Triesenberg (Liechtenstein)

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• Description of the flags
  • Vertical flag, simple stripes
  • Vertical flag, stripes and arms
• Banner of the arms
  • Horizontal banner of the arms

See also:

• Liechtenstein
• Subdivisions of Liechstenstein (Clickable map of the communes)

Description of the flags

• Flag description: two stripes, blue-yellow (Sources: [kra82d] [l9i85] [jsu73].)
• Flags actually used:
  • vertical flag, simple stripes
  • square flag, banner-of-arms
  • horizontal flag, banner-of-arms
  • vertical flag, stripes with banner-of-arms in the head

Banner of the arms

image by M. Schmöger, 21 Sep 2009

• 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].)

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 Nov 1995

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

Horizontal banner of the arms

image by M. Schmöger, 21 Sep 2009

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

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