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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. A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), red, and gold (bottom). State flag and ensign (Bundesdienstflagge) and military flag (Kriegsflagge).
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]
When Germany was unified at the end of the 19th century, the national flag had stripes of black-white-red. After the defeat of the Second Reich in World War I, that flag was replaced by the black-red-yellow under the Weimar Republic. Many Germans, however, rallied around other flags they felt better represented the true German spirit.
The black-white-red flag [1] (Schwarz-Weiß-Rot), [2] also known as the flag of the German Empire, the Imperial Flag or the Realm Flag (Reichsflagge), is a combination between the flag of Prussia and the flag of the Hanseatic League.
This was the German War Flag used from 1903 to the end of World War I in 1918. The Kaiser Wilhelm II ordered the design changed in 1902 because he felt it looked too similar to the British White Ensign under certain lighting conditions. Germany declared war on France in July of 1914 and Russia in August of 1917, coming to the aid of Austria ...
During World War 1, the German Empire, led by Kaiser Wilhelm II, retained black, white, and red as its national colors. These colors were deeply rooted in German history and held significant meaning. An ordinance of 1892 outlined the official use of the black-white-red tricolor, solidifying its place as the flag of Germany.
Two flags replaced it: the black-white-red flag of the German Empire and the now-infamous flag of the Nazi Party. The Nazi flag was designed by Hitler— it kept the old colors of the German Empire flag and the black swastika was meant to represent the Aryan race.
During the Great War, “Gott mit uns” (“God is with us”) was the rallying cry of the German military. It reflected deeply-held beliefs by German leadership and the hopes of the German people.
When the Empire was established in 1871, use of the Kriegsflagge (war ensign) of the North German League was maintained (despite the wording of the constitutional provision - Art. 55, "the flag of the navy and merchant fleet is black-white-red" — which one might think would require the black-white-red tricolor instead).
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