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Slovakia - Matica Slovenská

images by Tomislav Todorovic, 5 February 2025
derived from image at https://matica.sk/loga-ms/

Matica Slovenská flag
Logo

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Slovakia

Matica Slovenská flag

Cultural and political organisation. It was founded in 1863. Its website is here.
Image based on photo taken by me in Komárom / Komárno (SK)
István Molnár, 29 March 2002

"Matica slovenská, MS" (English: Slovak matrix), simply referred to as "Matica" is a nationwide cultural institution based in Martin ). It was established at its first assembly, which was held on August 4, 1863 although it traces its origins to June 6 and 7, 1861 during the "Slovenskom národnom zhromaždení" (Slovak National Assembly) issued a political program known as the "Memorandum národa slovenského" (Memorandum of the Slovak Nation) and with it formulated a demand for the establishment of a Slovak cultural association.

On November 12, 1875, the Hungarian government banned Matica. The organization resumed activities on January 1, 1919. Currently, it is governed by "Zákonom o Matici slovenskej" (Act on Matica Slovak) no. 68/1997 (https://www.slov-lex.sk/ezbierky/pravne-predpisy/SK/ZZ/1997/68) of February 13 and the "Stanovami Matice slovenskej" (Statutes of Slovak matrix) (http://www.matica.sk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/stanovy.rtf and
https://matica.sk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Stanovy-Matice-slovenskej.pdf). It currently has 505 local departments, 15 science and interest departments and 240 folklore ensembles.
Sources: https://matica.sk/o-matici-slovenskej/historia-matice-slovenskej/
and https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matica_slovensk%C3%A1

The flag is white with the logo centered (see photo from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Fico#Ideological_views)

For additional information go to Matica (official website): https://www.matica.sk/
Esteban Rivera, 3 February 2025

More photos of the flag:
https://dommsrs.estranky.sk/fotoalbum
https://spravy.pravda.sk/domace
https://trnava.dnes24.sk
https://mladamatica.sk
https://www.pusteulany.sk
https://www.kstliptov.sk

The logo seems not to be always centered vertically, although there are examples of centering, so it is probably meant to be its default position.

Vertical flag with this logo also exists, with varying ratio and vertical position of the logo:
https://poproc.sk/aktuality/fotogaleria
https://www.cifer.sk/zivot-v-obci/fotogaleria
https://www.cifer.sk/zivot-v-obci/fotogaleria
https://zsmieru.edupage.org
https://www.hlavnespravy.sk

It may be paired with the vertical version of the national flag:
https://www.brezno.sk/breznianski-maticiari-oslavili-storocnicu/
https://www.facebook.com/photo

There are also examples of its pairing with the vertical version of the EU flag:
https://www.topky.sk

It is frequently rotated for 90 degrees and hoisted like a horizontal flag:
https://www.sme.sk/c/3379494/cyril-a-metod-politika-i-myty.html
https://matica.sk/cyklojazda-snp-vo-zvolene/
https://matica.sk/matica-slovenska-si-v-poprade-pripomenula
https://www.hlavnydennik.sk

Both flags are sometimes used together:
https://trnava.dnes24.sk
https://panoramapro.sk
https://myturiec.sme.sk
https://www.kstliptov.sk

Tomislav Todorovic, 5 February 2025

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image located by Esteban Rivera, 3 February 2025
Source: https://matica.sk/loga-ms/