NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Flags of German states

The flags of the German states usually come in two variants: one variant (the simple striped flag) is for the use by everybody (civil flag); the other variant, showing the state arms is for government use only (state service flag). In addition to these flags, in some states there are specific flags for high-ranking officials, mainly used as car flags. Germany is a Federal Republic made up of 16 States, known in German as LÃ¤nder (transliterated as Laender in English, singular Land). ... The design and description of flags typically uses specialised flag terminology with precise and technical meanings (a form of jargon). ... Heraldry is the art and science of designing, displaying, describing and recording coats-of-arms (also referred to as armorial bearings or simply as arms). Its origins lie in the need to distinguish participants in battles or jousts, whose faces were hidden by steel helmets. ... The design and description of flags typically uses specialised flag terminology with precise and technical meanings (a form of jargon). ...

Civil flags

Civil flag of Baden-Württemberg Image File history File links Flag_of_Baden-WÃ¼rttemberg. ... Baden-WÃ¼rttemberg is a federal state in south-western Germany to the east of the Upper Rhine. ...

Flag of Bavaria (striped variant) Image File history File links Flag_of_Bavaria_(striped). ... The Free State of Bavaria (German: Freistaat Bayern), with an area of 70,553 kmÂ² (27,241 square miles) and 12. ...

Flag of Bavaria (lozengy variant) Image File history File links Flag_of_Bavaria_(lozengy). ... The Free State of Bavaria (German: Freistaat Bayern), with an area of 70,553 kmÂ² (27,241 square miles) and 12. ...

Civil flag of Berlin Image File history File links Flag_of_Berlin. ... (helpÂ· info) is the capital city and a state of Germany. ...

Flag of Brandenburg Download high resolution version (3600x2160, 48 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Surrounding but excluding the national capital Berlin, Brandenburg is one of Germanys sixteen BundeslÃ¤nder (federal states). ...

Flag of Bremen (simple variant) Image File history File links Flag_of_Bremen. ... The Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (official name; German: Freie Hansestadt Bremen) is a port city in northern Germany and one of its 16 Federal States (BundeslÃ¤nder). ...

Flag of Bremen (with middle arms) Image File history File links Flag_of_Bremen_(middle_arms). ... The Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (official name; German: Freie Hansestadt Bremen) is a port city in northern Germany and one of its 16 Federal States (BundeslÃ¤nder). ...

Flag of Bremen (with flag arms) Image File history File links Flag_de-bremen_flagarms. ... The Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (official name; German: Freie Hansestadt Bremen) is a port city in northern Germany and one of its 16 Federal States (BundeslÃ¤nder). ...

Flag of Hamburg Image File history File links Flag_of_Hamburg. ... Alster Lake at dusk Hamburg is the second largest city in Germany and with Hamburg Harbour, its principal port. ...

Civil flag of Hesse Image File history File links Flag_of_Hesse. ... Hesse (German: Hessen) is one of Germanys sixteen federal states (BundeslÃ¤nder) and has an area of 21,110 kmÂ² and just over six million inhabitants. ...

Flag of Lower Saxony Image File history File links Flag_of_Lower_Saxony. ... With an area of 47,618 km and nearly eight million inhabitants, Lower Saxony (German Niedersachsen) lies in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the countrys sixteen Bundesl nder (federal states). ...

Civil flag of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Image File history File links Flag_of_Mecklenburg-Western_Pomerania. ... Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (German: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is a Bundesland (federal state) in northern Germany. ...

Civil flag of North Rhine-Westphalia Image File history File links Flag_of_North_Rhine-Westphalia. ... North Rhine-Westphalia (German: Nordrhein-Westfalen, usually shortened to: NRW) is - in population and economic output - the largest Federal State of Germany. ...

Flag of Rhineland-Palatinate Image File history File links Flag_de-rheinland_pfalz_300px. ... The Rhenish Palatinate (Rheinpfalz, sometimes Lower Palatinate or Niederpfalz) occupies rather more than a quarter of the German Bundesland (federal state) of Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz) and contains the towns of Ludwigshafen, Kaiserslautern, Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, Pirmasens, Landau and Speyer. ...

