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The national flag of Luxembourg (Luxembourgish: Lëtzebuerger Fändel; German: Flagge Luxemburgs; French: Drapeau du Luxembourg) consists of three horizontal stripes, red, white and light blue, and can be in 1:2 or 3:5 ratio. It was first used between 1845 and 1848 and officially adopted in 1993. It is informally called in the country, «rout ...
The national flag of the Netherlands (Dutch: de Nederlandse vlag) is a horizontal tricolour of red, white, and blue. The current design originates as a variant of the late 16th century orange-white-blue Prinsenvlag ("Prince's Flag"), evolving in the early 17th century as the red-white-blue Statenvlag ("States Flag"), the naval flag of the States-General of the Dutch Republic, making the Dutch ...
The flag of Luxembourg was officially adopted in 1972, although it had been used since 1848 following Luxembourg's independence from the Netherlands in the late 19th century. [ dates disagree ] The flag uses a combination of red, white, and blue that dates to the 13th century, and the Grand Duke 's coat of arms.
The Imperial Orilflamme of Charlemagne. A 3 pointed green field with 8 golden crosses and 6 flowers. 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. 1443-1556.
Flag of the Netherlands. A horizontal tricolour of red, white and blue. 1976–present. Flag of Aruba. A medium blue field with a white fimbriated (bordered) red four-pointed star in its upper hoist corner and two narrow horizontal yellow stripes in its lower half. 1984–present. Flag of Curaçao.
The flag of Benelux is an unofficial flag commissioned by the Committee for Belgian–Dutch–Luxembourgish Cooperation in 1951. [1] It is an amalgam of the flags of the member states: Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. The red stripe is from the flag of Luxembourg, the blue stripe is from the flag of the Netherlands, and the black ...
National symbols of Luxembourg. The national flag. The Gëlle Fra national monument. The civil ensign, depicting the red lion. The national grandes armoires. The national bird: the Goldcrest. There are a number of national symbols of Luxembourg, representing Luxembourg or its people in either official or unofficial capacities.
The Grand Duchy borders Belgium's Wallonia, in particular the Belgian provinces of Luxembourg and Liège, part of which comprises the German-speaking Community of Belgium, to the west and to the north, respectively. The northern third of the country is known as the Éislek or Oesling, and forms part of the Ardennes.