Historical flags (Germany)

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• 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
• Subnational Flags 1871-1919
• Weimar Republic 1919-1933
• Subnational Flags 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-present - Bundesrepublik Deutschland - West Germany
• Provisional Flags for the New States used in 1990

• Baden-Württemberg Historical Flags
• Bavaria Historical Flags
- Bayern
• Bremen Historical Flags
• Brunswick Historical Flags - Braunschweig
• Hamburg Historical Flags
• Hanseatic Cities - Germany, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland
• Hanover Historical Flags - Hannover
• Heligoland Historical Flags - Helgoland
• Hesse Historical Flags - Hessen
• Lippe Historical Flags
• Lübeck Historical Flags
• Mecklenburg Historical Flags
• Oldenburg Historical Flags
• Prussia Historical Flags - Preussen
• Historical Flags of Rhineland States
• Schaumburg-Lippe Historical Flags
• Saxony Historical Flags - Sachsen
• Saxony-Anhalt HistoricalFlags - Sachsen-Anhalt
• Schleswig-Holstein Historical Flags
• Thuringia Historical Flags - Thüringen
• Waldeck-Pyrmont Historical Flags

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

• Historical use of the current flag
• Index of all German Pages

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 German and in an English summary at href="">this website.
Santiago Dotor, 26 Dec 2003