German Flags

The flag of Germany is a tricolour consisting of three equal horizontal bands displaying the national colours of Germany: black, red and gold. The Black tricolor first appeared in the early 19th century and achieved prominence during the 1848 revolution.

The short-lived Frankfurt Parliament of 1848–1850 proposed the tricolor as a flag for a united and democratic German state. With the formation of the Weimar Republic after World War I, the tricolor was adopted as the national flag of Germany. Following World War II, the tricolor was designated as the flag of both West and East Germany.

The two flags were identical until 1959, when the East German flag was defaced with the coat of arms of East Germany. Since reunification on 3 October 1990, the black-red-gold tricolor has remained the flag of Germany. They are also known as flags in german, german army flags, german flag, german flags, german military flags, german naval flags, german war flags, ww2 german flag, ww2 german flags.