List of German flags This list of German flags details flags and standards that have been or are currently used by Germany between 1848 and the present.

Following the creation of separate government and military flags in later years, the plain tricolour is now used as the German civil flag and civil ensign.

When Germany was unified at the end of the 19th century, the national flag had stripes of black-white-red. After the defeat of the Second Reich in World War I, that flag was replaced by the black-red …

In 1935, the black-white-red horizontal tricolour was scrapped again, and the flag with the off-centre swastika and disc was instituted as the only national flag (and was to remain as such until 1945).

This list of German flags details flags and standards that have been or are currently used by Germany between 1848 and the present.

Dec 25, 2025 · For more expansive lists of flags of former German kingdoms, states, and principalities by date range, see the links on this page: German Territorial Structure over the Course of History

Following Germany's unconditional surrender on 8 May 1945, the Allied Control Council prohibited any official German national flag during the occupation period (1945–1949) to suppress nationalism and …