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This is a list of flags used by and in Germany . For more information about the national flag, visit the article Flag of Germany.
[edit] National Flags
| Flag |
Date |
Use |
Description |
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1949- |
National flag |
A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), red, and gold (bottom) |
.svg/100px-Flag_of_Germany_(state).svg.png) |
1949- |
Bundesdienstflagge (state flag). This flag may only be used by federal government authorities. |
The national flag with the Bundesschild (a variant of the coat of arms of Germany) in the middle. |
.svg/30px-Flag_of_Germany_(Hanging).svg.png) |
1949- |
Bannerflagge National flag (Hanging) |
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.svg/30px-Flag_of_Germany_(Hanging_state_flag).svg.png) |
1949- |
State flag (Hanging) |
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[edit] Presidential Standard
[edit] Military flags
[edit] Flags of German states
See: Flags of German states
[edit] Civil flags
[edit] State service flags
[edit] Historical flags
| Flag |
Date |
Use |
Description |
.svg/100px-Flag_of_Germany_(2-3).svg.png) |
1848 (at Frankfurt assembly) |
State and national flag |
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1848 - 1852 |
War flag |
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| Flag |
Date |
Use |
Description |
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1867 - 1871 |
State and national flag |
A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom). |
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1867 - 1871 |
War Ensign |
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| Flag |
Date |
Use |
Description |
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1871 - 1918 |
National- und Handelsflagge |
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1871 - 1892 |
Reichskriegsflagge (Kaiserliche Marine War Ensign) |
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1892 - 1903 |
Reichskriegsflagge |
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1903 - 1918 (1921) |
Reichskriegsflagge |
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.svg/100px-Flag_of_German_Empire_(jack_1903).svg.png) |
1903 - 1918 |
Gösch (marine jack) |
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[edit] Imperial Family Standards
| Flag |
Date |
Use |
Description |
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1919 - 1933 |
National- und Handelsflagge (state and national flag) |
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.svg/100px-Flag_of_Weimar_Republic_(merchant).svg.png) |
1919 - 1933 |
Handelsflagge (merchant flag) |
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.svg/100px-Flag_of_Weimar_Republic_(merchant+cross).svg.png) |
1921 - 1933 |
Handelsflagge (variant with cross) |
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.svg/100px-Flag_of_Weimar_Republic_(war).svg.png) |
1921 - 1933 |
Reichskriegsflagge (war flag) |
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.svg/100px-Flag_of_Weimar_Republic_(jack).svg.png) |
1921 - 1933 |
Gösch (marine jack) |
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1921 - 1926 |
Standard of President |
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1926 - 1933 |
Standard of President |
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.svg/100px-Flag_of_Weimar_Republic_(defence_minister_1919).svg.png) |
1919 - 1921 |
Flag of Defence Minister |
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.svg/100px-Flag_of_Weimar_Republic_(defence_minister_1921).svg.png) |
1921 - 1933 |
Flag of Defence Minister |
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1924 - 1933 |
Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold (chapter Stockheim), unofficial paramilitary organization |
The Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold was an unofficial republican paramilitary organization dominated by social democrats, liberals and members of the catholic center party, to defend the Weimar Republic against national socialists, communists and monarchists. |
See: Flags of Nazi Germany
| Flag |
Date |
Use |
Description |
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1933 - 1945 |
Nationalflagge und Handelsflagge (national and merchant flag) |
A red field with a white disk in the centre, with a black swastika or hakenkreuz at a 45 degree angle. |
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1933 - 1935 |
Nationalflagge und Handelsflagge |
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1933 - 1945 |
Banner of Germany |
Banners were of various lengths, which were hung vertically on public buildings. |
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1933 - 1935 |
Gösch (marine jack) and Reichskriegsflagge (war flag) |
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1935 - 1945 |
Gösch |
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1935 - 1938 |
Reichskriegsflagge |
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1938 - 1945 |
Reichskriegsflagge |
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1935, since Oct. 1935 |
Reichsdienstflagge Reich Service Flag |
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1933 - 1935 (de facto up to 1934) |
Standard of President |
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1935–1945 |
Standard of Adolf Hitler |
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1933–1935 |
Flag of the Minister of Defence |
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1935–1938 |
Flag of the Wehrmacht Commander in Chief (replaced the Minister of Defence) |
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1935–1945 |
Flag of the Schutzstaffel (SS) |
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1936–1945 |
Flag of the Ordnungspolizei (OrPo) ("Order Police", the national regular police organization of the Third Reich) |
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| Flag |
Date |
Use |
Description |
.svg/100px-Flag_of_Germany_(1946-1949).svg.png) |
1946-1949 |
”C-Pennant” (provisional civil ensign) |
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See: Flag of the German Democratic Republic
| Flag |
Date |
Use |
Description |
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1949–1959 |
Staatsflagge (state flag) |
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1959–1990 |
Staatsflagge (state flag) 1959–1990 Handelsflagge (national flag) 1973–1990 |
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1959–1973 |
Merchant flag |
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.svg/100px-Flag_of_German_post_(East_Germany).svg.png) |
1959–1973 |
Flag of East Germany Post |
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.svg/100px-Flag_of_East_Germany_Post_(1975-1990).svg.png) |
1975-1990 |
Flag of East Germany Post |
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1955-1990 |
Standard of the President |
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1960-1990 |
Standard of President of State Council |
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.svg/100px-Flag_of_NVA_(East_Germany).svg.png) |
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Flag of Nationale Volksarmee |
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.svg/100px-Regimental_colours_of_NVA_(East_Germany).svg.png) |
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Truppenfahne (regimental colours of Nationalen Volksarmee) |
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.svg/100px-Flag_of_warships_of_VM_(East_Germany).svg.png) |
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Flag of warship |
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.svg/100px-Flag_of_boats_of_border_troops_(East_Germany).svg.png) |
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Flag of boats of border troops |
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.svg/100px-Flag_of_Bavaria_(striped).svg.png)
.svg/100px-Flag_of_Bavaria_(lozengy).svg.png)
.svg/100px-Flag_of_Bremen_(middle_arms).svg.png)
.svg/100px-Flag_of_Baden-Württemberg_(state,_lesser_arms).svg.png)
.svg/100px-Flag_of_Baden-Württemberg_(state,_greater_arms).svg.png)
.svg/100px-Flag_of_Berlin_(state).svg.png)
.svg/100px-Flag_of_Hesse_(state).svg.png)
.svg/100px-Flag_of_Lower_Saxony_(state_ensign).svg.png)
.svg/100px-Flag_of_Mecklenburg-Western_Pomerania_(state).svg.png)
.svg/100px-Flag_of_North_Rhine-Westphalia_(state).svg.png)
.svg/100px-Flag_of_Saxony_(state).svg.png)
.svg/100px-Flag_of_Saxony-Anhalt_(state).svg.png)
.svg/100px-Flag_of_Schleswig-Holstein_(state).svg.png)
.svg/100px-Flag_of_Thuringia_(state).svg.png)
