Luxembourg flag
The flag of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, a dwarf state in Western Europe, was formally established in 1972.
Description and proportions of the flag of Luxembourg
The national flag of Luxembourg is a rectangle, the sides of which are relative to each other in accordance with a ratio of 3: 5. The flag of the country is one of the official symbols along with the coat of arms of Luxembourg and its anthem..
The Luxembourg flag is a traditional tricolor with three horizontal stripes of equal width. The top one is bright red, the middle one is white, and the bottom stripe is applied in light blue.
History of the flag of Luxembourg
The first flag of Luxembourg was adopted in 1815 by Willem, King of the Netherlands, who ascended the throne and became the Grand Duke of Luxembourg. The flag of Luxembourg differed from the official symbol of Holland only in the lower stripe, which had a slightly lighter shade of blue..
In 1972, the Luxembourg flag was officially approved by the country's parliament, and 20 years later, the lower field of the flag was made even lighter to make the similarity with the national flag of the Netherlands even less noticeable..
Luxembourg civil courts use the flag «Red lion», which depicts a red lion standing on its hind legs against the background of alternating five white and five blue horizontal stripes. Its head is crowned with a golden crown, its tongue and claws are also painted with gold paint. The red lion is also depicted on the coat of arms of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, where his figure is adorned with a heraldic shield crowned with the Grand Ducal crown.
The chairman of one of the parliamentary factions proposed to replace the national flag of Luxembourg with a flag «Red lion». His proposal met with the approval of the absolute majority of the country's residents. 90 percent of participants in a poll conducted by a radio station voted for the flag «Red lion» as a state.
Once this banner was the generic flag of the Luxembourg House, and its history dates back to the 13th century. However, parliamentarians are in no hurry to adopt a new law on the National Flag of Luxembourg, and so far «Red lion» waiting in the wings when he can replace the current tricolor on the flagpoles of the country.
