Day The Olympics Forced Liechtenstein To Change Their Flag

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  • What is the history of this national flag, what has a national anthem got to do with anything, and how did the Olympics force a change in Liechtenstein's flag?
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Komentáře • 157

  • @TenOrbital
    @TenOrbital Před měsícem +60

    The black-yellow one is like it's saying it's more Habsburg than the Habsburgs.

    • @owlyus
      @owlyus Před 25 dny +2

      Or Pittsburgs

    • @TenOrbital
      @TenOrbital Před 24 dny +2

      @@owlyus
      or Borussia Dortmund

  • @Jinkesu
    @Jinkesu Před měsícem +60

    Imagine if Chad and Romania
    Monaco and indonesia
    Netherlands and Luxembourg
    Also were in the Olympics

    • @FlagsinFocus
      @FlagsinFocus  Před měsícem +7

      Ah well, yes. I’ve done a couple of videos about some of these as well…

    • @FlagsinFocus
      @FlagsinFocus  Před měsícem +6

      Flag compare? Ask Moldova & Andorra! Romania vs Chad
      czcams.com/video/7tOudYzYqCs/video.html

    • @FlagsinFocus
      @FlagsinFocus  Před měsícem +3

      Flag compare- Monaco vs Indonesia? Are they the same?
      czcams.com/video/2DNNTP_KL7k/video.html

    • @charliekahn4205
      @charliekahn4205 Před měsícem +1

      I'd figured they were

  • @rudewalrus5636
    @rudewalrus5636 Před 25 dny +32

    Bit of bait-and-switch; the thumbnail suggests the flag prior to the Olympics forcing the change was the black and yellow one.

    • @FlagsinFocus
      @FlagsinFocus  Před 25 dny +10

      Do you know, I had not noted that. I’ll definitely take that on board for future reference (we can be so blinkered to things when we’re that close to it), thanks for pointing this out.

    • @davidpawson9047
      @davidpawson9047 Před 23 dny

      Yes, I also wondered when the Schellenberg design may have represented the whole of Liechtenstein, and how it could possibly relate to the Haitian bicolor. I notice, too, that no mention is made of the ... identicality ... of the commonly displayed flags of Mexico and Italy at the time.

    • @FlagsinFocus
      @FlagsinFocus  Před 23 dny

      @davidpawson9047 ah, I have a video about the Mexican flag and Italy here: czcams.com/video/8g6Co_sJmKk/video.htmlsi=SThWVXByLag1U-4C

  • @ytimecy5195
    @ytimecy5195 Před měsícem +30

    Glad I got this recommended, really looking forward to visit Liechtenstein some day!

    • @FlagsinFocus
      @FlagsinFocus  Před měsícem +3

      Really pleased you enjoyed it. I would recommend a day trip from Switzerland if you do Liechtenstein, or at most, a one night stay. You won’t need any more than that.
      Don’t get me wrong, a beautiful part of the world, just a very small beautiful part of the world.

    • @keinname629
      @keinname629 Před 23 dny

      "some day" ... yeah - that would be sufficient 😂

    • @tomrizzuto5994
      @tomrizzuto5994 Před 23 dny +1

      I was there last fall and it was great! The people where delightful and the LandesMuseum has some great stuff. Stayed at the Giessen and I HIGHLY recommend.

  • @KaiokenRush
    @KaiokenRush Před měsícem +79

    Liechtenstein is the strongest country on earth

  • @cykablyat6531
    @cykablyat6531 Před 25 dny +29

    Fun fact: there are no kangaroos in Liechtenstein, they live only in neighbouring country Australia.

  • @patelfalak
    @patelfalak Před 24 dny +5

    So, 15th August is National day for Liechtenstein, India & South Korea

  • @brittakriep2938
    @brittakriep2938 Před měsícem +13

    It is not a crown, it is in heraldic german a Fürstenhut.

  • @grahamnancledra7036
    @grahamnancledra7036 Před 27 dny +7

    Yeah Yeah Yeah - the thing I hate about You Tube. Say your going to tell me something and then take 7 or 8 minutes telling me something else that might be related. Just get on with it for heavens sake.

    • @willholland1697
      @willholland1697 Před 19 dny

      Sounded like chatgpt was telling me that something else too

  • @minecraftthelostorder5782
    @minecraftthelostorder5782 Před měsícem +6

    Tbh, I love Lichtenstein... it's small, unique, and have a prince!

