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Schaan (Liechtenstein)

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Description of the flags

M. Schmöger, 17 September 2009

Vertical flag, simple stripes

Vertical flag of Schaan image by M. Schmöger

Vertical flag, simple stripes. Sources for this flag design: my own observations and photos, 15 August 2009, at Vaduz castle and Schaan; and this official princely photo.
M. Schmöger, 17 September 2009

Horizontal flag, simple stripes

(Incorrectly reported flag!!)
Vertical flag of Schaan image by António Martins, 29 October 1999

The French presidential flag with the thin white stripe can’t be mixed up with this flag, as the horizontal version with only stripes does not exist.
M. Schmöger, 17 September 2009


Banner of the arms

BoA of Schaan image by M. Schmöger

  • Arms description (German):
    • Schild blau-rot, durch silbernen Pfahl getrennt. Im blauen Feld eine goldene Ähre, im roten waagrecht ein silberner Fluss (Sources: [kra82d] [l9i85].)
    • Durch einen silbernen Pfahl von Blau und Rot gespalten, vorne eine goldene Ähre, hinten ein silberner Querfluss (Sources: [jsu73].)
  • Arms blazoning (English): Party by a pallet Argent of Azure, a corn ear Or, and Gules, a fess wavy Argent.
  • Arms granted: 26 November 1948 by Francis Joseph II, the reigning prince [kra82d] [jsu73] (see the letter-of-arms), being a simplified version of the arms granted on 12 June 1938 (original letter-of-arms)
  • Reasons for the arms: blue and red are the national colours, the corn ear is for agriculture, the fess wavy for the Rhine (Sources: [kra82d] [l9i85] [jsu73])

Square flag, banner-of-arms. Source for this flag design: Liechtenstein 1978—1988 — Bilder, Texte und Dokumente. Verlag der Fürstlichen Regierung, Vaduz 1988: p. 274; and this photo.

M. Schmöger, 17 September 2009

Horizontal banner of the arms

2:3 BoA of Schaan image by M. Schmöger

Square flag, banner-of-arms. Source for this flag design: Liechtenstein 1978—1988 — Bilder, Texte und Dokumente. Verlag der Fürstlichen Regierung, Vaduz 1988: p. 274; this photo; and Liechtenstein 1978—1988 — Bilder, Texte und Dokumente. Verlag der Fürstlichen Regierung: Vaduz, 1988: p. 277.
M. Schmöger, 17/29 September 2009

Vertical flag, banner-of-arms

Vertical flag of Schaan image by M. Schmöger

Vertical flag, simple stripes. Sources for this flag design: my own observations and photos, 15 August 2009, at Vaduz castle and Schaan; Adulf Peter Goop et al.: Brauchtum Liechtenstein. Alpenland Verlag, Schaan 2005: p. 227; this photo.
M. Schmöger, 17 September 2009