The national flag of the Grand Duchy of Greifenberg has three equal horizontal bands. The top and bottom bands are royal blue and the center band is white. In the center of the flag is a double-headed eagle with a small coat of arms superimposed on its chest.
Royal blue and white are the heraldic colors of the House of Greifenberg. The width of the flag is two-thirds of its length, or approximately two meters by three meters. The flag is hoisted in front of the ducal residence, government buildings and Greifenberg diplomatic and cultural missions abroad.
This flag was officially adopted on 14 October 2009.
Shield: Quarterly: first and fourth azure a griffin sergeant and contourne argent; second and third argent a griffin sergeant azure. Overall an inescutcheon, ensigned with a crown, or an imperial eagle sable, beaked and armed gules, holding in the dexter claw a sword erect proper, pommel and hilt or, and in the sinister claw a mound (the golden orb). The whole of the foregoing is within a mantle of estate crimson. Lined ermine, fringed and tasseled or and ensigned with a crown. Motto: Esto Perpetua (“May it endure forever”). This motto has been attributed to the Venetian theologian and mathematician Pietro Sarpi (1552-1623) who, in 1623, applied it to his beloved Republic of Venice.
National Anthem of the Grand Duchy of Greifenberg
The national anthem of the Grand Duchy of Greifenberg is “Greifenberg How We Adore Thee,” with lyrics by Peter James Gale (2006). The melody comes from the old Austrian imperial anthem “Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser” (“God Save Franz the Emperor”) by Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) and which was first played on February 12, 1797.
Greifenberg how we adore thee,
Founded under radiant sky;
Bound in loyalty and fealty,
We your people unified.
Noble hearts of inspiration,
Move towards our common goal;
Fierce we cry our declaration,
God and Duchy to uphold.
Souls and strengths remain devoted,
To our land with grand designs;
Resolution never wavers,
Fate upon us proudly shines.
From the forests and the meadows,
To the valleys, nature’s pride;
Filled with life and endless beauty,
Glorious land where we reside.
Pray for peace and cherish freedom,
These our fatherland provides;
Here we raise our sons and daughters,
They the future, we their guides.
Our Grand Duke in peace to reign,
Dwell in our free land so pure;
Flourish now, and we shall prosper,
Forever may our land endure.
Listen to the National Anthem
