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Triesenberg (Liechtenstein)

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Description of the flags

M. Schmöger, 21 September 2009

Vertical flag, simple stripes

Vertical flag of Triesenberg
image by M. Schmöger

Vertical flag, simple stripes. Sources for this design: my own observations and photos, on 15 August 2009, at Vaduz castle and Triesenberg; and this official princely photo)
M. Schmöger, 21 September 2009

According to [kra81]: Divided vertically — blue and silver.
Jan Oskar Engene 11 April 1996

From [kra82] (in French) Drapeau: parti bleu et blanc. = (English) two vertical stripes blue and white.
Pascal Vagnat, 10 April 1999

Vertical flag, stripes and arms

Vertical flag of Triesenberg
image by M. Schmöger

Vertical flag, stripes with banner-of-arms in the head Sources for this design: my own observations and photos, on 15 August 2009, at Vaduz castle and Triesenberg; and these three photos.
M. Schmöger, 21 September 2009


Banner of the arms

BoA of Triesenberg image by M. Schmöger

  • Arms description (German):
    • Ein Schild mit blauem Grund, im Schildfuss goldener Dreiberg, darüber freischwebend eine goldene Glocke. (Sources: [kra82d] [l9i85].)
    • In Blau über einem goldenen Dreiberg eine goldene Glocke (Sources: [jsu73].)
  • Arms blazoning (English): Azure, a bell Or over a triple mount Or.
  • Arms granted: 20 May 1955 (by Francis Joseph II, the reigning prince) (Sources: [kra82d] [l9i85] [jsu73].)
  • Reasons for the arms: the colours blue and yellow for the Walser immigrants; the bell for St Theodul, the patron saint of the Walser; the triple mount is canting (Sources: [kra82d] [l9i85].)
M. Schmöger, 21 September 2009

The arms are azure with a golden bell and in the bottom three golden mountains. The colours represent the "Walser" who came from Davos to settle on the mountains of Triesen (=Triesenberg). The three golden mountains give the name of the commune. The bell is attributed to Saint Theodule, patron saint of the Valais and of the Valaisan settlements (Walser), who is mentioned in 1595 as the patron saint of the chapel of Masescha. The arms of Triesenberg were adopted on 20 May, 1955 [kra82].
Pascal Vagnat, 21 November 1995

Source for this flag design: Liechtenstein 1978-1988 — Bilder, Texte und Dokumente. Verlag der Fürstlichen Regierung, Vaduz 1988: p. 274)
M. Schmöger, 21 September 2009

Horizontal banner of the arms

2:3 BoA of Triesenberg image by M. Schmöger

Source for this flag design: my own observations and photos, on 15 August 2009, at Vaduz castle and Triesenberg; and an online photo.
M. Schmöger, 21 September 2009