    • @brittakriep2938
      @brittakriep2938 Před měsícem +3

      The principality is Liechtenstein, Lichtenstein is a fairytale castle, next to german town Reutlingen. This causes confusion in my Homeregion.

  • @owlyus
    @owlyus Před 25 dny +3

    Is Haiti an island nation if it shares its island with another country? I always think of that term as reserved for countries that take up a whole island like Australia or Sri Lanka

    • @FlagsinFocus
      @FlagsinFocus  Před 25 dny +1

      It’s a good question, it makes up a 3rd of the island of Hispaniola (the rest is the Dominican Republic) so that’s one for the Geogra-peeps.

  • @heronimousbrapson863
    @heronimousbrapson863 Před 27 dny +6

    The tune to "God Save the King" is the anthem (or one of tnem) in many countries.

  • @GabTinte
    @GabTinte Před měsícem +4

    Great video!

  • @kevinhull7925
    @kevinhull7925 Před 24 dny +4

    Concerning the National Anthem of Liechtenstein having the same tune as God Save the Queen (as it was called in 2003): it is also a doppelgänger of the American patriotic song “My Country ‘Tis of Thee”.

    • @mirfjc
      @mirfjc Před 22 dny +2

      Certainly in the case of “My Country ‘Tis of Thee”, it was an intentional overwriting of "God Save the Queen/King". Kind of like "Ice, Ice Baby" is to "Under Pressure" 🤭.

  • @ronzo9187
    @ronzo9187 Před měsícem +3

    i love this video, its really making me want to visit Liechtenstein on my euro-trip!

    • @FlagsinFocus
      @FlagsinFocus  Před měsícem +1

      Do it, have a day trip from Switzerland and cross off an additional country with some spectacular scenery and history.

  • @minetaab
    @minetaab Před měsícem +3

    Nice video!

  • @deirdre108
    @deirdre108 Před 22 dny +1

    A lot of highway/road signs that warn of road conditions are in black and yellow. There is a psychological element for this-- people react almost immediately to this combination of colors probably due to the fear of being stung by wasps and bees, also these colors.

  • @RT_today
    @RT_today Před měsícem +3

    I've been to Lichtenstein, it's absolutely gorgeous. Love going there.

  • @Sheepybearry
    @Sheepybearry Před měsícem +2

    Very underrated video and also really interesting. Liechtenstein is a very cool country.

    • @FlagsinFocus
      @FlagsinFocus  Před měsícem

      Thank you for your feedback.
      It is a beautiful part of the world.

  • @-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-I-
    @-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-I- Před měsícem +8

    Cool video! The editing was amazing! (pls buy me a ticket to liechtenstein)

    • @FlagsinFocus
      @FlagsinFocus  Před měsícem +3

      Thank you for your lovely comment, really appreciate it.
      You’ll need just a day trip to Liechtenstein to be fair.

  • @libfer
    @libfer Před měsícem +1

    great video! i need that hat though. 😁

    • @FlagsinFocus
      @FlagsinFocus  Před měsícem +1

      Thanks for the feedback. I love my flag caps, have way too many!

  • @icreatedanaccountforthis1852

    This was so over the top at times. It was great.

  • @rocksandforestquiver959
    @rocksandforestquiver959 Před měsícem +1

    Top tier content

  • @hidinn6030
    @hidinn6030 Před 23 dny

    Habsburg: Black and Yellow
    Liechtenstein: I am DOUBLE the Habsburgs. FEAR ME

  • @dariogutierrez6716
    @dariogutierrez6716 Před měsícem +3

    That's a place to visit. I feel like everything would be 20x as expensive though. Just a feeling.

  • @badbiker666
    @badbiker666 Před 22 dny +1

    Ooops! This is Flags In Focus. I thought it was Sheldon Cooper's Fun With Flags. My bad.

  • @gardnert1
    @gardnert1 Před 22 dny

    I stopped through Lichtenstein when they had a fest in the city. Nothing special by German standards but it was a nice surprise!

  • @owen2886
    @owen2886 Před 23 dny +1

    Where did you get that hat?

    • @FlagsinFocus
      @FlagsinFocus  Před 23 dny +1

      From Liechtenstein itself. I try and get a flag hat from each country I visit. Some are easier than others to obtain.

  • @davidroddini1512
    @davidroddini1512 Před měsícem +24

    That music was wrong. It isn’t “Up On The Rhine” or “God Save The King”. It is “My Country ‘Tis of Thee” 😜

  • @sebastmine
    @sebastmine Před měsícem +1

    This Video Fully Explained everything With Good Editing And still this only has 22 Likes
    How?

