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This list of German flags details flags and standards that have been or are currently used by Germany between 1848 and the present Contents 1 National flags 2 Standards 2 1 Presidential standard 2 2 Imperial family standards 2 3 Other standards 3 Military 3 1 German Navy 4 Military and state flags 5 Non Governmental flags 6 Civil ensign 7 German Scouting flags 7 1 Other youth organisations 8 Sport flags 9 Vexillology Associations flags 10 Flags of German states 11 Flags of German districts 12 Flags of German municipalities 13 Unofficial regional flags 14 Political flags 15 Religious flags 16 Ethnic groups flags 17 Historical flags 17 1 Francia Kingdom of Germany and the Holy Roman Empire 800 1806 17 2 Teutonic Order State and Prussia 1226 1935 17 3 German Confederation 1815 1866 17 4 North German Confederation 1866 1871 17 5 German Empire 1871 1918 17 6 Weimar Republic 1919 1933 17 7 Nazi Germany 1933 1945 17 8 World War II aftermath in Germany 17 9 East Germany 1949 1990 17 10 Baden Wurttemberg 17 10 1 Baden 17 10 2 Hohenzollern Hechingen and Hohenzollern Sigmaringen 17 10 3 Leyen 17 10 4 Wurttemberg 17 11 Bavaria 17 11 1 Bavaria 17 11 2 Other countries in today s Bavarian lands 17 12 Brandenburg 17 13 East Frisia 17 14 Hesse 17 15 Lower Saxony 17 15 1 Brunswick 17 15 2 Hanover 17 15 3 Oldenburg 17 15 4 Schaumburg Lippe 17 16 Mecklenburg Vorpommern 17 17 North Rhine Westphalia 17 17 1 Lippe 17 17 2 Other 17 18 Rhineland Palatinate 17 18 1 Palatinate 17 18 2 Mainz 17 18 3 Trier 17 19 Saarland 17 19 1 Palatinate 17 20 Saxony 17 21 Saxony Anhalt 17 21 1 Anhalt 17 21 2 Anhalt Bernburg Anhalt Dessau and Anhalt Kothen 17 22 Schleswig Holstein 17 22 1 Heligoland 17 22 2 Holstein 17 22 3 Lubeck 17 22 4 Saxe Lauenburg 17 22 5 Schleswig 17 23 Thuringia 17 23 1 Reuss 17 23 2 Saxe Altenburg 17 23 3 Saxe Coburg and Gotha 17 23 4 Saxe Gotha Altenburg 17 23 5 Saxe Meiningen 17 23 6 Saxe Weimar Eisenach 17 23 7 Schwarzburg Sondershausen 17 24 Other 18 Historic flag proposals 18 1 Nazi Germany occupations 1939 1945 18 2 German colonial empire 1884 1918 19 House Flags 19 1 German shipping company 19 2 German Chartered company 19 3 Other companies 20 German yacht clubs 21 References 22 External linksNational flags editFlag Date Use Description nbsp 1949 present National and merchant flag Bundes und Handelsflagge A tricolour made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black top red and gold bottom nbsp 1950 present State flag and ensign Bundesdienstflagge and military flag Kriegsflagge This flag may only be used by federal government authorities 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 nbsp National flag with coat of arms Bundesflagge mit Bundeswappen Unofficial version the private use of which is not penalized nbsp 1997 present Hanging national flag Bannerflagge nbsp 1996 present Hanging state flagStandards editPresidential standard edit Flag Date Use Description nbsp 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 nbsp 1933 1935 de facto up to 1934 Standard of the president nbsp 1926 1933 Standard of the president nbsp 1919 1921 Flag of the president nbsp 1955 1960 Standard of the president of East Germany nbsp 1953 1955 Standard of the president of East Germany nbsp 1951 1953 Standard of the president of East Germany nbsp 1950 1951 Standard of the president of East Germany nbsp 1949 1950 Standard of the president of East Germany nbsp 1960 1990 Standard of the president of the State Council nbsp 1935 1945 Standard of Adolf Hitler Imperial family standards edit Further information House of Hohenzollern Flag Date Use Description nbsp 1871 1888 German Emperor s Standard nbsp 1888 1918 German Emperor s Standard nbsp 1871 1901 Empress Augusta and Empress Victoria s Standard nbsp 1888 1918 Empress Augusta Viktoria s Standard nbsp 1871 1888 Standard of the Crown Prince nbsp 1888 1918 Standard of the Crown Prince nbsp 1519 1556 Another imperial banner of Charles V A black double headed eagle with an escutcheon of the coat of arms of Charles