This is a list of flags used by and in Germany. For more information about the national flag, visit the article Flag of Germany.
[edit] National Flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
 | 1949– | National flag | A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), red, and gold (bottom) |
 | 1949– | Bundesdienstflagge (state flag). This flag may only be used by federal government authorities. | The national flag with the Bundesschild (a variant of the coat of arms of Germany) in the middle. |
 | 1949– | Bannerflagge National flag (Hanging) | |
 | 1949– | State flag (Hanging) | |
[edit] Presidential Standard
[edit] Military and State flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
 | | Flag of the German Navy (war ensign) and naval jack | The national flag with the Bundesschild (a variant of the coat of arms of Germany) in the middle. |
 | | Standard of Inspector General of the Bundeswehr | |
 | | Troop Flag of the Bundeswehr | |
 | 1950–1994 | Flag of the German Post | |
 | 1950–1994 | Flag of the German Post Minister | |
 | 1950–1994 | Flag of the German Post President | |
 | 1950–1994 | Flag of the German Post State Secretary | |
[edit] Flags of German states
See: Flags of German states
[edit] Civil flags
[edit] State service flags
[edit] Historical flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
 | 1848 (at Frankfurt assembly) | State and national flag | |
 | 1848–1852 | War flag | |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
 | 1867–1871 | State and national flag | A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom). |
 | 1867–1871 | War Ensign | |
 | 1867–1871 | Gösch (marine jack) | |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| 1871–1918 | National- und Handelsflagge | |
| 1871–1892 | Reichskriegsflagge (Kaiserliche Marine War Ensign) | |
 | 1892–1903 | Reichskriegsflagge | |
 | 1903–1918 (1921) | Reichskriegsflagge | |
 | 1903–1918 | Gösch (marine jack) | |
[edit] Imperial Family Standards
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| 1919–1933 | National- und Handelsflagge (state and national flag) | |
 | 1919–1933 | Handelsflagge (merchant flag) | |
 | 1921–1933 | Handelsflagge (variant with cross) | |
 | 1921–1933 | Reichskriegsflagge (war flag) | |
 | 1921–1933 | Gösch (marine jack) | |
 | 1921–1926 | Standard of the President | |
 | 1926–1933 | Standard of the President | |
 | 1919–1921 | Flag of Defence Minister | |
 | 1921–1933 | Flag of Defence Minister | |
 | 1924–1933 | Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold (chapter Stockheim), unofficial paramilitary organization | The Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold was an unofficial republican paramilitary organization dominated by social democrats, liberals and members of the catholic center party, to defend the Weimar Republic against national socialists, communists and monarchists. |
See: Flags of Nazi Germany
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
 | 1933–1945 | Nationalflagge und Handelsflagge (national and merchant flag) | A red field with a white disk in the centre, with a black swastika or hakenkreuz at a 45 degree angle. |
 | 1933–1935 | Nationalflagge und Handelsflagge | |
 | 1933–1945 | Banner of Germany | Banners were of various lengths, which were hung vertically on public buildings. |
 | 1933–1935 | Gösch (marine jack) and Reichskriegsflagge (war flag) | |
 | 1935–1945 | Gösch | Similar to national flag, but with swastika and disc slightly off-center. |
 | 1935–1938 | Reichskriegsflagge | |
 | 1938–1945 | Reichskriegsflagge | |
 | 1935, since Oct. 1935 | Reichsdienstflagge Reich Service Flag | |
 | 1933–1935 (de facto up to 1934) | Standard of President | |
 | 1935–1945 | Standard of Adolf Hitler | |
 | 1933–1935 | Flag of the Minister of Defence | |
 | 1935–1938 | Flag of the Wehrmacht Commander in Chief (replaced the Minister of Defence) | |
 | 1935–1945 | Flag of the Schutzstaffel (SS) | |
 | 1936–1945 | Flag of the Ordnungspolizei (OrPo) ("Order Police", the national regular police organization of the Third Reich) | |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
 | 1946–1949 | ”C-Pennant” (provisional civil ensign) | |
See: Flag of the German Democratic Republic
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| 1949–1959 | Staatsflagge (state flag) | |
 | 1959–1990 | Staatsflagge (state flag) 1959–1990 Handelsflagge (national flag) 1973–1990 | Tricolor of black, red and yellow (same as West German colors), but bears the coat of arms of East Germany, consisting of a compass and a hammer encircled with rye. |
 | 1959–1973 | Merchant flag | |
 | 1959–1973 | Flag of East German Post | |
 | 1975–1990 | Flag of East German Post | |
 | 1955–1990 | Standard of the President | |
 | 1960–1990 | Standard of President of State Council | |
 | | Flag of Nationale Volksarmee | |
 | | Truppenfahne (regimental colours of Nationale Volksarmee) | |
 | | Naval Ensign | |
 | | Flag of boats of border troops | |
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