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The national flag of Germany (German: Flagge Deutschlands) is a tricolour consisting of three equal horizontal bands displaying the national colours of Germany: black, red, and gold (German: Schwarz-Rot-Gold). [1]
Colours. The flag of Germany consists of three horizontal bands of equal sizes. The uppermost vertical band is black, the central band red and the lowest band yellow. These colours represent the national colours of Germany. There are numerous theories regarding the origin of Germany’s national colours.
Flag of Germany, horizontally striped flag of black, red, and gold (golden yellow); when used for official purposes, it may incorporate a central eagle shield.
The Germany National Flag, also known as the Bundesflagge, is a tricolor flag with three horizontal stripes of black, red, and gold. The design is simple yet powerful, and it has a deep historical and symbolic meaning for the German people.
The flag of Germany. In its present form, the German national flag first appeared in 1950, a year after the formation of West Germany. The flag’s three horizontal stripes of colors black, red, and gold are of equal width and an overall width-length ratio of 3:5.
In 1949, the Parliamentary Council decided, with just one vote against, that black, red and gold should be the colours of the flag of the Federal Republic of Germany. Article 22 of the Basic Law specified the colours of the movement for unity and freedom and the first German Republic as the colours of the federal flag.
In 1848, in Frankfurt, the Bundestag (parliament), like the German National Assembly, declared black-red-gold to be the colors of the German Confederation or the German Reich that was to be...