Banner o Belgium
The naitional banner o Belgium (Dutch: Vlag van België, French: Drapeau de la Belgique, German: Flagge Belgiens) contains three equal vertical baunds o black (hoist side), yellow, an red. The colours wur taken frae the colours o the Duchy o Brabant, an the vertical design mey be based on the banner o Fraunce.
The naitional banner haes the unuisual proportions o 13:15, but is rarely seen. A banner in a 2:3 or similar ratio is uised in maist cases, even bi maist govrenment bodies.[1] The unuisual proportions o 13:15 are o unkent oreegin.[2]
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[edit] Previous banners
Efter the daith o Charlemagne, the present-day territory o Belgium (except the Coonty o Flanders) became pairt o Lotharingie, which haed a banner o twa horizontal red stripes separatit bi a white stripe.[3] The territory then passed intae Spainyie haunds, an efter the coronation o Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor yellow an red, the colours o Spain, wur addit. Frae the 16t century tae the end o the 18t century, the colours o wha is nou Belgium wur red, white an yellow.[3] Occasionally the red cross o Burgundy wis placed on the white section o the banner.[3]
Durin the period o Austrian rule, a number o different banners wur tried, till the Austrian Emperor imposed the Austrian banner. The population o Brussels wis opposed tae this, an follaein the example o Fraunce, red, yellow an black cockades began tae appear; those being the colours o Brabant.[3] The colours thus correspond tae the red lion o Hainaut, Limburg an Luxembourg, the yellow lion o Brabant, an the black lion o Flanders an Namur.[3]
[edit] Independence an adoption o current banner
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On August 26, 1830, the day aefter the riotin at the Brussels Opera, an the stairt o the Belgian Revolution the banner o Fraunce wis flown froae the ceety hall o Brussels. This wis hastily replaced bi a tricolour o red, yellow an black horizontal stripes made at a nearbi fabric store, similar tae the ane uised durin the Brabantian Revolution.[3] As a result, airticle 193 o the Constitution o Belgium describes the colours o the Belgian Nation as Red, Yellow an Black insteid o the order uised in the abuin offeecial banner.[2]
On Januar 23, 1831, the stripes wur chynged frae horizontal tae vertical, an October 12 saw the banner attain its modren form, wi the black placed at the hoist side o the banner.[3] It is suggestit that the chynge wis tae mair clearly distinguish the banner o Belgium frae the banner o the Netherlands, which an aa haes three horizontal stripes, especially important durin naval battles. Some think the chynge tae vertical wis a gesture o sympathy wi the French, again clearly separatin them frae the Dutch.[3]
[edit] References
- ↑ See for example the Belgian Federal Government's website, where they do not display the official proportions of the national flag: Belgian Flags. Belgian Federal Government (2008). Retrieved on 3 October 2009. .
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Belgium. Flags of the World (June 6, 2009). Retrieved on 3 October 2009. .
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 (French) Van den Bussche, E., Chief of Protocol, Belgian Federal Department of the Interior (2008). Noble Belgique, ô Mère chérie - LE PROTOCOLE EN BELGIQUE (PROTOCOL IN BELGIUM). Heule: Editions UGA.
[edit] Freemit airtins
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