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- National flags
- Presidential standard
- Military and state flags
- Flags of German states Civil flags State flags
- Historical flags {{anchor|German Confederation|German Confederation (1815–1866)|German Empire (1849)}} German Confederation (1815–1866) North German Confederation (1866–1871) German Empire (1871–1918) Imperial family standards Weimar Republic (1919–1933) {{anchor|National Socialist Germany|Third Reich}} Nazi Germany (1933–1945) World War II aftermath in Germany {{anchor|DDR—East Germany (1949–1990)}} East Germany (1949–1990)
- Historic flag proposals German colonial empire (1884–1918)
- Notes
- References
{{Lead too short|date=October 2016}}This is a list of flags used by and in Germany between 1848 and now. For more information about the current national flag, see flag of Germany. National flags | Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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| Flag of Germany.svg}} | 1949–present | de|Bundes- und Handelsflagge}}) | A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), red, and gold (bottom). | | Flag of Germany (state).svg}} | 1950–present | de|Bundesdienstflagge}}) and military flag ({{lang|de|Kriegsflagge}}). This flag may only be used by federal government authorities. | de|Bundesschild}} (a variant of the coat of arms of Germany) in the centre. The flag was originally used 1921–1933 in the Weimar Republic. While identical in heraldic terms to the original Weimar era flag, the modern exact design is slightly simplified. | | Flag of Germany (unoff).svg}} | de|Bundesflagge mit Bundeswappen}}). Unofficial version, the private use of which is not penalized. | | 1996–present | de|Bannerflagge}}) | | 1996–present | Hanging state flag |
Presidential standard | Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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| Flag of the President of Germany.svg}} | 1921–1926;
since 1950 | Standard of the President of Germany | The standard depicts the elements of the coat of arms. A version of the standard that is identical in heraldic terms, but with a slightly different exact design, was used 1926–1933. |
Military and state flags | Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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| Naval Ensign of Germany.svg|border=}} | 1956– | de|Seekriegsflagge und Gösch}}) of the German Navy | A swallowtail variant of the state flag | | Flagge Generalinspekteur Bundeswehr.svg}} | 1957– | de|Bundeswehr}} | | Colour of Germany.svg|border=}} | 1964– | de|Truppenfahne}}) of the {{lang|de|Bundeswehr}} | | Flag of German post (1950-1994).svg}} | 1950–1994 | Flag of Deutsche Bundespost | | Flag of German post minister.svg}} | 1950–1994 | Flag of the Minister of Deutsche Bundespost | | Flag of German post president.svg|border=}} | 1950–1994 | Flag of the President of Deutsche Bundespost | A swallowtail variant of the postal flag | | Flag of German post state secretary.svg}} | 1950–1994 | Flag of the State Secretary of Deutsche Bundespost |
Flags of German states {{main|Flags of German states}} Civil flags | Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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| Flag of Baden-Württemberg.svg}} | Civil flag of Baden-Württemberg | | Flag of Bavaria (striped).svg}} | Civil flag of Bayern (striped variant) | | Flag of Bavaria (lozengy).svg}} | Civil flag of Bayern (lozengy variant) | | Flag of Berlin.svg}} | Civil flag of Berlin | | Flag of Brandenburg.svg}} | Civil flag of Brandenburg | | Flag of Bremen.svg}} | Civil flag of Bremen | | Flag of Bremen (middle arms).svg}} | Civil flag of Bremen (with middle arms) | | Flag