List of German flags

This is a list of flags used by and in Germany . For more information about the national flag, visit the article Flag of Germany.

National Flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1949-	National flag	A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), red, and gold (bottom)
	1949-	Bundesdienstflagge (state flag). This flag may only be used by federal government authorities.	The national flag with the coat of arms of Germany in the middle.
	1949-	Bannerflagge National flag (Hanging)
	1949-	State flag (Hanging)

Presidential Standard

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Standard of Federal President	The standard depicts the elements of the coat of arms of Germany

Military flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Dienstflagge der Seestreitkräfte der Bundeswehr Flag of the German Navy (war ensign) and naval jack	The national flag with the coat of arms of Germany in the middle.
		Standard of Inspector General of the Bundeswehr

Flags of German states

See: Flags of German states

Civil flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Civil flag of Baden-Württemberg
		Civil flag of Bavaria
		Civil flag of Bavaria (lozengy variant).
		Civil flag of Berlin
		Civil flag of Brandenburg
		Civil flag of Bremen
		Civil flag of Bremen (with middle arms)
		Civil flag of Bremen (with flag arms)
		Civil flag of Hamburg
		Civil flag of Hesse
		Civil flag of Lower Saxony
		Civil flag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
		Civil flag of North Rhine-Westphalia
		Civil flag of Rhineland-Palatinate
		Civil flag of Saarland
		Civil flag of Saxony
		Civil flag of Saxony-Anhalt
		Civil flag of Schleswig-Holstein
		Civil flag of Thuringia

State service flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Lesser state service flag of Baden-Württemberg
		Greater state service flag of Baden-Württemberg
		State service flag of Bavaria (striped variant)
		State service flag of Bavaria (lozengy variant)
		State service flag of Berlin
		State service flag of Brandenburg
		State service flag of Bremen (with lesser arms)
		State service flag of Bremen (with flag arms)
		State service flag of Hamburg
		Admiralty flag of Hamburg (used by state ships)
		State service flag of Hesse
		Flag of Lower Saxony (on land)
		State service ensign of Lower Saxony (at sea)
		State service flag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
		State service flag of North Rhine-Westphalia
		State service flag of Rhineland-Palatinate
		Flag of Saarland
		State service flag of Saxony
		State service flag of Saxony-Anhalt
		State service flag of Schleswig-Holstein
		State service flag of Thuringia

Historical flags

Confederation of the Rhine (1806-1813)

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1806 - 1813	No official separate flag except that of the First French Empire.

German Confederation (1815-1866)

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1848 (at Frankfurt assembly)	National- und Handelsflagge (state and national flag)
File:Flagge Deutscher Bund.svg	1848 (at Frankfurt assembly	Kriegsflagge (war flag)

North German Confederation (1867-1871)

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1867 - 1871	National und Handelsflagge (state and national flag)	A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom).

German Empire (1871-1918)

Flag	Date	Use	Description
File:De old.gif	1871 - 1892	National- und Handelsflagge (state and national flag)
	1892 - 1918	National und Handelsflagge
100px	1871 - 1892	Reichskriegsflagge (Kaiserliche Marine War Ensign)
100px	1892 - 1903	Reichskriegsflagge
	1903 - 1918 (1921)	Reichskriegsflagge
File:Germany-Jack-1903.svg	1903 - 1918	Gösch (marine jack)

Weimar Republic (1919–1933)

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1919 - 1933	National- und Handelsflagge (state and national flag)
	1919 - 1933	Handelsflagge (merchant flag)
	1921 - 1903	Handelsflagge (variant with cross)
	1921 - 1933	Reichskriegsflagge (war flag)
	1921 - 1933	Gösch (marine jack)
	1924 - 1933	Reichsbanner chapter Stockheim
	1921 - 1926	Standard of President
	1926 - 1933	Standard of President
	1919 - 1921	Flag of Defence Minister
	1921 - 1933	Flag of Defence Minister

Third Reich (1933–1945)

See: Flags of Nazi Germany

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1933 - 1945	Nationalflagge und Handelsflagge (national and merchant flag)	A red field with a white disk in the centre, with a black swastika or hakenkreuz at a 45 degree angle.
	1933 - 1935	Nationalflagge und Handelsflagge
	1933 - 1935	Gösch (marine jack) and Reichskriegsflagge (war flag)
	1935 - 1945	Gösch
	1935 - 1938	Reichskriegsflagge
	1938 - 1945	Reichskriegsflagge
	1935, since Oct. 1935	Reichsdienstflagge Reich Service Flag
	1933 - 1935 (de facto up to 1934)	Standard of President
File:Standarte Adolf Hitler.jpg	1935–1945	Standard of Adolf Hitler
	1933–1935	Flag of the Minister of Defence
	1935–1938	Flag of the Wehrmacht Commander in Chief (replaced the Minister of Defence)
	1935–1945	Flag of the Schutzstaffel (SS)
	1936–1945	Flag of the Ordnungspolizei (OrPo) ("Order Police", the national regular police organization of the Third Reich)

Allied Control Council (1945-1950)

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1946-1949	”C-Pennant” (provisional civil ensign)

DDR – East Germany (1949-1990)

See: Flag of the German Democratic Republic

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1949–1959	Staatsflagge (state flag)
	1959–1990	Staatsflagge (state flag) 1959–1990 Handelsflagge (national flag) 1973–1990
	1959–1973	Merchant flag
	1959–1973	Flag of East Germany Post
File:Flag of German post 1975-1990(East Germany).jpg	1975-1990	Flag of East Germany Post
	1955-1990	Standard of the President
	1960-1990	Standard of President of State Council
		Flag of Nationalen Volksarmee
		Truppenfahne (regimental colours of Nationalen Volksarmee)
		Flag of warship
		Flag of boats of border troops