Mauren (Liechtenstein) (original) (raw)

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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:

• Subnational flags of Liechstenstein
• Liechtenstein

Description of the flags

• Flag description: two stripes, black-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 (yellow-black) with banner-of-arms in the head M. Schmöger, 14 September 2009

Vertical flag, simple stripes

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 Mauren; and this official princely photo)
M. Schmöger, 14 September 2009

Vertical flag, stripes and arms

image by M. Schmöger

Vertical flag, stripes (yellow-black) with banner-of-armsin the headSources for this design: my own observations and photos, on 15 August 2009, at Vaduz castle and Mauren; Adulf Peter Goop et al.: Brauchtum Liechtenstein. Alpenland Verlag, Schaan 2005: p. 210

They obviously have a problem with the correct order of the colours: This version consistently and clearly shows yellow-black instead of black-yellow.
M. Schmöger, 14 September 2009

Banner of the arms

image by M. Schmöger

• Arms description (German):
  • Ein Schild schräglinks geteilt von Schwarz und Gold, in Schwarz goldener Schlüssel gekreuzt mit goldenem Schwert (Sources: [kra82d] [l9i85].)
  • Von Schwarz und Gold schräglinks geteilt, oben ein goldener Schlüssel, schräg gekreuzt mit einem goldenen Schwert (Sources: [jsu73].)
• Arms blazoning (English): Per bend of Sable and Or, in chief a key and a sword Or in saltire.
• Arms granted: 8 February 1958 (by Francis Joseph II, the reigning prince) (Sources: [kra82d] [l9i85] [jsu73].)
• Reasons for the arms: Key and sword are the attributes of St Peter and Paul, the patron saints of the church at Mauren; colours from the colours of Schellenberg seigniory (Sources: [kra82d] [l9i85] [jsu73].) M. Schmöger, 15 September 2009

The arms are diagonally divided in two fields, black and gold. On the first appears a golden sword and key in form of a saltire. The colours are those of the nobility of Schellenberg to whom Mauren once belonged. The sword and key symbolise the right of patronage on the parish. The arms of Mauren were adopted on 8 February, 1958.
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, 15 September 2009

Horizontal banner of the arms

image by M. Schmöger

Source for this flag design: my own observations and photos, on 15 August 2009, at Vaduz castle and Mauren.
M. Schmöger, 15 September 2009