de-bremen flagarms.png}} | Civil flag of Bremen (with flag arms) | | Flag of Hamburg.svg}} | Civil flag of Hamburg | | Flag of Hesse.svg}} | Civil flag of Hessen | | Flag of Lower Saxony.svg}} | Civil flag of Niedersachsen | | Flag of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.svg}} | Civil flag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | | Flag of North Rhine-Westphalia.svg}} | Civil flag of Nordrhein-Westfalen | | Flag of Rhineland-Palatinate.svg}} | Civil flag of Rhineland-Pfalz | | Flag of Saarland.svg}} | Civil flag of Saarland | | Flag of Saxony.svg}} | Civil flag of Sachsen | | Flag of Saxony-Anhalt.svg}} | Civil flag of Sachsen-Anhalt | | Flag of Schleswig-Holstein.svg}} | Civil flag of Schleswig-Holstein | | Flag of Thuringia.svg}} | Civil flag of Thüringen |
State flags | Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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| Flag of Baden-Württemberg (state, lesser arms).svg}} | State flag of Baden-Württemberg (lesser arms) | | Flag of Baden-Württemberg (state, greater arms).svg}} | State flag of Baden-Württemberg (greater arms) | | Flag of Bavaria (striped).svg}} | State flag of Bayern (striped variant) | | Flag of Bavaria (lozengy).svg}} | State flag of Bayern (lozengy variant) | | Flag of Berlin (state).svg}} | 1954–2007 | State flag of Berlin | | Flag of Brandenburg.svg}} | State flag of Brandenburg | | Flag of Bremen (middle arms).svg}} | State flag of Bremen (with lesser arms) | | Flag de-bremen flagarms.png}} | State flag of Bremen (with flag arms) | | Flag of Hamburg.svg}} | State flag of Hamburg | | Admiralty flag of Hamburg.svg}} | Admiralty flag of Hamburg (used by state ships)[1] | | Flag of Hesse (state).svg}} | State flag of Hessen | | Flag of Lower Saxony.svg}} | Flag of Niedersachsen (on land) | | Flag of Lower Saxony (state ensign).svg|border=}} | State ensign of Niedersachsen (at sea) | | Flag of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (state).svg}} | State flag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | | Flag of North Rhine-Westphalia (state).svg}} | State flag of Nordrhein-Westfalen | | Flag of Rhineland-Palatinate.svg}} | State flag of Rheinland-Pfalz | | Flag of Saarland.svg}} | Flag of Saarland | | Flag of Saxony (state).svg}} | State flag of Sachsen | | Flag of Saxony-Anhalt (state).svg}} | State flag of Sachsen-Anhalt | | Flag of Schleswig-Holstein (state).svg}} | State flag of Schleswig-Holstein | | Flag of Thuringia (state).svg}} | State flag of Thüringen |
Historical flags {{anchor|German Confederation|German Confederation (1815–1866)|German Empire (1849)}} German Confederation (1815–1866) | Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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| Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg}} | 1848–1866 | Flag of the German Confederation, used in 1848/1849 and again in 1863-1866
First appeared within the Fürstentum Reuß-Greiz after 12 May 1778 (4:5 aspect ratio) | Also German Empire (1848/1849) | | Flag of the German Confederation (war).svg}} | 1848–1852 | War ensign of the Reichsflotte | | Naval Jack of the German Confederation.svg}} | 1848–1852 | Marine jack of the Reichsflotte |
North German Confederation (1866–1871) | Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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| Flag of the German Empire.svg}} | 1867–1871 | de|National- und Handelsflagge}}) | A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom) | | War Ensign of Germany 1871-1892.svg}} | 1867–1871 | de|Kriegsflagge}}) | | Flag of North German Confederation (jack).svg}} | 1867–1871 | de|Kriegsschiffgösch}}) |
