Niederlande

• Königreich der Niederlande
• parlamentarische Monarchie
• Eigenbezeichnung:
  Koninkrijk der Nederlanden

• Kingdom of the Netherlands
• parliamentary monarchy
• own name:
  Koninkrijk der Nederlanden

• Flaggen
• historische Flaggen
• Flaggengeschichte
• Bedeutung/Ursprung der Flagge
• Wappen
• historische Wappen
• Bedeutung/Ursprung des Wappens
• Flugzeugkokarde
• Landkarte
• Zahlen und Fakten
• Geschichte
• Ursprung des Landesnamens
• Provinzen der Niederlande

• Flags
• historical Flags
• Flag History
• Meaning/Origin of the Flag
• Coat of Arms
• historical Coats of Arms
• Meaning/Origin of the Coat of Arms
• Aircraft Roundel
• Map
• Numbers and Facts
• History
• Origin of the Country's Name
• Provinces of Netherlands

In the year 1795 the Netherlands were occupied by French revolutionar troops and there was proclaimed instead of the Netherlands the "Batavian Republic".

To have the flag looking more revolutionar or more "French" they officially superseded – what means by resolution or statute – the occasional still used orange-coloured stripe by a red stripe on the 14th of February in 1796. In the now red stripe should have been placed near the pole even an allegorical scene in a white rectangle but this variant accomplished indeed not for the period of the "Batavian Republic".

In the year 1556 the Netherlands came to the Spanish Habsburgs and they introduced a flag which combines the colours of Spain with the colours of the House of Habsburg. It was horizontally striped and showed the colours red, white and yellow.
At the start of the resistance against the Spanish Habsburgs was in use a flag in the underground probably since the year 1559 which was single-coloured red and showed the golden Dutch lion with a sword and a bundle of 17 arrows in the paw. This flag was developed by inversion of colours from the coat of arms of Holland, but the lion received a sword in the hand as a sign of the resistance. The arrows stood for 17 provinces and embodyed the Motto "Eendracht maakt Macht" → "Unity makes strong". After the foundation of the Utrecht Union (1579) they removed those arrows which stood for the under Spanish rule remaining 10 provinces. That flag was after the foundation of the Republic of the United Netherlands (1581) until the Napolèonic times still and only used by the Netherlands Navy and as naval jack.

It showed a red shield with a golden lion with a sword and a bundle of 17 arows in the paw. That scutcheon figure was developed by inversion of colours from the coat of arms of the County of Holland. But the lion received a sword in the hand as a sign of resistance. The arrows stood for the 17 provinces of the Netherlands afterward for the 7 provinces of the Utrecht Union. This golden lion was crowned and placed in the year 1815 in the blue blazon – coated by golden shingles – of the House of Nassau.

• Fläche:
  41.543 km²

• Area:
  16.040 square miles

• Einwohner:
  17.591.394 (2022),
  davon
  75,4% Niederländer,
  2,4% Türken,
  2,4% Marokkaner,
  2% Surinamesen,
  2% Indonesier (meist Molukker),
  1,9% Deutsche,
  1,3% Polen,
  0,8% Antillianer

• Inhabitants:
  17.591.394 (2022),
  thereof
  75,4% Dutch,
  2,4% Turks,
  2,4% Moroccans,
  2% Surinamese,
  2% Indonesians (mostly Moluccans),
  1,9% Germans,
  1,3% Polish,
  0,8% Antillians

• Religionen:
  20% Katholiken,
  18% Protestanten,
  5% Moslems,
  54% Nicht-Religiöse

• Religions:
  20% Roman Catholic,
  15% Protestant,
  5% Muslim,
  54% Non-Religious

• Bevölkerungsdichte:
  423 Ew./km²

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

• Hauptstadt:
  Amsterdam,
  904.704 Ew. (2022)

• Capital:
  Amsterdam,
  904.704 inh. (2022)

• Regierungssitz:
  Den Haag (s'Gravenhage),
  553.039 Ew. (2022)

• Seat of Government:
  Den Haag (s'Gravenhage),
  553.039 inh. (2022)

• Amtssprache:
  Niederländisch

• official Language:
  Dutch

• sonstige Sprachen:
  Friesisch, Deutsch

• other Languages:
  Frysk, German

• Währung:
  1 Euro (€) = 100 Cent

• Currency:
  1 Euro (€) = 100 Cent

• Zeitzone:
  MEZ

• Time Zone:
  GMT + 1 h