V on a yellow field nbsp 1493 1556 Banner of Maximilian I Charles V continued using this banner A black double headed eagle with the combined arms of Austria and Burgundy on a yellow field nbsp 1437 1493 Banner of Emperor Frederick III A black double headed eagle with the coat of arms of Austria on a yellow field nbsp c 1430 1806 Banner of the Holy Roman Emperor and state flag of the HRE A black double headed eagle with haloes on a yellow field nbsp c 1430 1806 Another banner of the Holy Roman Emperor and state flag of the HRE A black double headed eagle without haloes on a yellow field nbsp 800 1401 Banner of the Emperor of the Romans and of the King of Germany An Imperial Eagle displayed with a halo sable armed and langued gules 1 Other standards edit Further information House of Hohenzollern Flag Date Use Description nbsp 1871 1918 Royal Standard of the Emperor of Germany in Prussia King of Prussia On a red field an Iron Cross is shown In the center of the Iron Cross the Imperial Eagle with a crown right on top of the eagle is shown Around the eagle and crown words spell the phrase Gott mit uns meaning God with us nbsp 1844 1871 Old Royal Standard of the Emperor of Germany in Prussia King of Prussia nbsp 1871 1892 Royal Standard of the Crown Prince of Prussia The same as the previous flag but on a white field instead of a red one nbsp 1835 1918 Royal Standard of the King of Bavaria nbsp 1903 1918 Royal Standard of the Grand Duke of Hesse nbsp 1903 1918 Royal Standard of the Grand Duchess of Hesse nbsp 1918 Princely standard of Prince Reuss of Greiz nbsp 1918 Standard of the Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha Featured the flag of the British Royal Family until George V s decision to change the house into Windsor nbsp 1911 1918 Princely standard of Schaumburg Lippe nbsp 1816 1837 Royal Standard of the Kingdom of Hanover Flag of the King of Great Britain in Hannover until Queen Victoria Military editGerman Navy edit Flag Date Use Description Ensigns nbsp 1956 War ensign and jack Seekriegsflagge und Gosch of the German Navy A swallowtail variant of the state flag nbsp 1960 1990 Naval ensign Seekriegsflagge of the Volksmarine nbsp 1938 1945 Naval ensign of Kriegsmarine nbsp 1935 1938 Naval ensign of Kriegsmarine nbsp 1933 1935 Reich war flag Reichskriegsflagge and marine jack nbsp 1921 1933 Reich war flag nbsp 1919 1921 never used Reich war flag Reichskriegsflagge nbsp 1903 1918 1921 Reich war flag nbsp 1892 1903 Reich war flag Reichskriegsflagge nbsp 1867 1892 Imperial Navy war ensign Kriegsflagge nbsp 1848 1852 War ensign of the Reichsflotte nbsp 1895 1918 Naval ensign of Prussian Navy nbsp 1819 1895 Naval ensign of Prussian Navy nbsp 1816 1819 Naval ensign of Prussian Navy nbsp 12th century Naval ensign of the State of the Teutonic Order nbsp 1650 1694 Naval ensign of the Brandenburg Navy nbsp 15th century War flag of the Holy Roman Empire Red swords crossed on top of one another on a field The top of the field is black and the bottom of the field is white nbsp 15th century War flag of the Holy Roman Empire A non rectangular clarification needed flag depicting a black eagle on a yellow field with a red bar on top nbsp c 12th early 14th centuries War flag of the Holy Roman Empire A non rectangular flag depicting a white cross on a red field Jacks nbsp 1956 War ensign and jack Seekriegsflagge und Gosch of the German Navy A swallowtail variant of the state flag nbsp 1935 1945 Jack of Kriegsmarine nbsp 1933 1935 Jack of Kriegsmarine nbsp 1921 1933 Marine jack Kriegsgosch nbsp 1903 1918 1921 Marine jack nbsp 1867 1903 Marine jack Kriegsschiffgosch nbsp 1848 1852 Jack of the Reichsflotte Other nbsp 1945 1947 Flag of the German Mine Sweeping Administration The signal pennant 8 Military and state flags editFlag Date Use Description nbsp Standard of the chancellor of Germany A square variant of the Bundesdienstflagge with red border nbsp 1957 Standard of inspector general of the Bundeswehr nbsp 1964 Troop colour Truppenfahne of the Bundeswehr A variant of the Kriegsflagge with aspect