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The flag of Thuringia consists of a horizontal bicolor of white above red. The state service flag (Dienstflagge) bears in the center the state coat of arms — the eight-barred lion accompanied by eight stars on blue. The white-and-red colors recall the heraldic colors of the medieval Ludovingian dynasty and form the reverse of the flag of Hesse (which historically split from Thuringia in the 13th century). The flag was first adopted in 1920 with the formation of the Free State of Thuringia under the Weimar Republic and confirmed by state constitution on 25 October 1993.
The coat of arms of Thuringia features a lion rampant 'barry of eight argent and gules' (with eight horizontal stripes alternating silver and red), red-armed and red-tongued, accompanied by eight silver mullets (six-pointed stars) arranged around the lion, on an azure (blue) field. The lion derives from the historical arms of the medieval Ludovingian dynasty, Landgraves of Thuringia. The eight stars represent the historical districts that formed Thuringia in 1920 when the Free State was established under the Weimar Republic. The shield is ensigned with the people's crown. The arms were confirmed by state constitution on 25 October 1993.