List of flags of German countries

In this list of flags of German countries , all flags of the German countries can be found in alphabetical order.

General

In some countries, a distinction is made between national flags and official flags . The latter may only be hoisted by the relevant state authorities, which also applies to the state coats of arms. The depiction of the official flags and coats of arms as part of an encyclopedic work is permitted.

Bavaria does not have an official flag, but has two state flags, which are listed as equivalent in the state constitution. It often happens that one sees a Bavarian stripe or diamond pattern flag with the national coat of arms; however, this is not an official Bavarian flag.

Bremen has three state flags, whereby the authorities use them with medium or flag coats of arms (these two flags are equal and only differ in the number of stripes), while the citizens are allowed to use all three state flags.

In Germany, in addition to the rectangular flags shown here, high rectangular flag variants (hanging flags, banners, flapping flags) are very often in use, especially in inland countries.

See also : Flags and coats of arms of the federal states of the German Empire

Flags of the countries

With the blazon it must be noted that it is described from the point of view of the bearer of the coat of arms. From the observer's point of view, left and right therefore appear swapped.

country	flag	Comments
State of Baden-Württemberg	Country flag 3: 5 ?	"The national colors are black and gold." “The coat of arms of the state of Baden-Württemberg shows three striding black lions with red tongues in a golden shield. It is listed as a large and a small state coat of arms. In the large state coat of arms, a crown with plaques of the historical coats of arms of Baden , Württemberg , Hohenzollern , Kurpfalz , Franconia and Upper Austria rests on the shield . The shield is held by a golden stag and a golden griffin, which are armored in red. In the small state coat of arms, a leaf crown (people's crown) rests on the shield. " “With the exception of the non-civil notaries, the agencies carrying the coat of arms are entitled to display the national coat of arms to be carried by them on the national flag, which consists of an upper black and a lower gold-colored horizontal stripe (national service flag); the shield holders remain off the large state coat of arms. The height of the flag is related to its length as 3 to 5. The state service flag can also have the shape of a hanging flag or a banner. "[...] " For the design of the state service flag, samples 7 to 12 are decisive. "
	State service flag with a large state coat of arms 3: 5 ? with small national coat of arms 3: 5 ?
Free State of Bavaria	National flag, officially called the national flag as stripe flag 3: 5 ? as a diamond flag, 3: 5 ? also the traditional flag of the Kingdom of Bavaria	"The national colors are white and blue." “The Bavarian state flag is the stripe flag or the diamond flag. The stripe flag consists of two horizontal stripes of equal width in the national colors, white above, blue below. The basic shape of the diamond flag contains 21 white and blue diamonds (Wecken), whereby the diamonds cut from the edges are counted. The number of diamonds can increase with long and narrow flags. In any case, the upper right corner of the flag is intended for a trimmed white diamond. " The Free State of Bavaria does not have its own official flag, but instead uses the state flag in its two variants.
State of Berlin	Country flag 3: 5 ?	"Berlin carries the flag, coat of arms and seal with the bear, the flag with the colors white and red." “The state coat of arms shows an upright black bear with a red tongue and red claws in a silver shield. A golden, five-leaf crown of leaves rests on the shield, the front ring of which is made of masonry with a gate in the middle. "[...] " The national flag shows the colors red-white-red in three longitudinal stripes. The two outer stripes each take up a fifth, the middle stripe takes up three fifths of the flag width. The middle stripe is covered with the heraldic figure, which is slightly shifted towards the bar (without a shield frame). The national flag can also have the shape of a banner. " The state of Berlin has not had its own official flag since 2007 . Instead, it uses the national flag.
country Brandenburg	National and official flag 3: 5 ?	“The national colors are red and white. The state coat of arms is the red march eagle on a white field. " "The state colors are red and white." "The state coat of arms shows on a shield in white (silver) a red eagle looking to the right, adorned with golden clover stems on the wings and armed with gold." [...] "The state flag consists of two identical wide horizontal stripes in the national colors - red above, white below - and bears the state coat of arms in the middle. The ratio of the height to the length of the flag is like three to five. "