    • @FlagsinFocus
      @FlagsinFocus  Před měsícem

      Thank you for taking the time to comment, I really appreciate it.
      Now, to get those likes up….

  • @flawyerlawyertv7454
    @flawyerlawyertv7454 Před měsícem +1

    I had no idea of this. 😮

  • @insatsuki_no_koshou
    @insatsuki_no_koshou Před 23 dny

    Dude, you can't just talk about Liechtenstein's independence in 1866 and then say "but then" to talk about Prinz Wenzel I who lived about a century earlier...

  • @CLipka2373
    @CLipka2373 Před 23 dny

    Mkay... but what about the red-and-yellow flag in the thumbnail?

  • @SantaFe19484
    @SantaFe19484 Před 20 dny

    So, they changed the flag, but not the national anthem.

  • @Pisti846
    @Pisti846 Před 25 dny +2

    The current flag looks more Principality-ish.

  • @nonameuserua
    @nonameuserua Před 25 dny +2

    Not many know, but the Axis consisted of five countries during the WWI, not four. Liechtenstein was the fifth 🫠 still blows my mind

    • @tonyharpur8383
      @tonyharpur8383 Před 24 dny

      There was no Axis during WWI, but the Central Powers.

    • @nonameuserua
      @nonameuserua Před 24 dny

      @@tonyharpur8383 🫡 yes sir mr nerdo

    • @nonameuserua
      @nonameuserua Před 24 dny

      @@tonyharpur8383 🫡 yes sir mr nеrdо

  • @Nirotheolu
    @Nirotheolu Před měsícem +3

    That was the flag of the Roman Empire, not the Holy Roman Empire (of the German Nation).

    • @caulkins69
      @caulkins69 Před 26 dny

      I have to wonder if the guy is really that stupid, or if this was a crass way of baiting viewers into posting comments. Either way, I won't be watching this channel again.

  • @troodon1096
    @troodon1096 Před 24 dny

    Small pedantic correction: in 2003 it would have still been God Save the Queen, not King.

  • @AirCone
    @AirCone Před měsícem +4

    Based.

  • @roguebanana87
    @roguebanana87 Před 25 dny +1

    0:55 SPQR has no association with the Holy Roman Empire. Flag channel fails on flag

  • @felixskinner111
    @felixskinner111 Před 24 dny

    So what's the yellow and black got to do with the Olympics?

  • @excelsior27
    @excelsior27 Před měsícem +2

    4:53 : It does make sense to look closely-there IS A SMALL DIFFERENCE in hue for both blue and red for both flags in the past. In any case, for both of them, although it does take just one to change, it is good that BOTH decided to change. I can guess that in a way, there is a good relationship between thse countries to agree that they don't want something like this to happen again. It can be weird that sometimes a gaffe can bring such good relations.☺
    (Well, yes-that may not be as of now- Haiti being in almost total devastation in both aethetics and the gov't, it is a complete opposite of how unbelievably majestic and friendly Liechtenstein is. Me being Haitian, if not the USA, I'd be living in this country with minimal forces, and peace of mind that is stunningly 160 times smaller that is a monarchy than an unstable democracy with an overthrown presidency and used to have a kingdom. And yes, look look deeply at how the flags are-one showing weapons, primarily in its addition😨; and the gold crown to show not just richness monatarily, but in many other aspects as we see in the video...💌
    How such flags relflect so much on their country after that 1936 mix-up and eventual additions thereafter! )

  • @mrgreensuit7379
    @mrgreensuit7379 Před 23 dny +1

    Let this be a lesson to you. Never let your countries army be weaker than an Olympic shot-put team!

  • @landon8214
    @landon8214 Před měsícem +7

    0:56 the preferred flag would be the black eagle w/coat of arms + a yellow field

    • @charliekahn4205
      @charliekahn4205 Před měsícem

      Two heads on the eagle, or just one?

    • @landon8214
      @landon8214 Před měsícem +1

      @@charliekahn4205 since the events described take place in 1699, two heads.

    • @charliekahn4205
      @charliekahn4205 Před 29 dny

      @@landon8214 so after the personal union, got it

  • @BloxPlay
    @BloxPlay Před měsícem +2

    did he just pronounce aka. acka? 6:24

  • @robinharwood5044
    @robinharwood5044 Před 29 dny +1

    The new flag is much cooler.

