This is a list of flags used in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, a country in western Europe. For more information about the national flag, visit the article Flag of Luxembourg.
National flag
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1993 - | Flag of Luxembourg (Ratio: 3:5) | The flag is a horizontal tricolor of red, white, and blue. De facto used from 1848, but it was not officially adopted until 1993. |
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1972 - 1993 | Flag of Luxembourg (Ratio: 1:2) | The national flag in 1:2 ratio. |
Ensign
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1972 - | Civil Ensign and Civil Air Ensign of Luxembourg | A banner of the coat of arms of Luxembourg. It is made of ten horizontal white and blue stripes with a red lion with yellow claws, teeth, tongue and crown over all. |
Standard of the Grand Duke
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2001 - | Standard of the Grand Duke | An orange flag with the middle coat of arms of the Grand Duke. |
Cities
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Flag of the Capital city of Luxembourg | ||
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Flag of Betzdorf, Luxembourg | ||
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Flag of Diekirch |
Historical Flags
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800-888 | The Imperial Orilflamme of Charlemagne | A 3 pointed green field with 8 golden crosses and 6 flowers. |
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1242-1443 | Flag of The County and Duchy of Luxemburg | A banner of the coat of arms of Luxembourg. It is made of ten horizontal white and blue stripes with a red lion with yellow claws, teeth, tongue and crown over all. |
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1443-1556 | Flag of The Duchy of Burgundy under Philip the Good | A Banner of The Coat of Arms of The Duchy of Burgundy under The House of Valois-Burgundy |
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1556-1684 1698-1700 |
Flag of The Seventeen Provinces, The Southern Netherlands and The Spanish Netherlands | A red saltire resembling two crossed, roughly-pruned (knotted) branches, on a white field. |
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1684-1698 1701-1711 1814-1815 |
Flag of The Kingdom of France | A White Field with several Fleur-de-lis. |
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1711-1713 | Flag of The Electorate of Bavaria | A Quartered Banner of Arms. the 1st and 4th quarters, An array of 21 lozenges of blue and white. the 2nd and 3rd quarters are the lion of The Electorate of Palatinate. plus an inescutcheon with a golden orb on a red field in the center. |
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1713-1795 | Flag of The Archduchy of Austria | three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and red. |
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1713-1740 | Flag of The Archduchy of Austria | A yellow field with a black double headed eagle with a crown on top and carrying the tricolored arms of Austria on his chest. |
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1781-1786 | Flag of The Austrian Netherlands | A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of red, white and gold with the arms of Austria. |
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1789-1790 | Flag of The Brabant Revolution | A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of red, black and yellow. |
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1795-1814 | Flag of The French First Republic and The First French Empire | A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 3:2). |
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1815-1830 1839-1848 |
Flag of The United Kingdom of the Netherlands and The Kingdom of The Netherlands | A horizontal triband of red, white and blue. |
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1830-1831 | Flag of the Belgian Revolution | A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of black, yellow and red. |
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1831-1839 | Flag of The Kingdom of Belgium | A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red with a 2:3 ratio. |
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1848-1914 1918-1940 1944-1972 |
Flag of Luxembourg | |
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1914-1918 | Flag of The German Empire used during the occupation of Luxembourg in World War I | A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom). |
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1940-1945 | Flag of Nazi Germany used during the occupation of Luxembourg in World War II | A red field, with a white disc with a black swastika at a 45-degree angle. Disc and swastika are exactly in the centre. |
Historical Royal Flags
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1556 | Banner of arms of King Charles I | |
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1556 | Banner of arms of Emperor Charles V | |
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1556 | Banner of arms of Emperor Charles V | |
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1556-1580 1668-1684 1698-1700 |
Royal Standard or Royal Flag of the House of Habsburg. | |
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1580-1668 | Banner of arms of the House of Austria (with the arms of Portugal). |
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1580-1668 | Royal Standard or Royal Flag of the House of Habsburg. (Inescutcheon of Portugal in the Royal arms) | |
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1668-1684 1698-1700 |
Banner of arms of the House of Austria (from 1668) | |
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1684-1698 1701-1711 |
Royal standard of Louis XIV | |
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1804-1814 | Imperial standard of Napoléon I | |
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1814-1815 | Royal Standard of Louis XVIII | |
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1815-1830 1839-1848 |
Royal Standard of The Dutch Monarch | |
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1815-1835 | Standard of the Emperor Francis | |
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1848-1866 | Standard of the Emperor Franz Joseph | |
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1914-1918 | German Emperor's Standard |
References
edit- (in English) Luxembourg at Flags of the World