ratio of 1 1 nbsp 1950 1994 Flag of Deutsche Bundespost nbsp 1950 1994 Flag of the minister of Deutsche Bundespost nbsp 1950 1994 Flag of the president of Deutsche Bundespost A swallowtail variant of the postal flag nbsp 1950 1994 Flag of the state secretary of Deutsche BundespostNon Governmental flags editFlag Date Use Description nbsp 1933 1943 Flag of the Kyffhauserbund The red square with an iron cross and a Kyffhauser MonumentCivil ensign editFlag Date Use Description nbsp 1949 present Merchant flag A tricolour made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black top red and gold bottom nbsp 1973 1990 Merchant flag of German Democratic Republic Handelsflagge 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 nbsp 1959 1973 Merchant flag of German Democratic Republic Handelsflagge nbsp 1946 1950 C Pennant C Doppelstander provisional civil ensign Used during the Occupation Period to identify German ships according to international law nbsp 1935 1945 Merchant flag of German Reich variant with the Iron Cross nbsp 1933 1935 Merchant flag of German Reich Handelsflagge A red field with a white disc with a black swastika at a 45 degree angle Disc and swastika are exactly in the centre nbsp 1933 1935 Merchant flag of German Reich variant with the Iron Cross Eisernes Kreuz nbsp 1933 1935 Merchant flag of German Reich Handelsflagge Black white and red horizontal tricolour Used in conjunction with the Parteiflagge nbsp 1921 1933 Merchant flag of Weimar Republic variant with the Iron Cross Eisernes Kreuz nbsp 1919 1933 Merchant flag of Weimar Republic Handelsflagge nbsp 1896 1918 Merchant flag variant with the Iron Cross Eisernes Kreuz nbsp 1871 1918 Merchant flag of German Empire National und Handelsflagge nbsp 1918 Merchant flag of Mecklenburg Schwerin nbsp 1864 Merchant flag of Duchy of Holstein nbsp 1816 1837 Merchant flag of Kingdom of HanoverGerman Scouting flags editFlag Date Use Description nbsp present Flag of German Association of Guides and Scouts 1965 present Flag of Deutsche Pfadfinderschaft Sankt Georg nbsp 1931 1965 Old flag of Deutsche Pfadfinderschaft Sankt Georg nbsp 1973 present Flag of Verband Christlicher Pfadfinderinnen und Pfadfinder White logo on a blue background Other youth organisations edit Flag Date Use Description nbsp 1946 1989 Flag of Free German Youth nbsp nbsp 1948 1990 Flag and pennant of Ernst Thalmann Pioneer Organisation nbsp 1955 1994 Wiking Jugend nbsp nbsp 1932 1945 Flag and pennant of Deutsches Jungvolk nbsp nbsp nbsp 1926 1945 Flags and pennant of Hitlerjugend nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 1926 1935 Pennants of Hitlerjugend nbsp 1935 1945 Pennant of League of German Girls nbsp 1904 present Socialist Youth of Germany FalconsSport flags editFlag Date Use Description Link to file present Flag of German Canoeing Associationde nbsp 1956 1960 and 1964 Flag of United Team of Germany at the Olympics nbsp 1952 1990 Flag of Gesellschaft fur Sport und Technik nbsp 1957 1990 Flag of Deutscher Turn und Sportbund nbsp 1945 Flag of Sports Office of the Third Reich nbsp 1934 1945 Flag of Deutsche Jagerschaft nbsp 1945 Flag of German Bicycle Union nbsp Pennant for the German Bicycle Union 1945 nbsp Pennant for the German Car Club 1945 nbsp Pennant for the German Aeronautic Union 1933 1937 Vexillology Associations flags editFlag Date Use Description nbsp 1995 present Flag of German Flag Societyde nbsp Flag of World Vexillological Research InstituteFlags of German states editMain article Flags of German statesFlags of German districts editMain article List of district flags of GermanyFlags of German municipalities editMain article Lists of German municipal flags Most municipalities have unique flags Like state flags most of them are with either a bicolor or tricolor stipes with or without the emblem wappen Unofficial regional flags editFlag Date Use Description nbsp nbsp 1952 present Flags of Baden nbsp 1990 s present Flag of Franconia nbsp 2006 present Flag of Frisia nbsp 1952 present Flag of Mecklenburg nbsp 1816 present Flag of Palatinate