Free Hanseatic City of Bremen	State flag without coat of arms 2: 3 ?	"The Free Hanseatic City of Bremen has its previous coats of arms and flags ." § 1 “The great coat of arms of Bremen is formed by a silver key in a red shield that is inclined to the right and the beard is turned to the left. A golden crown rests on the shield, which shows five (visible) prongs in the shape of a leaf above the ring adorned with precious stones. The shield rests on a console or on a band-like pedestal and is held by two erect, backward-looking lions with their front paws. The middle coat of arms is formed by the same key in the red shield crowned with the gold crown. The small coat of arms is only formed by the same key without a shield. " [...] § 6 “The national flag is striped at least eight times in red and white and lined along the flagstick with the number of red and white cubes corresponding to the stripes in two rows. The number of red and white stripes should always be even. In the middle the flag has a square white field, in which, if it is striped at least twelve times, the large coat of arms described in § 1 is shown, but with the modification that a crowned helmet with a red and white helmet cover takes the place of the crown ; the crest is formed by a growing lion facing to the right, who holds the coat of arms key vertically with his paws and his beard turned to the left. If the flag is only striped eight times, the middle field receives the middle coat of arms described in § 1. " The sea and inland vessels in the public service of the State of Bremen and the public buildings of the State of Bremen that serve the purposes of shipping, such as port administration buildings , Seaman's offices, seafaring schools and the pier heads of the port entrances, carry the state service flag of the Bremen shipping (state service flag) in addition to the federal flag.
	with middle coat of arms 2: 3 ?
	with flag crest 2: 3 ?
	State service flag of Bremen shipping 2: 3 ?
Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg	National and official flags 2: 3 ?	“The national colors are white and red. The state coat of arms shows the white three-tower castle with a closed gate on a red shield. The national flag bears the white castle of the national coat of arms on a red background. "
	State flag Flag of the Senate in his capacity as head of state 3: 5 ?	The national flag created in 1897 shows "in the middle of the red flag a square white field [...] in which the large national coat of arms is depicted."
	Admiralty flag 3: 5 ?	A Hamburg flag with a blue anchor with a yellow cross stick under the castle gate. The admiralty flag is on the Hamburg service boats, z. B. as a jack on the police boats, guided and placed on public buildings, which are mainly used for shipping.
State of Hesse	Country flag 3: 5 ?	"The national colors are red - white." “The state coat of arms shows in the blue shield a rising lion with gold claws, divided nine times in silver and red. On the shield rests a thread of golden foliage with fruits formed by blue pearls. " “The national flag consists of an upper red and a lower white horizontal stripe; the height of the flag is related to its length as 3: 5. The national flag is also the trade flag. The state service flag is the state flag that shows the state coat of arms in the middle. "
	Service flag 3: 5 ?
State of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	Country flag 3: 5 ?	“The national colors are blue, white, yellow and red. The law regulates the details about state colors and state coats of arms and their use. " “The colors of the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania are ultramarine blue, white, yellow, white and vermilion. The flag is striped lengthways. Sample 1 is decisive for the details of the design. In the two white fields, the service flag shows the coat of arms of Mecklenburg and, in the designation of the Western Pomerania region, of Pomerania without shields next to each other. The yellow stripe is interrupted for this. For details of the design, sample 2 of the annex is authoritative. If the official flag is set as a banner or hanging flag in portrait format, it shows the two coats of arms, one above the other, the coat of arms of Mecklenburg on top and the coat of arms of West Pomerania below. "
	Service flag 3: 5 ?
State of Lower Saxony	National and official flags 2: 3 ?	“Lower Saxony has the white horse in the red field as its coat of arms and the colors black-red-gold with the state coat of arms in the flag. The details are determined by a law. " "The state has a semicircular shield with a jumping white horse (heraldic animal) in the red field as shown in Appendix 1." [...] "The state uses the state colors black, red and gold in the state flag with the state arms according to Appendix 2." "The vehicles at sea and on inland waters in the state's public service carry the state flag in the form of a double stand as the service flag."
	Service flag at sea 2: 3 ?
State of North Rhine-Westphalia	Country flag 3: 5 ?	"The state colors and the state coat of arms are determined by law." "The national colors are green, white and red." "The coat of arms shows in split sign out front in green field a left oblique silver wave beams, back in the red field a jumping silver horse and down in a bent-silver top a red rose with gold slugs and gold Sepals. ” “ The national flag consists of three horizontal stripes of equal width, green above, white in the middle, red below. The ratio of the height to the length of the flag is like three to five. " " The official flag of the state authorities is the state flag, which in the middle, shifted a little towards the pole, in the green and red stripes each overlap by up to a fifth State coat of arms shows. "
