# Luxemburg Flag History

- Link: https://comsac.com/computer/history/luxemburg-flag-history
- Published: 2016-05-06T14:02:13-06:00
- Author: James Scott

Luxembourg is one of the world\’s smallest sovereign states at 999 square miles (
2,586 square kilometers). The triangle-shaped country borders Germany to the east,
France to the south, and Belgium to the west.

The earliest human remains found in present-day Luxembourg date from about 5140 
BCE, but little is known about the people who first populated the area. Two Belgic
tribes, the Treveri, and Mediomatrici inhabited the country from about 450 BCE until
the Roman conquest of 53 BCE.

The colors were branded during the Belgian Revolution in 1830, and the flag was 
officially designed in 1845, ten years after Luxembourg finally declared its independence
from Germany. Inspired by the flag in France, the colors of the flag in Luxembourg
are based on the coat of arms of its Grand Duke, Count Henry, during the 13th century.
It has a red lion with white and blue stripes in the background. Such a coat of 
arms may be dated back to the medieval times.

The flag of Luxembourg was officially adopted on June 23, 1972, though it had been
in used from around 1848. Prior to this, before 1830, Luxembourg did not have a 
national flag. Around the time of the Belgian Revolution, Luxembourg adopted the
red, white, and blue.

The flag of Luxembourg consists of three equal sized horizontal stripes – the top
stripe is red; the middle one is white and the bottom stripe is light blue. The 
Luxembourg flag is similar to the flag of the Netherlands, which uses a darker shade
of blue. The similarity, however, is just a coincidence, there\’s no historical 
connection.

Although it is a bit similar to that of Netherlands, the flag of Luxembourg still
owns a trace of uniqueness. It is the main reason why people in Luxembourg still
give their utmost respect to their flag. The Flag Company Inc specialized in flag
designs offered a special edition of decals and flags to memorize the history of
Luxembourg Flag for the future.

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