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Basel-Country Flag

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Basel-Country Flag

The red crozier looking ahead: the flag of Basel-Landschaft

The flag of Basel-Landschaft has a white field and, in the centre, a red crozier, the curved staff of bishops, outlined in black. The curl at the top turns to the right, away from the pole, and seven small round knobs rise along its outer edge. It is the Baselstab, the «staff of Basel», in the version of the countryside canton: red and turned the other way from the city's.

A bishops' staff

The crozier is the shepherd's staff that guides the flock, and has always been the sign of a bishop's authority. In Basel the bishop held a leading role for centuries: as early as 1041 he received the rights of a count in fief from King Henry III. From the bishop's symbol came the Baselstab, which still stands today on the flags of both Basels.

1832–1833: the countryside separates

From 1501 Basel was a single canton of the Confederation. But relations between city and countryside broke down: in the cantonal parliament the city held more seats than its share, and the countryside would no longer accept it. The rural communes gave themselves a constitution of their own on 27 April 1832, and on 26 August 1833 the Federal Diet decreed full separation. So the half-canton of Basel-Landschaft was born, with Liestal as its capital.

Turning its back on the city

From 1832 the new canton bore the same arms as Liestal, its most important town, with the red crozier. And turned the other way: instead of facing the pole, like the black crozier of Basel-Stadt, the staff of Basel-Landschaft faces away from it. A simple, clear way of saying, with the flag too, that it now walked alone.

The seven «Dupf»

On 9 March 1948 the government of Basel-Landschaft described the canton's arms by decree: a red crozier which, from the viewer's standpoint, turns to the right, with seven «Krabben», Gothic ornaments, on the curl; the staff lies on a silver ground and is outlined in black. People fondly call it «Siebedupf», the seven dots. In 1851 the government explained that they stand for the seven districts of the old countryside ruled by the city.

Who chooses it

For anyone from Basel-Landschaft or with roots in Liestal and its villages, for those living far away who want it in the window, for a commune, a school or a club, for Swiss associations abroad, for the bonfires and lanterns of the 1st of August national day, for fans of the Baselbiet's teams, for a hotel, a restaurant, or a shop of local products, for those who walk and cycle among its villages. We sew it to order, in the size and fabric you choose above, and you see the delivery date before you pay.

Flag facts

Official name
Kanton Basel-Landschaft
Validity
Current
Years in use
unknown · period 1800–1899
ISO code
CH-BL
Use
Not applicable
Proportions
1:1
Shape
Square
Number of colours
2
Colour
RedWhite
Design
Plain

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