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Historical flags (Germany)

National Historical Flags:

Introduction to pre-1815 flags
Holy Roman Empire 800-1806 (Heiliges Römisches Reich deutscher Nation, Sacrum Romanorum Imperium nationis Germanicae)

Rhine Customs Administration 1805-1806 (Rheinzollverwaltung, France and Germany)

German Confederation 1815-1852 (Deutscher Bund)

Prince Adalbert's 1849 Proposals

North German Confederation 1867-1871 (Norddeutscher Bund)
German Empire 1871-1919 (Deutsches Reich)

Weimar Republic 1919-1933

Third Reich 1933-1945

Flags used 11th March 1933 - 15th September 1935
Flags used 15th September 1935 - 8th May 1945
National Socialist German Worker's Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei / NSDAP / Nazi Party)

Occupied Germany 1945-1949

Proposals 1944-1949

German Democratic Republic 1949-1989 (Deutsche Demokratische Republik / East Germany)
Federal Republic of Germany 1949-nowadays (Bundesrepublik Deutschland / West Germany 1949-1989)
Provisional Flags for the New States used in 1990

Main Subnational Flags:

Other territories:

Aremberg 1771-1810
Berg 1806-1810 (Grand Duchy of Berg / Grossherzogtum Berg)
Frankfurt 1833-1866 (Freie Stadt Frankfurt)
Lippe 1815-1918 (Principality of Lippe / Fürstentum Lippe)
Mömpelgard 1470-1793 (County of Mömpelgard / Grafschaft Mömpelgard)
Mulhouse 1770-1798 (Mühlhausen)
Nassau 1806-1866 (Duchy of Nassau / Herzogtum Nassau)
Palatinate 14th-18th Centuries (Pfalz)
Cisrhenian Republic 1797
Rhine Republic 1806
Rhine Republic 1921-1924
Saarland 1947-1956
Salm-Salm 1386-1811 (Principality of Salm-Salm / Fürstentum Salm-Salm)
Trier 14th Century - 1797 (Archbishopric of Trier / Erzbistum Trier)
Waldeck-Pyrmont 1815-1918 (Principality of Waldeck-Pyrmont / Fürstentum Waldeck-Pyrmont)
Würzburg before 1815

See also:

Introduction to pre-1815 flags

Before ca. 1815 national flags and Landesfarben or civil flags etc. were not known i.e. not in use in Germany, there are only a few exceptions.
Ralf Stelter, 15 Feb 2001

Within the Holy Roman Empire there existed countless minor units - including ecclesiastical states, imperial cities, and even imperial villages. A major reorganization was brought about by the Reichsdeputationshauptschluß of 1803, when more than 100 polities were eliminated. The full text of the Reichsdeputationshauptschluß can be found in this website and an English summary in this website.
Santiago Dotor, 26 Dec 2003