German Empire (1871–1918) | Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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| Flag of the German Empire.svg}} | 1871–1918 | de|National- und Handelsflagge}}) | | Flag of German Empire (merchant+cross).svg}} | 1896–1918 | de|Eisernes Kreuz}}) | | Reichskolonialflagge.svg}} | 1884-1918 | Colonial flag | | War Ensign of Germany 1871-1892.svg}} | 1871–1892 | de|Kriegsflagge}}) | | War Ensign of Germany 1892-1903.svg}} | 1892–1903 | de|Reichskriegsflagge}}) | | War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg}} | 1903–1918 (1921) | Reich war flag | | Flag of North German Confederation (jack).svg}} | 1871–1903 | de|Kriegsschiffgösch}}) | | Flag of German Empire (jack 1903).svg}} | 1903–1918 (1921) | Marine jack |
Imperial family standards | Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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| Kaiserstandarte Version1.svg}} | 1871 | The King of Prussia's Standard | | Kaiserstandarte Version2.svg}} | 1871–1888 | German Emperor's Standard | | Kaiserstandarte.svg}} | 1888–1918 | German Emperor's Standard | | Kaiserinnenstandarte 1871.svg}} | 1871–1901 | Empress Augusta and
Empress Frederick's Standard | | Kaiserinstandarte 1888.svg}} | 1888–1918 | Empress Augusta Viktoria's Standard | | Kronprinzenstandarte Version1.svg}} | 1871–1888 | Standard of the Crown Prince | | Kronprinzenstandarte Version2.svg}} | 1888–1918 | Standard of the Crown Prince | |
Weimar Republic (1919–1933) | Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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| Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg}} | 1919–1933 | de|Nationalflagge}}) | | Flagge Deutsches Reich - Dienstflagge zu Land (1921-1933).svg}} | 1921–1933 | de|Dienstflagge zu Land}}) | | Merchant flag of Germany (1919–1933).svg}} | 1919–1933 | de|Handelsflagge}}) | | Flag of Weimar Republic (merchant+cross).svg}} | 1921–1933 | de|Eisernes Kreuz}}) | | Flagge Deutsches Reich - Dienstflagge zur See (1921-1926).svg}} | 1921–1926 | de|Dienstflagge zur See}}) | | Seedienstflagge 1926-1933.svg}} | 1926–1933 | de|Dienstflagge zur See}}) | | War Ensign of Germany (Proposed 1919).svg}} | 1919–1921 (de jure) | de|Reichskriegsflagge}}) | | Flag of Weimar Republic (war).svg}} | 1921–1933 | Reich war flag | | Flag of Weimar Republic (jack).svg}} | 1921–1933 | de|Kriegsgösch}}) | | Flag of the President of Germany.svg}} | 1921–1926 | Standard of the President | | Flag of the President of Germany (1926–1933).svg}} | 1926–1933 | Standard of the President | | Flag of the President of Germany (1919–1921).svg}} | 1919–1921 | Flag of the President | | Flag of Weimar Republic (defence minister 1919).svg}} | 1919–1921 | Flag of Defence Minister | | Flag of Weimar Republic (defence minister 1921).svg}} | 1921–1933 | Flag of Defence Minister | | Flagge Reichsbanner 2013.jpg}} | 1924–1933;
since 1953 | Flag of the Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold | de|Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold}} was an unofficial republican paramilitary organization dominated by social democrats, liberals, and members of the Catholic Centre Party, to defend the Weimar Republic against National Socialists, communists, and monarchists. Refounded in 1953 as an association for political education. |
{{anchor|National Socialist Germany|Third Reich}} Nazi Germany (1933–1945) {{See also|Flag of Germany#Nazi Germany and World War II (1933–1945)|Blutfahne}}The flag with the Hakenkreuz and white disc centered was used throughout (1920–45) as the NSDAP party flag ({{lang|de|Parteiflagge}}). | Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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| Flags used 1933–1935 |