	Service flag 3: 5 ?
State of Rhineland-Palatinate	National and official flags 2: 3 ?	"State colors and state coats of arms are determined by a law." “The state colors are black, red and gold.” “The state coat of arms has the shape of the heraldic round shield. This is split by an ascending, curved tip and shows a red continuous cross in a silver field on the right, a silver six-spoke wheel in a red field on the left and a red-crowned, red-armored golden lion in the rising black tip. The coat of arms is elevated by a golden people's crown (vine leaves). ” “ The national flag shows the colors black, red and gold in three horizontal stripes of equal width from top to bottom. In the upper corner of the pole, reaching up to half of the red horizontal stripe, is the state coat of arms. The national flag can have the shape of a flag, a hanging flag and a banner. "
Saarland	National and official flag 3: 5 ?	“The national colors are black, red and gold. The state coat of arms is determined by law. " “The national colors are black, red and gold. The flag of the Saarland has the shape of a rectangle, the width of which is related to the length like three to five, and shows the national colors in three horizontal stripes of the same width from top to bottom. In the middle of the red stripe, half of the black and gold stripes overlap, the coat of arms of the state. The national flag can also be set in the form of banners. " "The coat of arms of the Saarland shows in a quartered semicircular shield: at the top right a gold-crowned silver lion in a blue field studded with silver crosses, at the top left in silver a red polished bar cross, at the bottom right in gold a red diagonal bar, topped with three mutilated silver eagles, lower left in black a red crowned, red armored golden lion. "
Free State of Saxony	Country flag 3: 5 ?	“The national colors are white and green. The state coat of arms shows a diagonal green diamond ring in the field divided nine times by black and gold. The details are determined by a law. " "The agencies carrying the coat of arms, with the exception of the members of the state parliament and the notaries, are entitled to display the coat of arms on the state flag (state service flag)." "1. The national flag consists of two horizontal stripes of equal width, white above, green below; the ratio of the height to the length of the flag is 3 to 5. The national flag can also be carried in the form of a banner. The banner consists of two longitudinal stripes of equal width, white on the left and green on the right. 2. The service flag of the state authorities (state service flag) consists of the state flag (see number 1) in addition with the state coat of arms in the middle and half-overlapping in the white and green stripes in a simple shield form; the ratio of the height to the length of the flag cloth is 3 to 5. If the state service flag is used in the form of a banner, the state coat of arms is aligned parallel to the longitudinal stripes, in the white and the green part each half overlapping, in the middle. "
	Service flag 3: 5 ?
State of Saxony-Anhalt	Country flag 3: 5 ?	“The national colors are yellow and black. A law regulates the details about coats of arms, flags and seals. " “The state coat of arms shows in a divided shield, divided above nine times, the colors gold over black, diagonally on the right with a green diamond wreath and on the left - at the height of the top five divisions - in the silver free field a black eagle with gold reinforcement and red tongue. The lower field shows a striding black bear in silver on a black grooved red battlement wall with an open gate. " The national flag is determined by Section 3 of the National Emblem Act of April 27, 2017: “The national flag consists of two horizontal stripes of equal width in the national colors yellow and black and bears the national coat of arms in the middle . The ratio of the height to the length of the flag is like three to five. The national flag can be used by anyone. "
State of Schleswig-Holstein	Country flag 3: 5 ?	"The state coat of arms shows two blue, inward-facing, red-armored, striding lions in a split shield on the left, a silver nettle leaf on the right." [...] "The state colors are blue-white-red. The national flag shows the national colors from top to bottom in three horizontal stripes of equal width. The height of the national flag is related to its length as 3: 5. The service flag is the national flag; it shows the state coat of arms in the middle. "
	Service flag 3: 5 ?
Free State of Thuringia	Country flag 1: 2 ?	“The national colors are white and red. The country's coat of arms is an upright, eight-fold red and silver striped, gold-crowned and gold-armored lion on a blue background, surrounded by eight silver stars. " “The national flag consists of a white and a red vertical stripe of equal width. The width and length of the flag must have a ratio of at least 1 to 2. The state service flag is the state flag that shows the state coat of arms vertically in the middle. The state flag and state service flag can be used in vertical or horizontal striped form according to the pattern in Appendix 2 or Appendix 3. "
	Service flag 1: 2 ?

