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Triesen (Liechtenstein)

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

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Description of the flags

Flag description: two stripes, blue-white (Sources: [kra82d] [l9i85] [jsu73].)
Flags actually used:

M. Schmöger, 20 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 Triesen; and this official princely photo)
M. Schmöger, 20 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

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 Triesen; Adulf Peter Goop et al.: Brauchtum Liechtenstein. Alpenland Verlag, Schaan 2005: p. 213; Liechtenstein 1978–1988 — Bilder, Texte und Dokumente. Verlag der Fürstlichen Regierung: Vaduz, 1988: p. 39, 247; and these two photos.
M. Schmöger, 20/29 September 2009

Banner of the arms

image by M. Schmöger

Arms description (German):
- Auf blauem Grund mit drei übereinanderliegenden silbernen Sensen. (Sources: [kra82d] [l9i85].)
- In Blau drei übereinander gestellte silberne Sensenblätter (Sources: [jsu73].)
Arms blazoning (English): Azure, three scythe blades in pale Argent.
Arms granted: 23 June 1956 (by Francis Joseph II, the reigning prince) (Sources: [kra82d] [l9i85] [jsu73].)
Reasons for the arms: from the arms of the noble family “von Trisun” (Sources: [kra82d] [l9i85] [jsu73].)

M. Schmöger, 20 September 2009

The arms are azure with three scythes vertically. The arms have their origin in the arms of the nobles of Trisen, the oldest aristocratic family in Triesen. The first document where this family is mentioned is dated 1273. The arms of Triesen were adopted on the 23 June, 1956 [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, 20 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 Triesen.
M. Schmöger, 20 September 2009

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