List of flags of Luxembourg

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This is a list of flags used in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , a country in western Europe. For more information about the national flag, visit the article Flag of Luxembourg .

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National flag

FlagDateUseDescription
Flag of Luxembourg.svg 1993 - Flag of Luxembourg (Ratio: 3:5)The flag is a horizontal tricolor of red, white, and blue. De facto used from 1848, but it was not officially adopted until 1993.
Flag of Luxembourg wide.svg 1972 - 1993Flag of Luxembourg (Ratio: 1:2)The national flag in 1:2 ratio.

Ensign

FlagDateUseDescription
Civil Ensign of Luxembourg.svg 1972 - Civil Ensign and Civil Air Ensign of LuxembourgA banner of the coat of arms of Luxembourg. It is made of ten horizontal white and blue stripes with a red lion with yellow claws, teeth, tongue and crown over all.

Standard of the Grand Duke

FlagDateUseDescription
Standard of the Grand Duke of Luxembourg.svg 2001 - Standard of the Grand Duke An orange flag with the middle coat of arms of the Grand Duke.

Cities

FlagDateUseDescription
Flag of Luxembourg (city).svg Flag of Luxembourg City
Flag of Betzdorf.png Flag of Betzdorf
Flag of Diekirch.png Flag of Diekirch

Historical Flags

FlagDateUseDescription
Oriflamme of Charlemagne.png 800-888The Imperial Orilflamme of Charlemagne A 3 pointed green field with 8 golden crosses and 6 flowers.
Die greue van Sympoell II.svg 1214-1242Flag of The Duchy of Limburg A Banner of arms of Limburg. It is made of a white field with a green stripe on the hoist and a red lion with yellow claws, teeth, tongue and crown over all.
Civil Ensign of Luxembourg.svg 1242-1443Flag of The County and Duchy of Luxemburg A Banner of Arms of Luxembourg. It is made of ten horizontal white and blue stripes with a red lion with yellow claws, teeth, tongue and crown over all.
Bandera de Borgona.svg 1443-1556Flag of The Duchy of Burgundy under Philip the Good A Banner of The Coat of Arms of The Duchy of Burgundy under The House of Valois-Burgundy
Flag of Cross of Burgundy.svg 1556-1684
1698-1700
Flag of The Seventeen Provinces, The Southern Netherlands and The Spanish Netherlands A red saltire resembling two crossed, roughly-pruned (knotted) branches, on a white field.
Civil ensign of the Spanish Netherlands.svg 1556-1684
1698-1700
Civil ensign of the Spanish NetherlandsA horizontal tricolour of red, white and yellow, with the Cross of Burgundy in the centre.
Royal Standard of France (early 17th-century-1789, 1814-1830).svg 1684-1698
1701-1711
1814-1815
Flag of The Kingdom of France A White Field with several Fleur-de-lis.
Electoral Standard of Bavaria (1623-1806).svg 1711-1713Flag of The Electorate of Bavaria A Quartered Banner of Arms. the 1st and 4th quarters, An array of 21 lozenges of blue and white. the 2nd and 3rd quarters are the lion of The Electorate of Palatinate. plus an inescutcheon with a golden orb on a red field in the center.
Flag of Austria (1230-1934).svg 1713-1795Flag of The Archduchy of Austria three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and red.
Austrian Ensign 1685-1740.png 1713-1740Flag of The Archduchy of AustriaA yellow field with a black double headed eagle with a crown on top and carrying the tricolored arms of Austria on his chest.
Austrian Low Countries Flag.svg 1781-1786Flag of The Austrian Netherlands A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of red, white and gold with the arms of Austria.
Flag of the Brabantine Revolution.svg 1789-1790Flag of The Brabant RevolutionA tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of red, black and yellow.
Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1974, 2020-present).svg 1795-1814Flag of The French First Republic and The First French Empire A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 3:2).
Flag of the Netherlands.svg 1815-1830
1839-1848
Flag of The United Kingdom of the Netherlands and The Kingdom of The Netherlands A horizontal triband of red, white and blue.
Flag of Belgium (1830).svg 1830-1831Flag of the Belgian Revolution A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of black, yellow and red.
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 1831-1839Flag of The Kingdom of Belgium A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red with a 2:3 ratio.
Flag of Luxembourg wide.svg 1848-1914
1918-1940
1944-1972
Flag of Luxembourg
Flag of Germany (1867-1918).svg 1914-1918Flag of The German Empire used during the occupation of Luxembourg in World War I A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom).
Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg 1940-1945Flag of Nazi Germany used during the occupation of Luxembourg in World War II A red field, with a white disc with a black swastika at a 45-degree angle. Disc and swastika are exactly in the centre.

Historical Royal Flags

FlagDateUseDescription
Estandarte Real de Carlos I.svg 1556Banner of arms of King Charles I
1556Banner of arms of Emperor Charles V
1556Banner of arms of Emperor Charles V
Estandarte real de 1556-1580 y 1668-1700.svg 1556-1580
1668-1684
1698-1700
Royal Standard or Royal Flag of the House of Habsburg.
Estandarte Real de Felipe II.svg 1580-1668Banner of arms of the House of Austria
(with the arms of Portugal).
Estandarte real de 1580-1668.svg 1580-1668Royal Standard or Royal Flag of the House of Habsburg. (Inescutcheon of Portugal in the Royal arms)
Estandarte Real de Carlos II.svg 1668-1684
1698-1700
Banner of arms of the House of Austria (from 1668)
Royal Standard of King Louis XIV.svg 1684-1698
1701-1711
Royal standard of Louis XIV
Imperial Standard of Napoleon I.svg 1804-1814Imperial standard of Napoléon I
Royal flag of France during the Bourbon Restoration.svg 1814-1815Royal Standard of Louis XVIII
Royal Standard of the Netherlands (1815-1908).svg 1815-1830
1839-1848
Royal Standard of The Dutch Monarch
Austrian Imperial Standard - Infantry pattern mix early 19th century.svg 1815-1835Standard of the Emperor Francis
Imperial Standard of Austria-Hungary (Before 1915).svg 1848-1866Standard of the Emperor Franz Joseph
Kaiserstandarte.svg 1914-1918 German Emperor's Standard

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