Belgien

• Königreich Belgien
• parlamentarische Monarchie
• Eigenbezeichnungen:
  französisch: Royaume de Belgique
  flämisch: Koninkrijk België
  deutsch: Königreich Belgien

• Kindom of Belgium
• parliamentary monarchy
• self-designations:
  French: Royaume de Belgique
  Flemish: Koninkrijk België
  German: Königreich Belgien

• heutige Flaggen
• historische Flaggen
• regionale Flaggen
  – Flandern
  – Wallonien
  – Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft
  – die belgischen Provinzen
• Bedeutung/Ursprung der Flagge
• Wappen
• Bedeutung/Ursprung des Wappens
• Landkarte
• Zahlen und Fakten
• Geschichte
• Ursprung des Landesnamens

• today's Flags
• historical Flags
• regional Flags
• – Flanders
  – Wallony
  – German-speaking Community
  – Belgian Provinces
• Meaning/Origin of the Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Meaning/Origin of the Coat of Arms
• Map
• Numbers and Facts
• History
• Origin of the Country's Name

• Die Belgischen Könige

• The Belgian Kings

In 1795 Belgium came to France, and in 1815 it became an element of the United Netherlands (Netherlands + Belgium). During the rebellion against the Dutch government in 1830 the French Tricolor was in use as a symbol of freedom, particularly by adherents of France. The editors of a Brussels newspaper, Edouard Ducpétiaux and Lucien Jottrand, and Alexandre Van Hulst a civil servant of the war department favored a flag with three horizontal stripes in red, gold and black, which finally, during the battles in September 1830, won out. The provisional Belgian government recognized it as state symbol, and hoisted it up at the declaration of autonomy on the 4th of October, 1830.

Since the 23rd of January in 1831 the stripes of the flag were arranged vertically still in the sequence of red, gold and black. After the election of Leopold I. of Saxony-Coburg-Gotha as King of Belgium, however, since the 12th of October, 1831 the stripes of the flag are arranged in today’s sequence, black-gold-red. Allegedly this was to point to Princess Auguste Reuss-Ebersdorf, the mother of King Leopold I., for the sequence of the colours black-gold-red correspond to the colours of Reuss-Ebersdorf.

The shield carries the royal crown, beneath the shield a red banner with the french motto: "L'Union fait la force" and in Dutch "Eendracht maakt macht" => "Unity makes strong". Behind the shield two crossed scepters, which represent the King as sovereign (lion scepter) and the Supreme Judge (oath-hand scepter). The shield adorns a Chain-of-Office with the Great Cross of the Leopold-Order.

Lage – Position:

Quelle/Source: CIA World Factbook

Landkarte des Landes – Map of the Country:

Quelle/Source: CIA World Factbook

• Fläche:
  30 514 km²

• Area:
  11 781 square miles

• Einwohner:
  10 300 000
  davon
  58% Flamen
  33% Wallonen
  2% Italiener
  1% Deutsche
  1% Marokkaner

• Inhabitants:
  10 300 000
  thereof
  58% Flemings
  33% Walloons
  2% Italians
  1% Germans
  1% Moroccans

• Bevölkerungsdichte:
  338 Ew./km²

• Density of Population:
  874 inh./sq.mi.

• Religionen:
  47% Katholiken,
  4% Muslime,
  2% andere Christen

• Religions:
  47% Roman Catholic,
  4% Muslim,
  2% other Christian

• Hauptstadt:
  Brüssel (Bruxelles, Brussel)
  1 150 000 Ew.

• Capital:
  Brüssel (Bruxelles, Brussel)
  1 150 000 inh.

• Amtssprachen:
  Französisch, Flämisch, Deutsch

• official Languages:
  French, Flemish, German

• Währung:
  1 Euro = 100 Cents

• Currency:
  1 Euro = 100 Cents

• Zeitzone:
  MEZ

• Time Zone:
  MEZ