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Liechtenstein
The flag with the princely crown, its colours, the castle, the two neighbours and the flag it was once identical to.
Money
Liechtenstein pays in Swiss francs, written CHF or Fr.; ₣ is the old French franc sign, not a Swiss one.
German letters
Liechtenstein writes Standard German the Swiss way: umlauts, ss instead of ß, and « » quotation marks.
Mountains & the Rhine
The Rhine valley in the west, the Alps in the east, and the Föhn wind between them.
Winter & ski
Malbun, the country's ski resort, and the alpine skiers who won every one of its Olympic medals.
Food & drink
Käsknöpfle, Ribel and the wine from the vineyards below Vaduz Castle.
Holidays
National day on 15 August, the Funken bonfires at the start of Lent, Fasnacht and Christmas.
Liechtenstein in the world
Stamps, the princely art collections, false teeth and power tools from Schaan, and a vote on almost everything.
Sport
The national team at the Rheinpark Stadion in Vaduz and FC Vaduz in the Swiss league.
🇱🇮 on the world map
Liechtenstein flag emoji 🇱🇮 and the crown
The Liechtenstein flag emoji is not a picture stored in Unicode but a pair of letters: the regional indicator symbols and , Liechtenstein's country code LI. Phones and Macs draw the pair as the flag; Windows has no country flag pictures in its emoji font, so the same emoji shows there as the letters LI. Anyone who receives it on a phone still sees , and typing 'liechtenstein' in the emoji search of iPhone, Android or WhatsApp finds it.
The flag is two horizontal bands, blue over red, with a gold crown in the upper corner by the pole. The crown is the princely hat, the same one that tops the coat of arms of the ruling house. At emoji size it is only a few pixels, so people often add beside the flag or spell it in hearts, .
The crown is there because of a surprise at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. Haiti's flag was then also plain blue over red, and the two teams found they were marching under the same colours. In 1937 Liechtenstein added the crown to tell them apart, which is why 'liechtenstein flag vs haiti flag' is still a common question; today's Haitian flag has its coat of arms in a white panel in the middle.
Liechtenstein emoji meanings:
and are the Prince. Liechtenstein is a principality ruled by the House of Liechtenstein, an old Austrian noble family that bought the lordship of Schellenberg and the county of Vaduz and had them made a principality of the Holy Roman Empire in 1719. Prince Hans-Adam II is head of state, and his son Hereditary Prince Alois has carried out the day-to-day duties since 2004. is Vaduz Castle, on a ledge high above the capital, the princely family's home since 1938 and not open to visitors; it also stands for Gutenberg Castle on its hill in Balzers.
are the Rätikon Alps that fill the east of the country, with the Grauspitz on the Swiss border as the highest point, at 2,599 metres. is the Alpine Rhine, which forms the whole western border with Switzerland, and the flat valley floor where most people live; Austria lies to the east and north. Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan are the only two countries in the world that are doubly landlocked, surrounded only by other landlocked countries. is the Föhn, the warm dry wind that blows down the Rhine valley.
are walking: the Liechtenstein Trail, opened for the 300th anniversary in 2019, crosses all eleven municipalities, and the Fürstensteig is a narrow path cut along the cliffs above the valley. is the cycle path along the Rhine dam. are the cows on the high pastures in summer and the Alpabfahrt in autumn, when they come down to the villages with their bells; stands for the ibex, for the red deer of the mountain forests and for the golden eagle. are banking, one of the country's big industries; LGT, the bank owned by the princely family, is based in Vaduz.
Liechtenstein food and wine emoji
The dish everyone names is Käsknöpfle, small flour dumplings layered with strong local cheese and topped with fried onions, served with apple sauce or potato salad: . Ribel is the old everyday food of the Rhine valley, coarse cornmeal cooked and then stirred in a pan into golden crumbs, eaten with coffee, cheese or fruit compote: .
are the vineyards on the sunny slopes around Vaduz, including the Prince's own winery below the castle. is beer from the country's own breweries.
Liechtenstein national day and other holidays
15 August is Liechtenstein's national day, the Staatsfeiertag. It falls on the feast of the Assumption and the day before the birthday of Prince Franz Joseph II, who was born on 16 August 1906. At the official ceremony, Hereditary Prince Alois speaks on the meadow below Vaduz Castle; the princely family then invites attendees to an apéro there and opens the rose garden for a walk; the day goes on as a street festival in Vaduz and ends with fireworks over the valley . People post and wish each other 'Schönen Staatsfeiertag!'.
