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Common unofficial flag variant with the coat of arms of Germany. 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] The flag was first sighted in 1848 in the German Confederation.
State flag (Staatsflagge) 1959–1990 Merchant 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. 1963–1990. Hanging state flag (Bannerflagge) 1955–1973.
The national colours of the Federal Republic of Germany are officially black, red, and gold, [1] defined with the adoption of the West German flag as a tricolour with these colours in 1949. [2] Germany was divided into West Germany and East Germany from 1949 to 1990, and both Germanies retained the black, red, and gold colors on their ...
Timeline of national flags. ... The tables contain many flags that were only ever proposals or are anachronistic. ... Germany: 1400 1848 1867 1919 1933 1935 1946 1949
A horizontal tricolour of black, white, and red. The flag of Nazi Germany, officially the flag of the German Reich, featured a red background with a black swastika on a white disc. This flag came into use initially as the banner of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) after its foundation. Following the appointment of Adolf Hitler as Chancellor in 1933, this ...
The term Reichskriegsflagge (German: [ˈʁaɪçsˌkʁiːksflaɡə], lit. 'Imperial War Flag') refers to several war flags and war ensigns used by the German armed forces in history. A total of eight different designs were used in 1848–1849 and between 1867–1871 and 1945. Today the term refers usually to the flag from 1867–1871 to 1918 ...
These colors are Germany's national colors and are sometimes referred to as schwarz-rot-gold. In the canton, or the upper left corner, are the arms of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. 1957– Flag of Saarland: The flag of Saarland is based on the flag of Germany and is a black, red, and gold (yellow) horizontal tricolor.
The German Unity Flag is a national symbol of German reunification that was raised on 3 October 1990. It waves in front of the Bundestag in Berlin (seat of the German parliament). German cuisine. Music of Germany. German art.