Flags of the historical countries

On April 25, 1952, the states of Baden, Württemberg-Baden and Württemberg-Hohenzollern were merged into the newly founded state of Baden-Württemberg.

country	flag	Comments
State of Baden	3: 5 ?	“The national colors are yellow-red. The Baden flag consists of two yellow and one red vertical stripes of the same width. "
State of Württemberg-Baden	3: 5 ?	"The state colors are black, red and gold."
State of Württemberg-Hohenzollern	3: 5 ?	“The state colors are black and red. A law determines the national coat of arms. "

See also

• Flag of Germany
• List of flags of all of Germany
• List of coats of arms in Germany

References and comments

1. ↑ Article 24, paragraph 1 of the constitution of the state of Baden-Württemberg of November 11, 1953.
2. ↑ § 1 of the law on the coat of arms of the state of Baden-Württemberg of May 3, 1954.
3. ↑ § 9 paragraph 1 and 4 of the regulation of the state government on the use of the state coat of arms of August 2, 1954
   and the associated samples ( memento of the original of September 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ Article 1, paragraph 2 of the Constitution of the Free State of Bavaria of December 2, 1946
   • at Università di Torino: Archivio di Diritto e Storia Costituzionali .
5. ^ Announcement of the Bavarian State Government on the Bavarian State Flag and the Service Flags for Motor Vehicles of November 16, 1953 (GVBl. 1953, p. 193), quoted from: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Flaggenkunde : Deutsche Flags: Bayern
6. ↑ Article 5 of the Berlin Constitution of November 23, 1995
   • at berlin.de .
7. ↑ § 1 Paragraph 1 and § 2 of the Law on the National Emblems of the State of Berlin from October 22, 2007
   • as PDF ( Memento from August 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (9,483 bytes, from berlin.de), as source text from Wikisource.
8. ↑ Article 4 of the constitution of the state of Brandenburg of August 20, 1992
   • from verfassungen.de
9. ↑ § 1, § 2 Paragraph 1 and § 3 of the Law on the Emblems of the State of Brandenburg ( Memento of March 1, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (Emblem of the State - HzG) of January 30, 1991.
10. ^ Article 68 of the state constitution of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen . Transparency portal Bremen, accessed on April 15, 2016 . 
11. ↑ § 1 and § 6 Paragraphs 1 and 2 of the announcement, regarding regulations on the Bremen national coat of arms of November 17, 1891 (Bremische Staatswappenklarungung, StaatsWBek), Brem.GBl, p. 124.
12. ↑ Announcement regarding state service flags of the Bremen shipping industry from September 19, 1952 (Brem.GBl, p. 103) Sa BremR 9514-a-1;
13. ↑ Article 5, paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of the Constitution of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg from June 6, 1952
    • at hh.juris.de ( Memento from June 10, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
14. ↑ (Senate resolution on the state flag of October 8, 1897) . The state flag is not the official flag of all Hamburg authorities (either the state flag or the admiralty flag are used for this), but is only used by the Senate in its capacity as head of state (Senate resolutions of June 3, 1949 and May 11, 1951) . See German Society for Flag Studies : German flags: Hamburg and flags and coats of arms - City of Hamburg
15. ^ Official flag on the water for the fire boats and the boats of the water police and the Hamburg port authorities
16. ↑ Article 66 of the Constitution of the State of Hesse of December 1, 1946, GVBl. 1946, p. 229.
17. ↑ Sections 1 and 2 of the on the emblems of the state of Hesse from August 4, 1948, GVBl, p. 111.
18. ↑ Article 1 paragraph 3 of the constitution of the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania of May 23, 1993, GVOBl. MV 1993, p. 372.
19. ↑ § 1 paragraph 1 and 2 of the law on the national emblems of the state - national emblem law - in the version of the announcement of July 23, 1991, GVOBl. MV 1991, p. 293