On the first Sunday of Lent, Funkensonntag, villages build a tall tower of wood topped with a straw witch and set it alight at dusk as part of the custom. Before that comes Fasnacht , the carnival with masks, parades and noise. is Christmas, and the holidays in Malbun.
Liechtenstein symbols: the Swiss franc and German umlauts
Liechtenstein has no currency of its own. It has used the Swiss franc since the 1920s, when it formed a customs union with Switzerland, and prices are written the Swiss way, CHF 20.– or Fr. 20.–, with the code or the abbreviation in front. There is no official franc sign; the in Unicode was made for the old French franc, not for the Swiss franc. Before that the country used the Austrian krone.
German is the official language, and by CLDR estimates practically all of Liechtenstein's roughly 40,000 people speak it; most use local Alemannic dialects. In Triesenberg people still speak Walser German, brought by settlers from the Valais in the Middle Ages. Written Standard German follows Swiss practice: the umlauts Ä ä Ö ö Ü ü are used, but there is no ß, which is always written ss (Strasse, Grüsse), and quotations go in «guillemets» rather than the „ “ of Germany. See the German and Swiss German collections for the whole alphabet.
To type the umlauts on Windows, use Alt0228 for ä, Alt0246 for ö and Alt0252 for ü (Alt0196, 0214 and 0220 for the capitals); « is Alt0171 and » Alt0187. On a Mac with a US layout, press OptionU and then the vowel; Option\ gives « and OptionShift\ gives ». On a phone, hold A, O or U and pick the letter with two dots. The Swiss keyboard used in Liechtenstein has its own keys for ü, ö and ä.
Liechtenstein sport emoji: skiing and football
is Liechtenstein's sport. All ten of its Olympic medals up to 2022 were won in alpine skiing, most famously by Hanni Wenzel, who took two gold medals at Lake Placid in 1980, and her brother Andreas Wenzel; per head of population that is one of the best Winter Olympic records of any country. is what fans post when a Liechtensteiner is on the podium, and Malbun, the small resort high above Triesenberg, is where the country's children learn to ski .
is the national team, which plays at the Rheinpark Stadion in Vaduz on the bank of the Rhine, and FC Vaduz, which plays in the Swiss league because Liechtenstein has no league of its own. The winner of the Liechtenstein Cup still earns a place in European club competition.
How to use them
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15Worth knowing
- Liechtenstein is named after its ruling family, not the other way round: the family took its name from Liechtenstein Castle south of Vienna, and the princes lived mostly in Vienna until Franz Joseph II moved to Vaduz in 1938.
- The national anthem, Oben am jungen Rhein, 'Up above the young Rhine', is sung to the same tune as the British God Save the King.
- Liechtenstein abolished its army in 1868 and has had none since.
- Liechtenstein has issued its own postage stamps since 1912, and they became so popular with collectors that stamps were for a long time an important source of the state's income; the Postal Museum in Vaduz shows them.
- Women in Liechtenstein got the right to vote in national elections only in 1984, after a referendum of the men; it was the last country in Europe to grant it.
Questions people ask
8How do I copy and paste the Liechtenstein flag emoji?
Tap in the grid to copy it and paste it anywhere. The crown , the hearts in the flag's colours and the flags of Switzerland and Austria are next to it.
Why does the Liechtenstein flag emoji show as LI?
is made of two letters, and . Windows has no country flag pictures, so it shows the letters LI; on phones and Macs the same emoji appears as the flag.
Why is there a crown on the Liechtenstein flag?
At the 1936 Berlin Olympics Liechtenstein found that Haiti's flag was the same blue over red. In 1937 it added the gold princely crown in the upper corner to tell the two apart.
What is the difference between the Liechtenstein and Haiti flags?
Liechtenstein's is blue over red with a gold crown in the upper corner by the pole. Haiti's is blue over red with its coat of arms in a white panel in the centre.
What are Liechtenstein's national symbols?
The flag , the princely crown , the coat of arms of the House of Liechtenstein, Vaduz Castle , the anthem Oben am jungen Rhein and the motto Für Gott, Fürst und Vaterland.
What is the currency symbol of Liechtenstein?
Liechtenstein uses the Swiss franc, written CHF or Fr. in front of the amount: CHF 20.–. There is no official franc sign; was made for the French franc, not the Swiss one.
When is Liechtenstein national day?
15 August. Hereditary Prince Alois speaks at the official ceremony on the meadow below Vaduz Castle, the princely family invites attendees to an apéro there, and the day ends with fireworks over Vaduz.
What language is spoken in Liechtenstein?
German. Written German follows the Swiss style, with ä ö ü but ss instead of ß and « » quotes; people speak Alemannic dialects close to Swiss German, and Walser German in Triesenberg.