nbsp 1945 present Flag of Pomerania nbsp present Flag of Westphalia nbsp 1945 present Flag of WurttembergPolitical flags editFlag Date Party Description current nbsp 1991 present Social Democratic Party of Germany nbsp 2023 present Christian Democratic Union of Germany nbsp 2016 present Christian Social Union in Bavaria nbsp 2015 present Free Democratic Party nbsp 1952 1968 nbsp 1993 present Alliance 90 The Greens New flag from 2023 with a change of colours to a darker shade of green and a slightly desaturated yellow nbsp 2021 present Alternative for Germany nbsp 2007 present Die Linke nbsp 2004 present South Schleswig Voters Association nbsp 2013 present National Democratic Party of Germany nbsp 1964 Still appearing in street demonstrations nbsp 2013 present The III Path nbsp 2012 present Ecological Left Liberal Democratic Party nbsp 2012 present The Right Party for Referendum Sovereignty and Homeland Protection nbsp 2011 present Marxist Leninist Party of Germany nbsp 2005 present Bergpartei die UberPartei nbsp 2004 present Front Deutscher Apfel nbsp 2000s present Identitarian movement nbsp 1990 present Communist Party of Germany nbsp 2021 present Free Saxony former nbsp 1870 1933 Centre Party Used before the Nazi period nbsp 1998 2005 Deutsche Heidnische Front nbsp 1979 1995 Free German Workers Party nbsp 1977 1983 Action Front of National Socialists National Activists nbsp 1968 1986 Communist Party of Germany Marxists Leninists nbsp 1949 1952 Socialist Reich Party nbsp 1930 1933 Black Front nbsp 1920 1924 Union of Upper Silesians nbsp 1920 1945 National Socialist German Workers Party nbsp nbsp 1919 1946 Communist Party of Germany obverse and reverse nbsp 1918 1933 German National People s Party Flag of Germany 1867 1918 East Germany nbsp 1946 1989 Socialist Unity Party of Germany nbsp 1945 1990 Christian Democratic Union nbsp 1945 1990 Liberal Democratic Party of Germany nbsp 1948 1990 Democratic Farmers Party of Germany nbsp 1948 1990 National Democratic Party of Germany nbsp 1945 present People s Solidarity nbsp 1945 1994 Peasants Mutual Aid Association nbsp 1947 1990 Democratic Women s League of Germany nbsp 1990 Cultural Association of the GDR other nbsp 1990s present Antifa nbsp 1933 1935 Der Stahlhelm Bund der Frontsoldaten nbsp 1918 1933 nbsp 1932 Iron Front s Anti Nazi Demonstration Flag nbsp 1928 1933 Rural People s Movement nbsp 1919 1921 Freikorps RossbachReligious flags editFlag Date Use Description nbsp Flag of Evangelical Church in Germany former nbsp 1990s 2000s Flag of Heathen Front nbsp 1932 1945 Flag of German Christians movement nbsp 1900 c 1938 Flag of Order of the New Templars Golden background as a symbol of eternity lilies as a symbol of racial purity and the red swastika as a symbol of growing arioheroism nbsp 1871 1918 Old Church pennantEthnic groups flags editFlag Date Use Description nbsp 1989 present Flag of East Frisians nbsp 2004 present Flag of North Frisians nbsp Flag of Plattdeutsch speaking Germans nbsp 1848 present Flag of Sorbs Official in Saxony nbsp 1955 present Flag of South Schleswig Danes nbsp Flag of Yenish people nbsp 1829 1945 Flag of MasuriansHistorical flags editFrancia Kingdom of Germany and the Holy Roman Empire 800 1806 edit Further information Francia Kingdom of Germany and Holy Roman Empire Flag Date Use Description nbsp c 9th century Imperial Oriflamme of Charlemagne A 3 pointed green banner with 8 golden crosses and 6 flowers nbsp c 12th early 14th centuries War flag of the Holy Roman Empire A non rectangular flag depicting a white cross on a red field nbsp 1400 1523 Imperial Pavilion of Holy Roman Empire A non rectangular flag depicting a black eagle on a yellow field with a red bar on top nbsp 1400s War flag of the Holy Roman Empire Red swords crossed on top of one another on a field The top of the field is black and the bottom of the field is white Teutonic Order State and Prussia 1226 1935 edit Further information State of the Teutonic Order and Prussia Flag Date Use Description nbsp 1226 1525 Flag of the Teutonic Order State A black cross