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What the Mother of God has to do with the EU flag

As an ardent European, Abbot Pius Maurer from Lilienfeld Abbey brings out the flag of the European Union from behind the altar on St. Mary's Day. This is because it is modeled on a miraculous statue of the Madonna. There are many legends surrounding the creation of the European flag - the "Krone" knows the story or stories behind it. 

"One of them tells of the painstaking search for a suitable motif for a European flag in 1955," explains the abbot of the small Cistercian community. This makes the heart of the religious man, who is not only well versed in church history, beat with joy: