Jičín

About the place: Jičín is a historic district town in the Hradec Králové Region of northeastern Bohemia, situated on the Cidlina River in the Jičín Uplands. Renowned as the "Gateway to the Bohemian Paradise", it is famous for its rich architectural heritage from the era of Albrecht von Wallenstein and as the setting of the beloved fairy tales about the bandit Rumcajs.

Flag Description: The municipal flag (traditionally used in practice, though not officially registered by the parliamentary subcommittee due to standard vexillological guidelines) consists of a 2:3 sheet with two horizontal stripes, white over blue, charged with the municipal coat of arms in the centre. The arms depict, on a blue shield, a silver embattled wall with an open gate featuring golden doors and a raised golden portcullis, flanked by two silver towers with pointed red roofs and golden finials; between the towers is an inescutcheon parted per pale or and sable (arms of the Lords of Wartenberg). A plain bicolour of white over blue without the coat of arms is also used as the city's livery flag.

Symbolism: The white and blue flag colours derive from the primary tinctures of the town's coat of arms (the silver fortification on an azure field). The embattled wall, towers, and open gate represent fortified town status, civic autonomy, security, and municipal hospitality. The small inescutcheon parted gold and black bears the ancestral arms of the Lords of Wartenberg, who acquired the town from King John of Bohemia in 1337 and laid the foundations of its municipal governance and prosperity.