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The national flag of Switzerland [a] displays a white Greek cross in the center of a square red field. The white cross is known as the Swiss cross or the federal cross. [1] Its arms are equilateral, and their ratio of length to width is 7:6.
Second flag of the Kingdom in Prussia and first flag of the Kingdom of Prussia: A black eagle holding a sword and rod on a white field, a crown on top. 1801–1803: Second flag of the Kingdom of Prussia: 1803-1805 1815-1848: Third flag of the Kingdom of Prussia: The same as the previous flag, but the crown in the top of the flag is smaller.
Switzerland is not a member of the European Union; the Swiss people have consistently rejected membership since the early 1990s. [104] However, Switzerland does participate in the Schengen Area. [108] The colour-reversed Swiss flag became the symbol of the Red Cross Movement, founded in 1863 by Henry Dunant. [109] [110]
National symbols of Switzerland are the symbols used to represent Switzerland. As of 2020 the Swiss legislature has made three Swiss national symbols official, a flag , coat of arms , and anthem , but various other symbols are used as well to represent the Swiss people .
Some of the traditional symbols of Switzerland: the Swiss flag, the alphorn and the snow-capped Alps. Folk art is kept alive in organizations all over the country. In Switzerland, it is mostly expressed in music, dance, poetry, wood carving and embroidery. There are also many regional and local rites demarcating times of the year.
Switzerland agreed to host the summit at the behest of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, and has tried to drum up support for it among countries that have better relations with Moscow than ...
The flag Unterwalden, as the canton itself, has a complicated history, on one hand due to the rivalry of the constituent half-cantons Obwalden and Nidwalden, and on the other because its historical flag was identical to that of Solothurn. The war flag of Obwalden was plain red and white, first recorded in 1309.
The coat of arms of the Swiss Confederation shows the same white-on-red cross as the flag of Switzerland, but on a heraldic shield instead of the square field.. The federal coat of arms (eidgenössisches Wappen) was defined by the Swiss Diet (Tagsatzung) in 1815, for the Restored Confederacy.