Luxembourg Flag

The Luxembourg National flag is one which comprises of three stripes of which two are of equal width and the third is a lot thinner but not much. The three stripes are distributed along the flag of Luxembourg design in a horizontal pattern and have the colors red, blue and white respectively. The Luxembourg flag was adopted officially as the national flag of the country to represent it self on a world wide basis on June 23, and the year for that happening was 1972. The Luxembourg flag colors is0 greatly influenced by the French flag and therefore has the same type of colors. Luxembourg fought and declared independence from the clutches of Germany in the year 1835 and designed a horizontal flag in the year 1845. The colors of the Luxembourg flag has taken their birth and originate far back from the 13th century and that too from the colors of the coat of arms which is said to be of the Grand Duke of Luxembourg. The name of the Duke was Count Henry and his time was the VI hence he was called count Henry the VI. It is also seen that the coat of arms is one that featured the picture of a red lion and that was appeared on a field of many lines striped which were of the colors white and blue. Giving an estimation of the status of this flag with the date of its adoption one can easily say that it is considered as an older flag. The flag of Luxemburg has very much resemblance with the flag of Netherlands, except the color shade of blue, having little bit darker shade of blue color in Netherlands flag.

The picture and the original coat of arms of Luxembourg are very old and that also is seen to have an origin that dates back to medieval times. The flag has very nicely themed coloration which is divided and distributed along in a unique pattern. The flag is divided into three stripes of which two stripes are of equal width and the middle stripe is of a thinner width. The pictures of the Luxembourg flag are also available in the market and in those the colors of the Luxembourg flag are visible.

Because of the three strips on the flag, the description of the flag becomes very easy to elaborate. The flag of Luxemburg is made with the proportion of 3:5. The top stripe is of the color red that is followed by the color white stripes that is more like a thin strip. The last stripe on the National Flag of Luxembourg is of the color blue again. The design, as mentioned, is very simple and unique and hence very simple and easy to explain. It is an interesting fact to keep in mind that the National Flag of Luxembourg is one which can be dated back to the year of 13th century and yet its official adoption is in the year 1990 however keeping in mind the year that it can be dated back to that would be its date of origin. Therefore one can say that the National Flag of Luxembourg is one of the oldest flags in the world. The meaning and the significance as to the design and the colors used in the National Flag of Luxembourg are also ones that have unique yet interesting meaning and significance. The description and the meaning of the design and the color of the National Flag of Luxembourg were given a long time ago and those were by the last president of Luxembourg.