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The flag of Bavaria exists in two equally official versions: the striped flag (Streifenflagge), with two horizontal stripes of white above blue; and the lozenge flag (Rautenflagge), composed of white and blue lozenges in a diagonal pattern, typically displaying at least 21 lozenges. Both forms are associated with the House of Wittelsbach, which ruled Bavaria from 1180 to 1918. The lozenge pattern derives from the heraldry of the Counts of Bogen, whose lands were inherited by the Wittelsbachs in 1242. Both flags were officially confirmed by the Bavarian State Symbols Act of 1953.
The coat of arms of Bavaria exists in greater and lesser versions. The greater arms are quartered with an inescutcheon. First quarter (Upper Palatinate): a golden lion rampant, crowned, on a black field. Second quarter (Franconia): three silver points on red, charged with three silver lozenges — the 'Frankenrechen'. Third quarter (Margraviate of Burgau): three silver pales on a blue field. Fourth quarter (Palatine Bavaria): a white-and-blue lozengy pattern, the 'Wittelsbach lozenges'. The inescutcheon bears the historical arms of the House of Wittelsbach. The shield is ensigned with a people's crown. The arms were officialized by the Bavarian Constitution of 1946 and the State Symbols Act of 1953.