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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.
Black-red-gold is the official flag of the Federal Republic of Germany. As an official symbol of the constitutional order, it is protected against defamation. According to §90a of the German penal code, the consequences are a fine or imprisonment up to three years.
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.
All German states have a Landesflagge ( flag of the state, sometimes known as a civil flag ), that may be used by anyone. Some states have another variant, often showing the state coat of arms, called the Dienstflagge ( service flag or government flag, sometimes known as a state flag ), normally for use by official government offices only.
The coat of arms of Germany displays a black eagle with a red beak, a red tongue and red feet on a golden field, which is blazoned: Or, an eagle displayed sable beaked langued and membered gules. This is the Bundesadler ( German for 'Federal Eagle' ), formerly known as Reichsadler ( German: [ˈʁaɪ̯çsˌʔaːdlɐ] ⓘ, German for 'Imperial ...
Flag of Western Pomerania. Wirmer Flag. Categories: Flags by country. National symbols of Germany. Hidden category: Commons category link is on Wikidata.
Alongside the swastika flag of the Nazi Party, the imperial colours were restored as a provisional national symbol, subject to a final decision by the German government. The concurrent Nazi flag also used a combination of black, white, and red colours, but not in the same way as the old flag of the German Empire. Instead, red was the dominant ...
The swastika was the first symbol of Nazism and remains strongly associated with it in the Western world. The 20th-century German Nazi Party made extensive use of graphic symbols, especially the swastika, notably in the form of the swastika flag, which became the co-national flag of Nazi Germany in 1933, and the sole national flag in 1935.