Benešov u Semil is a municipality in Liberec region (Semily okres) in the
Czech Republic. Its flag and Coat of Arms were approved in April 2007 and published
at the municipal website.
Flag: horizontal white - blue - red, proportioned 1:1:3; on white a
blue lion passant, armed red; on red two yellow parallellograms.
The lion is of Markvartice; the blue stripe represents the Jizeru river
(which is wavy on the arms). The dual partition refers to the villages
of Horni Benešov and Dolni Benešov (High and Low Benešov).
Jarig Bakker, 23 Sep 2007