Flag and coat of arms of the canton and the city of Lucerne

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Coat of arms of the canton and the city of Lucerne
Flag of the canton and the city of Lucerne

The flag of the canton of Lucerne and the city of Lucerne is divided by white and blue, but the coat of arms is divided by blue and white. The stand colors are white and blue.

The Lucerne banner, divided by blue and white, is older than the coat of arms. The oldest surviving flag consists of a fragmentary, rectangular piece of cloth made of white and blue silk, which is said to have been used in the battle of Sempach in 1386. The (different) coat of arms is traced back to the seal of the Lucerne mayor Petermann von Gundoldingen .

Blazon

The official blazon of the coat of arms reads: Split of blue and silver.

Coat of arms of the city of Lucerne

In order to distinguish the city coat of arms from the canton coat of arms, the city coat of arms has a wall crown. Shield holders are two yellow lions.

Coat of arms city of Lucerne

literature

  • Joseph M. Galliker, The Beginnings of the Lucerne Class Heraldry. In: Lucerne 1178–1978. Contributions to the history of the city. Lucerne, 1978. pp. 199-216.
  • Joseph M. Galliker, The coat of arms of Lucerne. In: Swiss Archives for Heraldry, 1979, pp. 13–26.
  • Joseph M. Galliker, Swiss coats of arms and flags, issue 8/2005 , ISBN 3-908063-08-6 .
  • Louis Mühlemann: coat of arms and flags of Switzerland. 3. Edition. Bühler-Verlag, Lengnau 1991, ISBN 3-9520071-1-0 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wiki Genealogy page Lucerne