    A precise definition of the flags can be found in the application guideline for flags on Ein Land - a picture, corporate design for Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and its state government ( Memento from September 24, 2003 in the Internet Archive )
20. ↑ Article 1 Paragraph 3 of the Lower Saxony Constitution of May 19, 1993
    The flag was introduced by the Provisional Lower Saxony Constitution of April 13, 1951, where Article 1 Paragraph 2 already contains the above wording.
21. ↑ § 1 of the Lower Saxony Coat of Arms Act (NWappG) of March 8, 2007 [1]
22. ^ Resolution of the Lower Saxony State Ministry on the flag flying of vehicles in public service at sea and on inland waterways of October 22, 1953; MBl. 1954, p. 270, quoted from: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Flaggenkunde : German Flags: Lower Saxony .
23. ↑ Article 1, paragraph 2 of the constitution for the state of North Rhine-Westphalia of June 28, 1950.
24. ↑ Sections 1 to 4 of the law on the state colors, the state coat of arms and the state flag of March 10, 1953.
25. ↑ Article 74 paragraph 3 of the Constitution for Rhineland-Palatinate of May 18, 1947, VOBl. 1947, p. 209.
26. ↑ Sections 1 to 3 of the state law on the emblems of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate (coat of arms and flag law) in the version of August 7, 1972 (GVBl 1972, p. 293), original version of May 10, 1948.
27. ↑ Article 62 of the Saarland Constitution (SVerf) of December 15, 1947, last amended by the law of May 14, 2008 (Official Journal p. 986). Reference: Official Journal 1947, p. 1077.
28. ↑ Article 1 of Act No. 508 on the flag of the Saarland of July 9, 1956 (Official Gazette of the Saarland 1956, pp. 1213, 1215), in force since January 1, 1957, quoted from flagspot.net
29. ↑ Article 1 of Act No. 509 on the coat of arms of the Saarland of July 9, 1956 (Official Gazette of the Saarland 1956, pp. 1213, 1215), in force since January 1, 1957, quoted from flagspot.net
30. ↑ Article 2, paragraphs 2 and 3 of the Constitution of the Free State of Saxony of May 27, 1992
    • at landtag.sachsen.de .
31. ↑ Section 7 (1) of the Ordinance of the Saxon State Government on the Use of the State Coat of Arms (WappenVO) of March 4, 1992 (Sächsisches Gesetz- und Verordnungsblatt 1992, p. 70)
32. ↑ Administrative regulation of the Saxon State Chancellery on flags and the use of flags in the official buildings in the Free State of Saxony (VwV flagging) of March 19, 2002 (Saxon Official Gazette 2002, pp. 442–443)
33. ↑ Article 1, paragraph 2 of the constitution of the state of Saxony-Anhalt is from July 16, 1992
    • at st.juris.de ( Memento from August 22, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
34. ↑ § 1 Paragraph 1 National Emblem Act
35. ↑ National Emblem Act §3
36. ↑ § 1 paragraph 1 and § 2 of the law on the emblems of the state of Schleswig-Holstein of January 18, 1957.
37. ↑ There is no information on the national emblems in the constitution of Schleswig-Holstein .
38. ↑ Article 44 Paragraph 2 of the Constitution of the Free State of Thuringia of October 25, 1993 (GVBl, p. 625)
    • at thueringen.de as PDF
    See also the law on the emblems of the State of Thuringia ( Memento of November 3, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) of January 30, 1991, GVBl 1991, p. 1.
39. ↑ § 3 of the Ordinance on the Implementation of the Law on the National Emblems of the State of Thuringia ( Memento of July 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (AVHz) of April 11, 1991, GVBl 1991, p. 70.
40. ↑ Article 55, paragraphs 1 and 2 of the constitution of the state of Baden of May 18, 1947.
41. ↑ Article 45 of the constitution for Württemberg-Baden of November 28, 1946.
42. ↑ Article 3 of the constitution for Württemberg-Hohenzollern of May 31, 1947.

Web links

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