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Liechtenstein

 

Contents

Flags

Historical Flags

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



Flags

National flag Flagge Fahne flag Fürstentum Principality Liechtenstein
National flag,
ratio = 3:5,
Source, by: Flags of the World





State flag Flagge Fahne flag Fürstentum Principality Liechtenstein
State flag,
ratio = 3:5,
Source: Flags of the World





Fürst prince Flagge Fahne flag Fürstentum Principality Liechtenstein
Flag of the Prince,
ratio = 3:5,
Source: Flags of the World




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Historical Flags

 Flagge Fahne flag Fürstentum Principality Liechtenstein
1921–1937,
National flag,
ratio = 3:5,
Source, by: Flags of the World




Fürst prince Flagge Fahne flag Fürstentum Principality Liechtenstein
to 1982,
Flag of the Prince,
ratio = 3:5,
Source, by: Flags of the World



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Meaning/Origin of the Flag

The flag of Liechtenstein is blue and red horizontal striped, with a golden prince-cap in the upper canton. The prince-cap stands for the unity of nation, prince-house and state. In this form is the flag in use since 1937. The colours of the land, blue and red, have their roots probably in the Liechtenstein livery-colours. The meaning of the colours knows two theories:
• Blue symbolizes the heaven, red the nightly fires (or the fire of the earth)
• Blue remembers the blue ribbon of the river Rhine, red remembers the flag of the prince (red-gold)
Those colors are known leastways since 1764 and were adoped in horizontal arrangement as national flag with the constitution from 5th of october in 1921. But this flag was identical with the flag of Haiti, wherefore was added nearby the leech a yellow (golden) prince-cap for differentiation on 24th of june in 1937. On 30th of June in 1982 get passed new flag-laws. The prince-flag is now blue-red horizontal striped with the complete coat of arms in the middle, that all is yellow surrounded. Prince-loyal citizens however oftenly hoist up the old prince-flag, a flag in the colours of the prince-house, yellow and red. The variegated colours of the flag seem to be defined today as follows, in hexadecimal: blue = #002B7F, which would correspond to Pantone 288, red = #CE1126, which would correspond to Pantone 186 and gold = #FFD83D, which would correspond to Pantone 122.

Source: Flaggen und Coat of arms of the Welt, Die Welt der Flaggen, Flaggen Wappen Hymnen, Wikipedia (DE), Simon Meier, Liechtenstein

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Coat of Arms


Wappen coat of arms Liechtenstein
Greater coat of arms of Liechtenstein,
Source: Corel Draw 4



Wappen coat of arms Liechtenstein
Lesser coat of arms of Liechtenstein,
Source, by: Wikipedia (DE)

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Meaning/Origin of the Coat of Arms

The coat of arms of Liechtenstein is the coat of arms of the house Liechtenstein. On the central shield the colours of the prince-house, yellow and red. In the quarters the descent of the house: Silesia, Kuenring, Troppau and Eastern Frisia-Rietberg, in the down inserted peak the horn of Jägerndorf. The little coat of arms of the state is composed from the central shield with prince-cap above that. Both coats of arms are verificated by the law from 4th of June in 1957.

Source: Flaggen und Coat of arms of the Welt, Die Welt der Flaggen, Flaggen Wappen Hymnen, Wikipedia (DE)

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Map


Source: CIA World Factbook


Source: CIA World Factbook

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Numbers and Facts

Area: 62 square miles

Inhabitants: 38.700 (2019), thereof 28% Swiss, 17% Austrian, 13% German

Religions: 73% Roman Catholic, 8% Protestant, 6% Muslim

Density of Population: 626 inh./sq.mi.

Capital: Vaduz, 5.701 inh. (2020)

official Language: German

Currency: 1 Swiss Franc (CHF, sfr) = 100 Rappen

Time Zone: GMT + 1 h

Source: Wikipedia (D)

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History

12th cent. · first mention of the princes of Liechtenstein, later two lines:
• Liechtenstein-Murnau

• Liechtenstein-Nikolsburg

1619 · vanish of the line Liechtenstein-Murnau

1719 · the reigns Vaduz and Schellenberg get summarized to the empire's Principality of Liechtenstein

1806–1814 · to the Rhine Confederation

1815 · joining to the German Confederation

1866 · in the brother war on the hands of the German Confederation (Austria), Liechtenstein must leave the German Confederation after the Prussia's victory and leans politicaly close to Austria

1919 · Liechtenstein leans politicaly close to Switzerland

1921 · parliamentary constitution

1924 · custom union with Switzerland

1990 · joining the UN

Source: Wikipedia (D)

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Origin of the Country's Name

The name of the country goes back to the ancestral seat of the ruling house, Liechtenstein Castle in today's Lower Austria. This castle was supposedly built on a light-coloured rock, a "light stone".

Source: Wikipedia (D)

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