on a white field nbsp 1466 1772 Flag of Royal Prussia nbsp 1525 1701 Flag of Ducal Prussia nbsp 1701 1750 First flag of the Kingdom in Prussia A black eagle holding a rod and orb on a white field a crown on top nbsp 1701 1935 Civil flag of Prussia A bicolor design white and black split horizontally nbsp 1750 1801 Second flag of the Kingdom in Prussia and first flag of the Kingdom of Prussia A black eagle holding a sword and rod on a white field a crown on top nbsp 1801 1803 Second flag of the Kingdom of Prussia nbsp 1803 1892 Third flag of the Kingdom of Prussia The same as the previous flag but the crown in the top of the flag is smaller nbsp 1816 War flag of Prussia A smaller black crowned eagle with yellow arm plates a rod and orb all on a white field with an Iron Cross in the upper left corner nbsp 1892 1918 Fourth flag of the Kingdom of Prussia nbsp 1895 1918 War flag of Prussia A non rectangular flag depicting an Imperial Eagle in the center of a white field and in the upper left corner an Iron Cross is shown nbsp 1918 1933 Flag of the Free State of Prussia nbsp 1933 1935 Service flag of the Free State of Prussia The same as the previous flag but the phrase Gott mit uns reappears and the eagle is holding a sword and two lightning bolts The eagle also has a National Socialist swastika on the chest German Confederation 1815 1866 edit Further information German Confederation Flag Date Use Description nbsp 1848 1866 Flag of the German Confederation used in 1848 1849 and again in 1863 1866 First appeared within the Furstentum Reuss Greiz after 12 May 1778 4 5 aspect ratio Also used by the Empire of Germany 1848 1849 North German Confederation 1866 1871 edit Further information North German Confederation Flag Date Use Description nbsp 1867 1871 National and merchant flag National und Handelsflagge A tricolour made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black top white and red bottom German Empire 1871 1918 edit Further information German Empire and Flag of the German Empire Flag Date Use Description nbsp 1871 1918 National and merchant flag National und Handelsflagge nbsp 1884 1918 Colonial flag nbsp 1903 1919 War Ensign Reichskriegsflagge Weimar Republic 1919 1933 edit Further information Weimar Republic Flag Date Use Description nbsp 1919 1933 National flag Nationalflagge nbsp 1921 1933 State flag Dienstflagge zu Land nbsp 1921 1926 State ensign Dienstflagge zur See nbsp 1926 1933 State ensign Dienstflagge zur See nbsp 1919 1921 Flag of Defence Minister nbsp 1921 1933 Flag of Defence Minister Nazi Germany 1933 1945 edit See also Nazi Germany Flag of Nazi Germany and Blutfahne The flag with the swastika and white disc centered was used throughout 1920 1945 as the NSDAP flag Parteiflagge 2 Between 1933 and 1935 it was used as the mandotary party flag with the national black white red horizontal tricolour last used up to 1918 by the German Empire In 1935 the black white red horizontal tricolour was scrapped again and the flag with the off center swastika and disc was instituted as the only national flag and was to remain as such until 1945 The flag with the centered disc only continued to be used as the Parteiflagge after 1935 citation needed Flag Date Use Description Flags used 1933 1935 nbsp 1920 1945 NSDAP flag Parteiflagge 2 A red field with a white disc with a black swastika at a 45 degree angle Disc and swastika are exactly in the centre nbsp 1933 1935 National flag Nationalflagge Merchant flag Handelsflagge Black white and red horizontal tricolour Used in conjunction with the Parteiflagge nbsp 1933 1935 Merchant flag variant with the Iron Cross Eisernes Kreuz nbsp 1933 Reich service flag Reichsdienstflagge of the Wehrmacht nbsp 1933 1935 Reich service flag nbsp 1933 1935 Flag of the Minister of Defence Flags used 1935 1945 nbsp 1935 1945 1935 1945 National flag 2 Marine jack Gosch A red field with a white disc with a black swastika at a 45 degree angle Disk and swastika are slightly off centre nbsp 1933 1945 Banner Bannerflagge of Germany Banners were of various lengths which