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| Flag of the NSDAP (1920–1945).svg}} | - 1933–1935
- 1933–1935
- 1920–1945}}
| - National flag ({{lang|de|Nationalflagge}})
- Merchant flag ({{lang|de|Handelsflagge}})
- Nazi Party flag ({{lang|de|Parteiflagge}})
| de|hakenkreuz}}, at a 45 degree angle. Disc and swastika are exactly in the centre. | | National flag of Germany 1933-1935.svg}} | 1933–1935 | - National flag ({{lang|de|Nationalflagge}})
- Merchant flag ({{lang|de|Handelsflagge}})}}
| Black, white, and red horizontal tricolour. Used in conjunction with the Parteiflagge. | | Handelsflagge mit dem EK 1933-1935.svg}} | 1933–1935 | de|Eisernes Kreuz}}) | | War Ensign of Germany 1933-1935.svg}} | 1933–1935 | de|Reichskriegsflagge}}) and marine jack | | Dienstflagge Wehrmachtbehörden zur See 1933.svg}} | 1933 | de|Reichsdienstflagge}}) of the {{lang|de|Wehrmacht}} | | Reichsdienstflagge 1933-1935.svg}} | 1933–1935 | Reich service flag | | Standarte Reichspräsident 1933-1935.svg}} | 1933–1935 (de facto up to 1934) | Standard of the President | | RKM 1933 - 1935.svg|border=}} | 1933–1935 | Flag of the Minister of Defence | | Flags used 1935–1945 |
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| Flag of Germany (1935–1945).svg}} | | - National flag
- Marine jack ({{lang|de|Gösch}})}}
| de|hakenkreuz}}, at a 45 degree angle. Disk and swastika are slightly off-centre. | | Flag of the NSDAP (1920–1945).svg}} | 1920–1945 | de|Parteiflagge}}) | de|hakenkreuz}}, at a 45 degree angle. Disk and swastika are exactly in the centre. | | 1933–1945 | de|Bannerflagge}}) of Germany | Banners were of various lengths, which were hung vertically on public buildings. | | Handelsflagge mit dem Eisernen Kreuz 1935.svg}} | 1935–1945 | Merchant flag variant with the Iron Cross | | War Ensign of Germany 1935-1938.svg}} | 1935–1938 | Kriegsmarine, Heer, Luftwaffe | | War Ensign of Germany 1938-1945.svg}} | 1938–1945 | Kriegsmarine, Heer, Luftwaffe | | Reichsdienstflagge 1935.svg}} | 1935–1945 | Reich service flag | | Standarte Adolf Hitlers.svg}} | 1935–1945 | Standard of Adolf Hitler | | Wehrmacht_Commander-in-Chief_flag.svg}} | 1935–1938 | de|Wehrmacht}} Commander in Chief (replaced the Minister of Defence) | | Flag Schutzstaffel.svg}} | 1935–1945 | de|Schutzstaffel}} (SS) | | Ordnungspolizei flag.svg}} | 1936–1945 | de|Ordnungspolizei (OrPo)}} ("Order Police", the national regular police organization of Nazi Germany) | | Hitlerjugend Allgemeine Flagge.svg}} | 1933–1945 | Flag of the Hitler Youth, a youth organization in the Nazi Party | |
World War II aftermath in Germany Allied Control Council (1945–1949) and Saar Protectorate| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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| Flag of Germany (1946-1949).svg|border=}} | 1946–1950 | de|C-Doppelstander}}) (provisional civil ensign) | Used during the Occupation Period to identify German ships according to international law. | | Flag of Saar (1947%E2%80%931956).svg|border=}} | 1947–1957 | Flag of Saar Protectorate | Flag of Saarland which was given by French Government. at this time period Saar was satellite state of France. |
{{anchor|DDR—East Germany (1949–1990)}} East Germany (1949–1990){{see also|Flag of East Germany}}| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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| Flag of Germany.svg}} | 1949–1959 | de|Staatsflagge}}) | | Flag of German Democratic Republic.svg}} | 1959–1990 | de|Staatsflagge}}) 1959–1990
