The choice of the rainbow in the form of a flag harkens back to the rainbow as a symbol of biblical promise. In the German Peasants' War of the 16th century, the rainbow flag together with the peasants' boot ('Bundschuh') was used as the sign of a new era, of hope and of social change. The Thomas Müntzer statue in the German town of Stolberg also shows him holding a rainbow flag in his hand.
He is often portrayed with a rainbow flag in his hand. The reformer Thomas Müntzer (1489–1525) connected socially revolutionary claims with his preaching of the gospel. Rainbow flags in various cultures and movements Reformation 1.14 Patriots of Russia political party (2005).