were hung vertically on public buildings nbsp 1933 1945 Banner Bannerflagge for the Schutzstaffel Banners that were also used by the national socialists very rarely along with the swastika nbsp 1935 1945 Merchant flag variant with the Iron Cross nbsp 1935 1945 Reich service flag nbsp 1935 1938 Flag of the Wehrmacht Commander in Chief replaced the Minister of Defence nbsp 1935 1938 Kriegsmarine Heer Luftwaffe nbsp 1938 1945 Kriegsmarine Heer Luftwaffe nbsp 1935 1945 Schutzstaffel SS nbsp 1921 1945 Sturmabteilung SA nbsp 1935 1945 National Socialist Motor Corps NSKK nbsp 1936 1945 Flag of the Ordnungspolizei OrPo Order Police the national regular police organization of National Socialist Germany World War II aftermath in Germany edit Allied Control Council 1945 1949 and Saar Protectorate Flag Date Use Description nbsp 1946 1950 C Pennant C Doppelstander provisional civil ensign Used during the Occupation Period to identify German ships according to international law nbsp 1947 1957 Flag of Saar Protectorate Flag of Saarland which was given by French Government At this time period the Saar was a satellite state of France East Germany 1949 1990 edit See also East Germany and Flag of East Germany Flag Date Use Description nbsp 1949 1959 State flag Staatsflagge nbsp 1959 1990 State flag Staatsflagge 1959 1990Merchant flag 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 nbsp 1963 1990 Hanging state flag Bannerflagge nbsp 1955 1973 Flag of East German Post nbsp 1975 1990 Flag of East German Post nbsp 1960 1990 Flag of the National People s Army Nationale Volksarmee or NVA nbsp 1960 1990 Regimental colours Truppenfahne of Nationale Volksarmee nbsp 1962 1990 Flag of boats of the Border Troops Baden Wurttemberg edit Baden edit Flag Date Use Description nbsp 1891 1918 Flag of Grand Duchy of Baden nbsp 1862 1891 Flag of Grand Duchy of Baden nbsp 1855 1862 Flag of Grand Duchy of Baden nbsp 1848 1855 Flag of Grand Duchy of Baden nbsp 1803 1848 Flag of Electorate of Baden and Grand Duchy of Baden nbsp medieval 1803 Banner of the Margraviate of Baden Hohenzollern Hechingen and Hohenzollern Sigmaringen edit Flag Date Use Description nbsp 1821 1850 Common national flag of principalities of Hohenzollern Hechingen and Hohenzollern Sigmaringen Leyen edit Flag Date Use Description nbsp 1806 1814 Flag of the Principality of Leyen nbsp until 1798 Flag of the County of Adendorf Wurttemberg edit Flag Date Use Description nbsp 1805 1918 Flag of Kingdom of Wurttemberg nbsp 1803 1809 Flag of Electorate of Wurttemberg nbsp medieval 1803 Banner of Duchy of Wurttemberg Bavaria edit Bavaria edit Flag Date Use Description nbsp 1945 1949 Flag of American Zone Flag of the United States nbsp 1918 Flag of Bavarian Soviet Republic Red flag nbsp 1805 1918 Flag of Kingdom of Bavaria nbsp 1623 1806 Banner of Electorate of Bavaria nbsp 1505 1623 Banner of Duchy of Bavaria nbsp 1392 1505 Banner of Bavaria Munich nbsp 1353 1392 Banner of Bavaria Landshut Other countries in today s Bavarian lands edit Flag Date Use Description nbsp 1105 1191 Banner of Burgraviate of Nuremberg under the Raabs nbsp 1398 1791 Hohenzollern banner of Principalitys of Ansbach and Bayreuth nbsp 1803 1810 Flag of Principality of Regensburg nbsp 1805 1814 Flag of Grand Duchy of Wurzburg Brandenburg edit Flag Date Use Description nbsp 1660 1750 Flag of Margraviate of Brandenburg nbsp c 1684 Flag of Margraviate of Brandenburg nbsp 1340 1657 Banner of Margraviate of Brandenburg Kustrin East Frisia edit Flag Date Use Description nbsp 1835 Flag of Lordship of Kniphausende nbsp 1702 1751 Flag of Lordship of Kniphausen nbsp 1689 1702 Banner of Lordship of Kniphausen Hesse edit Flag Date Use Description nbsp 1919 1923 Flag of Free State Bottleneck nbsp 1806 1918 Flag of Grand Duchy of Hesse nbsp 1806 1866 Flag of Duchy of Nassau nbsp 1806 Flag of Nassau Usingen nbsp 1866 Flag of Free City of Frankfurt nbsp 1810 1813 Flag of Grand Duchy of Frankfurt nbsp 1806 1815 Flag of County of Isenburg nbsp 1807 1813 Flag of Kingdom of Westphalia Lower Saxony edit Brunswick edit Flag