Merchant flag ({{lang|de|Handelsflagge}}) 1973–1990 | Tricolour of black, red, and yellow (same as West German colours), but bears the coat of arms of East Germany, consisting of a compass and a hammer encircled with rye | | Flag of East Germany - merchant 1959-1973.svg}} | 1959–1973 | de|Handelsflagge}}) | | 1963–1990 | de|Bannerflagge}}) | | Flag of German post (East Germany).svg}} | 1955–1973 | Flag of East German Post | | Flag of East Germany Post (1975-1990).svg}} | 1975–1990 | Flag of East German Post | | Flag of the President of East Germany (1955–1960).svg|border=}} | 1955–1990 | Standard of the President | | Flag of the Chairman of the State Council of East Germany.svg}} | 1960–1990 | Standard of President of State Council | | Flag of NVA (East Germany).svg}} | 1960–1990 | de|Nationale Volksarmee}} or NVA) | | Regimental colours of NVA (East Germany).svg}} | 1960–1990 | de|Truppenfahne}}) of {{lang|de|Nationale Volksarmee}} | | Flag of warships of VM (East Germany).svg}} | 1960–1990 | de|Seekriegsflagge}}) | | Flag of boats of border troops (East Germany).svg}} | 1962–1990 | Flag of boats of border troops | | Flag of East Germany with cut out emblem.svg}} | 1989–1990 | Defaced state flag | Used by supporters of German reunification in East Germany after the fall of the Berlin Wall. |
Historic flag proposals Note: Ottfried Neubecker's proposal of 1919 and those of Josef Wirmer in 1944 and of his brother Ernst in 1948 are clearly modeled on the Nordic Cross flags used in all Nordic countries - the flags of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland all having the same horizontal cross, though differing in color. | Flag | Date | Description |
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| Wartburgfest.svg|border=}} | 1817 | German unification flag at Wartburg Festival | | Hambacher fest.svg|border=}} | 1832 | German unification flag at Hambach Festival | | Proposed German National Flag 1919.svg|border=}} | 1919 | Proposal for the flag for Germany by Ottfried Neubecker | | Proposed German National Flag 1944.svg|border=}} | 1944 | Proposal for the flag of Germany after 1944 military coup d'état by Josef Wirmer | | Proposed German National Flag 1948.svg|border=}} | 1948 | Proposal for the flag for West Germany, based on Josef Wirmer's 1944 design, created by his brother, Ernst | | Flag De Wentzcke.svg|border=}} | 1948 | Proposal for the flag for West Germany by Paul Wentzcke, based on 1848 republican designs |
German colonial empire (1884–1918) {{See also|Coats of arms of German colonies}}The flags of the German overseas colonies were first proposed in 1914, but were never implemented due to the breakout of World War I. | Flag | Date | Description |
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| Flag of Deutsch-Ostafrika.svg}} | 1914 | Proposal for German East Africa | | Flag of Deutsch-Kamerun.svg}} | 1914 | Proposal for German Kamerun | | Flag of Deutsch-Neuguinea.svg}} | 1914 | Proposal for German New Guinea | | Flag of Deutsch-Samoa.svg}} | 1914 | Proposal for German Samoa | | Flag of Deutsch-Südwest.svg}} | 1914 | Proposal for German South-West Africa | | Flag of Deutsch-Togo.svg}} | 1914 | Proposal for German Togoland | |
Notes 1. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.mrdesign.de/die-fahnen-von-hamburg|title=The flags of Hamburg|last=|first=|date=|access-date=2017-11-02}}
{{cite journal | url=http://www.flaggenkunde.de/veroeffentlichungen/dfk13.htm | title=Einige unbekannte Flaggenänderungen 1933–1945 | author=Herzfeld, Andreas | journal={{lang|de|Der Flaggenkurier}} | date=June 2001 | issue=13 | publisher={{lang|de|Deutsche Gesellschaft für Flaggenkunde}} | location=Hennigsdorf | pages=17–23 | language=German | deadurl=yes | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717233419/http://www.flaggenkunde.de/veroeffentlichungen/dfk13.htm | archivedate=2011-07-17 | df= }}
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