Prinsenvlag
The Prinsenvlag ( Dutch Prinzenflagge ) was the historic flag of the Netherlands , as it was originally carried by the Orange in the Eighty Years War (1568-1648). The colors are based on the colors of the livery of Prince Wilhelm of Orange-Nassau and are orange, white and blue. The Orange is the corporate color of Orange. Today 's national flag of the Netherlands is based on the Prinsenvlag, but is red-white-blue.
history
The Prinsenvlag may have been the first to wear the Wassergeusen when they took Den Briel from the Spanish in 1572 . In 1587 the Admiralty of Zeeland ordered the flag for their warships. It was then adopted as the flag of the uprising by the Republic of the United Netherlands . The orange later became red, for which there are various theories. For example, the aversion to the Orange played a role in some of the Dutch - with red instead of orange they could differentiate themselves from the Orange supporters .
In the French period around 1800, when the Orange people had left the Netherlands, red almost finally prevailed. On his return in 1813, the Sovereign Prince of the Netherlands , soon as William I King of the Netherlands, an Orange, opted for red.
Since the 1930s, supporters of the right-wing National Socialist Movement have been using the Prinsenvlag with their orange. For this reason, among other things, Queen Wilhelmina signed a decree in 1937 that set red-white-blue as the national flag.
use
Today, the Prinsenvlag is often associated with right-wing extremism, and in fact nationalist movements like to use it. In addition, the Prinsenvlag is associated with pan-Dutch movements that want to unite the Netherlands with Flanders.
In May 2011, the two Prinsenvlaggen that could be seen at PVV offices in the government district (Binnenhof) attracted attention . A member of the right-wing populist party, Wim Kortenoeven, had hung them in his window. It took months to remove them after a newspaper reported them. Kortenoeven wanted the flag to be understood as a symbol of the Golden Age (Dutch Gouden Eeuw ), an epoch of economic and cultural prosperity in the Netherlands in the 17th century.
Apart from the Prinsenvlag, orange is a very popular and common color in the Dutch national consciousness. On public holidays that have to do with the royal family, an orange pennant often hangs on the flag.
South Africa
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The Prinsenvlag was also the basis for the earlier flag of South Africa , adopted in 1928. On the white surface it shows the flags of Great Britain and the formerly free Boer republics Orange Free State and Transvaal . In 1994 it was replaced by the current one.
See also
- Flag of the Netherlands
- Het Wilhelmus , the national anthem of the Netherlands
supporting documents
- ↑ NOS: “Prinsenvlag bij PVV-raam verwijderd” , accessed on May 26, 2011.