Date Use Description nbsp 1830 1918 Flag of Duchy of Brunswick nbsp 1814 1830 Flag of Duchy of Brunswick Hanover edit Flag Date Use Description nbsp 1946 Flag of State of Hanover nbsp 1814 1866 Flag of Kingdom of Hanover nbsp 1692 1814 Flag of Electorate of Hanover Oldenburg edit Flag Date Use Description nbsp 1815 1918 Flag of Grand Duchy of Oldenburg Flag proportions 3 5Cross proportions 9 6 9 12 6 22 nbsp 1810 1815 Flag of First French Empire nbsp 1774 1810 Flag of Duchy of Oldenburg Flag proportions 3 5Cross proportions 9 6 9 17 6 17 nbsp 1774 Flag of County of Oldenburg Schaumburg Lippe edit Flag Date Use Description nbsp 1647 1918 Flag of Principality of Schaumburg Lippe Mecklenburg Vorpommern edit Flag Date Use Description nbsp 1813 19181864 1918 Flag of Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Schwerin and Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Strelitz nbsp 1630 1815 Flag of Swedish Pomerania Flag of Sweden North Rhine Westphalia edit Lippe edit Flag Date Use Description nbsp 1880 1918 Flag of Principality of Lippe nbsp c 1858 1880 Flag of Principality of Lippe nbsp 1811 1814 Flag of department of Lippe Flag of France Other edit Flag Date Use Description nbsp 1945 1949 Flag of British occupation zone in Germany Union Flag nbsp 1923 Flag of Rhenish Republic nbsp 1806 1808 Flag of Grand Duchy of Berg nbsp 1803 1810 Flag of Arenberg nbsp 1803 1806 Flag of County of Dulmen nbsp 1798 1811 Flag of County of Dulmen nbsp 1797 1802 Flag of Cisrhenian Republic nbsp 1770 1803 Flag of Prince Bishopric of Munster nbsp 1166 1801 Flag of Free Imperial City of Aachen Rhineland Palatinate edit Palatinate edit Flag Date Use Description nbsp before 1604 1776 Flag of Electorate of the Palatinate nbsp 1604 Flag of Electorate of the Palatinate Mainz edit Flag Date Use Description nbsp medieval 1803 Banner of the Electorate of Mainz Trier edit Flag Date Use Description nbsp medieval 1801 Banner of the Electorate of Trier Saarland edit Palatinate edit Flag Date Use Description nbsp 1947 1956 Flag of Saar Protectorate nbsp 1920 1935 Flag of Territory of the Saar Basin nbsp 1798 1814 Flag of department of Sarre Flag of France Saxony edit Flag Date Use Description nbsp 1945 1949 Flag of Soviet occupation zone of Germany Flag of the Soviet Union nbsp 1815 1918 Flag of Kingdom of Saxony nbsp 1356 1806 Electoral flag of Electorate of Saxony nbsp 10th cent 1806 State flag of Electorate of Saxony nbsp around 950 Saxon flag by the House of Ascania associated for the Saxon Ostmark and battleflag for the Saxon Eastern March Saxony Anhalt edit Anhalt edit Flag Date Use Description nbsp 1806 1918 Flag of Duchy of Anhalt Anhalt Bernburg Anhalt Dessau and Anhalt Kothen edit Flag Date Use Description nbsp 1252 1468 1603 18631396 1561 1603 18631396 1562 1603 1853 Flag of Anhalt Bernburg Anhalt Dessau and Anhalt Kothen Schleswig Holstein edit Heligoland edit Flag Date Use Description nbsp 1945 1952 Flag of British occupation zone in Germany Union Flag nbsp 1807 1890 Flag of British Heligoland Holstein edit Flag Date Use Description nbsp 1864 Civil Ensign of Duchy of Holstein Lubeck edit Flag Date Use Description nbsp medieval 1918 Flag of Free City of Lubeck Saxe Lauenburg edit Flag Date Use Description nbsp 1814 1876 Flag of Saxe Lauenburg Schleswig edit Flag Date Use Description nbsp 1866 Flag of Duchy of Schleswig Thuringia edit Reuss edit Flag Date Use Description nbsp 1806 1918 Flag of Principality of Reuss Gera nbsp 1778 1918 Flag of Principality of Reuss Greiz Saxe Altenburg edit Flag Date Use Description nbsp 1893 1918 Flag of Duchy of Saxe Altenburg Saxe Coburg and Gotha edit Flag Date Use Description nbsp 1911 1920 Flag of Duchy of Saxe Coburg and Gotha nbsp 1826 Flag of Duchy of Saxe Hildburghausen Saxe Gotha Altenburg edit Flag Date Use Description nbsp 1680 1826 Flag of Duchy of Saxe Gotha Altenburg Saxe Meiningen edit Flag Date Use Description nbsp 1826 1918 Flag of Duchy of Saxe Meiningen Saxe Weimar Eisenach edit Flag Date Use Description nbsp 1897 1918 Flag of Saxe Weimar Eisenach nbsp 1813 