What do the Swiss canton flags mean?

Each canton has its own coat of arms or flag. The history of Switzerland as a nation began in 1291, when three cantons in central Switzerland decided to defend their rights against the counts of Habsburg and to help each other in doing so. This is the beginning of the Old Swiss Confederacy. read more

They are War flags. The Swiss wappen is basically your medieval war flag. The flag of a free and proud people. The War banner of men who would choose peace over war but die for their fatherland if it came to that. read more

national flag. Switzerland's national flag is a red square (not a rectangle!) with a white cross on it, whose arms do not reach the borders. Until 1890 the arms of the white cross had the same width as their length, but then it was decided that they should be one sixth longer than wide. read more