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The flag was first sighted in 1848 in the German Confederation. The flag was also used by the German Empire from 1848 to 1849. It was officially adopted as the national flag of the German Reich (during the period of the Weimar Republic) from 1919 to 1933, and has been in use since its reintroduction in the Federal Republic of Germany in 1949.
Proposal for the flag for West Germany, based on Josef Wirmer's 1944 design, created by his brother, Ernst: 1948: Proposal for the flag for West Germany by Paul Wentzcke, based on 1848 republican designs: 1948: Proposal for the flag for West Germany by Edwin Redslob: 1948: Proposal for a national flag, by Robert Lehr
' 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, the war flag of Imperial Germany.
After German reunification in 1990, the united Germany retained the West German flag, thus retaining black, red, and gold as Germany's colors. The colours ultimately hark back to the tricolour adopted by the Urburschenschaft of Jena in 1815, representing an early phase in the development of German nationalism and the idea of a unified German ...
Sea of flags at the arrive of the Imperial Regent in Frankfurt, July 1848. During the German Revolution of 1848 the colours black-red-gold found general acceptance. The Bundestag adopted them, and even Prussian King Frederick William IV wore such an armband on 22 March, when he promised that Prussia will become a part of Germany.
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.
War ensign of the German Confederation (1848–1852) Date: 27 June 2008: ... List of German flags; ... List of flags by number of colors;
Cadet grey was an official color of the Confederate States Army: Czechoslovakia: Blue, white and red Donetsk People's Republic: Black, blue and red East Germany: Black, red and gold Blue National colours of Germany: France (Kingdom of France 987–1792, 1814–1848) White and blue French Blue, French Flags: German Empire: Black, white and red ...