1897 Flag of Saxe Weimar Eisenach Schwarzburg Sondershausen edit Flag Date Use Description nbsp 1599 1918 Flag of Principality of Schwarzburg Sondershausen Other edit Flag Date Use Description nbsp 1989 1990 Defaced state flag Used by supporters of German reunification in East Germany after the fall of the Berlin Wall nbsp 1924 19331953 Flag of the Reichsbanner Schwarz Rot Gold The 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 nbsp 1914 1919 Spartacus League nbsp 1816 Flag of Urburschenschaft nbsp 1609 1635 Banner of the Catholic League nbsp 1539 Banner of the Peasants army nbsp medieval Banner of the Swabian LeagueHistoric flag proposals editNote 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 Use Description nbsp 1817 German unification flag at Wartburg Festival nbsp 1832 German unification flag at Hambach Festival nbsp 1926 Ottfried Neubecker s Proposal nbsp 1944 Proposal for the flag of Germany after 1944 military coup d etat by Josef Wirmer later considered for adoption by the Constitutional Convention at Herrenchiemsee Wirmer flag nbsp 1948 Proposal for the flag for West Germany based on Josef Wirmer s 1944 design created by his brother Ernst nbsp 1948 Proposal for the flag for West Germany by Paul Wentzcke based on 1848 republican designs nbsp 1948 Proposal for the flag for West Germany by Edwin Redslob nbsp 1948 Proposal for a national flag by Robert Lehr Nazi Germany occupations 1939 1945 edit Flag Date Use Description nbsp 1940 Proposal flag for General Government of occupied Poland Flag proposal for the newly General Government known only from the description 3 nbsp 1939 1945 Unofficial flag of New Swabia Flag of Reichskolonialbund and common flag for all German colonies during the Nazi period in practice only for the New Swabia German colonial empire 1884 1918 edit See also Coats of arms of German colonies Flag Date Use Description nbsp 1914 Proposal for German East Africa The flags of the German overseas colonies were first proposed in 1914 but were never implemented due to the breakout of World War I nbsp Proposal for German Kamerun nbsp Proposal for German New Guinea nbsp Proposal for German Samoa nbsp Proposal for German South West Africa nbsp Proposal for German TogolandHouse Flags editGerman shipping company edit Flag Date Use Description nbsp Aug Bolten Wm Miller s Nachfolger nbsp present Bossler shipping companies nbsp 1819 present F A Vinnen amp Co de nbsp 1871 present Hamburg Sud nbsp 1920 present Hugo Stinnes Schiffahrt nbsp 1901 present Johann M K Blumenthalde nbsp 1903 present Leonhardt amp Blumbergde nbsp 1920 present Ludwig amp Jakob Gotzde nbsp 1928 present Reederei Baltrum Liniede nbsp 1900 present Reederei Warringsde nbsp 1982 present Rickmers Group nbsp present Schiffswerft Philipp Ebert und Sohnede nbsp 1890 present Unterweser Reedereide nbsp 1946 present Waibel KGde nbsp 1885 present Wyker Steamship Shipping Company Fohr Amrumde nbsp 1896 1922 Argo Reedereide nbsp 1899 1969 A Kirstende nbsp 1875 2018 Cassens Werftde nbsp 1872 1926 Deutsche Dampfschiffahrtsgesellschaft Kosmosde nbsp 1890 1942 Deutsche Ost Afrika Linie nbsp 1881 1980 DDG Hansa nbsp 1873 1974 D G Neptunde nbsp 1821 1918 D H Watjen amp Co de nbsp 1889 1970 Deutsche Levante Liniede nbsp 1898 1931 Emil R Retzlaff nbsp 1970s Fendel Stinnes nbsp 1958 1973 and 1991 1997 Hamburg Atlantic Line nbsp 1847 1970 Hamburg America Line nbsp 1887 1939 Hamburg Bremen Africa linede nbsp 1907 1920s Hugo Stinnes Linien GmbH nbsp 1884 1914 Jantzen amp Thormahlen nbsp 1850 1879 Liniendienst von Joh Ces Godeffroy amp Sohn nbsp 1924 1990 Lubeck Liniede nbsp 1808 Mathias Stinnesde nbsp 1857 1970 Norddeutscher Lloyd nbsp 1882 2018 Oldenburg Portugiesische Dampfschiffs Rhedereide nbsp 1869 1967 Reederei Robert Meyhoeferde nbsp 1905 1959 Roland Liniede nbsp 1885 1942 Woermann Linie German Chartered company edit Flag Date Use Description nbsp 1882 1898 German New Guinea Company nbsp 1884 1920 German East Africa Company img, wikipedia, wiki , book, books, library,
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