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Helvetian Republic (1798-1803)

Last modified: 1997-10-17 by alexandre voscorian
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Christophe Pinette, 1996-JUL-15

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Flag

The flag adopted by the Helvetic Republic was green-red-yellow horizontally.

Harald Müller, 1996-JUL-15


History

When the French under Napoleon conquered great parts of Europe they created republics all over. Flags were introduced according to the French model, i.e. vertical and horizontal tricolours. Switzerland met the same fate in 1798. Later on, after France had become an empire, all those republics were transformed into kingdoms (often with Napoleon's relatives as monarchs).

Harald Müller, 1996-JAN-26