  • @djleonard14
    @djleonard14 Před měsícem

    Kinda pedantic, but Schellenberg and Vaduz should be vertical flags not horizontal (at least in the modern day might be wrong for the HRE era flags)

  • @DadgeCity
    @DadgeCity Před 26 dny +1

    Never heard anyone say aka as if it was a word before.

  • @edwardmooneyed.d.400
    @edwardmooneyed.d.400 Před měsícem +1

    Well done!

  • @sarawilliams5990
    @sarawilliams5990 Před 28 dny +2

    So not only is the thumbnail misleading, but we're gonna whitewash completely over the history of Haiti and what stands out to me as a pretty possible reason that any European country wouldn't want their flag mixed up with theirs. Since Haiti was a colony that gained independence through a slave rebellion, Europe and the US pretty much never stopped punishing them for it ever since, even to this day. France even made Haiti pay them reparations! So you can see here why this would be pretty scandalous. Yet you make it out like Liechtenstein being such a smol boi country, they would get overshadowed by the sunny paradise of Haiti. Lmao.

    • @FlagsinFocus
      @FlagsinFocus  Před 28 dny

      The thumbnail is showing where Liechtenstein started to where it is today but it needs to be simple and uncomplicated.
      The history and political background attached to Haiti is a long and detailed one as you rightly state and probably more linked to the Haiti episode when I eventually get to it.
      Thanks for watching and commenting.

  • @BadPiggiesGamer9
    @BadPiggiesGamer9 Před měsícem +1

    🇱🇮

  • @nathangerber1547
    @nathangerber1547 Před 24 dny +1

    That thumbnail is a little deceptive.
    Also I love how they ruined England’s fun since both have the most generic national anthem in the world.

  • @Alphoric
    @Alphoric Před 29 dny +1

    3:38 what are you on about with that rambling nonsense

  • @alberthodge631
    @alberthodge631 Před 25 dny

    brevity

  • @redsamson5185
    @redsamson5185 Před měsícem +1

    💚❤️🩵

    • @FlagsinFocus
      @FlagsinFocus  Před měsícem

      These look like Azerbaijan flag colours.

  • @JuanHans
    @JuanHans Před 26 dny

    SPQR as HRE? Sorry to say, but you need to do some more digging into history, buddy.

    • @FlagsinFocus
      @FlagsinFocus  Před 26 dny

      Noted, thank you. My Roman symbolism is not up to scratch so one to look into further.

    • @JuanHans
      @JuanHans Před 26 dny +1

      @@FlagsinFocus Hint: HRE is more German than Roman.

  • @premkudva
    @premkudva Před 22 dny

    What a boring video this was! By the time he got to the Olympic part it was half video over. Which is when I switched off.

    • @FlagsinFocus
      @FlagsinFocus  Před 22 dny

      Each to their own, sorry I couldn’t keep your interest but thanks for the comment.

    • @premkudva
      @premkudva Před 22 dny

      @@FlagsinFocus I am sorry to for commenting, I was never expecting the creator to respond.

  • @landon8214
    @landon8214 Před měsícem +3

    3:10 onwards, the script feels AI generated

    • @user-ft9ul5ul5v
      @user-ft9ul5ul5v Před měsícem +2

      I think it was done specifically in a sarcastic kinda way

    • @FlagsinFocus
      @FlagsinFocus  Před měsícem +2

      I think most of my later videos have a sarcastic hint to them.

    • @landon8214
      @landon8214 Před měsícem +2

      @@user-ft9ul5ul5v It didn't sound sarcastic, unless in the enthusiasm of his statements as opposed to his monotone deliver, which was as if he were mocking someone reading from a script. Not only was the sarcasm lost on me, it bored me half to death because AI is constantly dependant on simile for "humor,' which obviously falls flat the 5th time. (Invitation to the castle and invitation to birthday party, to name one.)

  • @victorkhorishko9074
    @victorkhorishko9074 Před měsícem +3

    Let me express my appreciation for all your great work. I watched your lively enlightening video story with pleasure... I can’t thank you enough for all of the time you’ve invested to help us, vexillology lovers.

    • @FlagsinFocus
      @FlagsinFocus  Před měsícem

      Thank you for this. My aim is to make flags fun, entertaining, while being educational. Still learning, still trying to improve episode by episode and to have feedback likes yours is always a boost, thanks for watching and your continual support.