Flag of Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein

Use	Civil and state flag
Proportion	3:5
Adopted	June 24, 1937
Design	Horizontal bicolour of blue and red with a gold crown in the canton

The flag of Liechtenstein (German: Flagge Liechtensteins) consists of two equal horizontal bands of blue (top) and red with a gold ducal crown on the hoist side of the blue band. The colours are likely to have been derived from the livery colours of the Principality's royal household in the eighteenth century.

History

The flag on the border with Austria

The red and blue of Liechtenstein's flag date from 1921. The crown was added in 1937, after it was discovered by Liechtenstein's team at the 1936 Summer Olympics that the flag then in use was identical to the flag of Haiti. The design of the crown was slightly modified in 1982. The flag can be hung vertically or horizontally, but the crown always remains upright.

Construction sheet

Other flags

Standard of the Government of Liechtenstein. Proportions: 3:5	Personal standard of the Prince of Liechtenstein. Proportions: 3:5
Flag of Liechtenstein from 1719 until 1852.	Flag of Liechtenstein from 1852 until 1921.
Flag of Liechtenstein from 1921 until 1937. Proportions: 3:5	Personal standard of the Prince of Liechtenstein from 1957 until 1982. Proportions: 2:3

See also

• Coat of arms of Liechtenstein

External links

• Liechtenstein at Flags of the World
• (German) Original Law text