domov muj?


V kraji znás-li bohumilém


Duse utlé v tele cilém,


Mysl jasnou, vznik a zdar,


A tu sílu vzdoru zmar!


To je Cechu slavné pléme,


Mezi Cechy domov muj,


Mezi Cechy domov muj.

Anthem Lyrics English Where is my home, where is my home?


Water bubbles across the meadows,


Pinewoods rustle among crags,


The garden is glorious with spring blossom,


Paradise on earth it is to see.


And this is that beautiful land,


The Czech land, my home,


The Czech land, my home.

Where is my home, where is my home?


If, in a heavenly land, you have met


Tender souls in agile frames,


Of clear mind, vigorous and prospering,


And with a strength that frustrates all defiance,


That is the glorious race of Czechs,


Among Czechs (is) my home,


Among Czech, my home.

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