Flag of Saarland Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Saarland is one of the 16 states of Germany. ...

Civil flag of Saxony Image File history File links Flag_of_Saxony. ... The Free State of Saxony (German: Freistaat Sachsen; Sorbian: Swobodny Stata Sakska) is at a land area of 18,413 kmÂ² and a population of 4. ...

Civil flag of Saxony-Anhalt Image File history File links Flag_of_Saxony-Anhalt. ... With an area of 20,447 km² and a population of 2. ...

Civil flag of Schleswig-Holstein Image File history File links Flag_of_Schleswig-Holstein. ... Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the 16 Bundesländer in Germany. ...

Civil flag of Thuringia Image File history File links Flag_of_Thuringia. ... The Free State of Thuringia (German Freistaat Thüringen) lies in central Germany and is among the smaller of the countrys sixteen Bundesländer (federal states), with an area of 16,200 sq. ...

State service flags

Lesser state service flag of Baden-Württemberg Image File history File links Flag_of_Baden-WÃ¼rttemberg_(state,_lesser_arms). ... Baden-WÃ¼rttemberg is a federal state in south-western Germany to the east of the Upper Rhine. ...

Greater state service flag of Baden-Württemberg Image File history File links Flag_of_Baden-WÃ¼rttemberg_(state,_greater_arms). ... Baden-WÃ¼rttemberg is a federal state in south-western Germany to the east of the Upper Rhine. ...

State service flag of Berlin Image File history File links Flag_of_Berlin_(state). ... (helpÂ· info) is the capital city and a state of Germany. ...

Flag of Bremen (with lesser arms) Image File history File links Flag_of_Bremen_(middle_arms). ... The Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (official name; German: Freie Hansestadt Bremen) is a port city in northern Germany and one of its 16 Federal States (BundeslÃ¤nder). ...

Flag of Hamburg Image File history File links Flag_of_Hamburg. ... Alster Lake at dusk Hamburg is the second largest city in Germany and with Hamburg Harbour, its principal port. ...

Admiralty flag of Hamburg (used by state ships) Image File history File links Flag_de-hamburg_admiralty. ... Alster Lake at dusk Hamburg is the second largest city in Germany and with Hamburg Harbour, its principal port. ...

State service flag of Hesse Image File history File links Flag_of_Hesse_(state). ... Hesse (German: Hessen) is one of Germanys sixteen federal states (BundeslÃ¤nder) and has an area of 21,110 kmÂ² and just over six million inhabitants. ...

Flag of Lower Saxony (on land) Image File history File links Flag_of_Lower_Saxony. ... With an area of 47,618 km and nearly eight million inhabitants, Lower Saxony (German Niedersachsen) lies in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the countrys sixteen Bundesl nder (federal states). ...

State service ensign of Lower Saxony (at sea) Image File history File links Flag_de-niedersachsen_ensign300px. ... With an area of 47,618 km and nearly eight million inhabitants, Lower Saxony (German Niedersachsen) lies in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the countrys sixteen Bundesl nder (federal states). ...

State service flag of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Image File history File links Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania) Landesdienstflagge (state service flag) 300 px high. ... Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (German: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is a Bundesland (federal state) in northern Germany. ...

State service flag of North Rhine-Westphalia Image File history File links Flag_of_North_Rhine-Westphalia_(state). ... North Rhine-Westphalia (German: Nordrhein-Westfalen, usually shortened to: NRW) is - in population and economic output - the largest Federal State of Germany. ...

Flag of Saarland Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Saarland is one of the 16 states of Germany. ...

State service flag of Saxony Image File history File links Flag_of_Saxony_(state). ... The Free State of Saxony (German: Freistaat Sachsen; Sorbian: Swobodny Stata Sakska) is at a land area of 18,413 kmÂ² and a population of 4. ...

State service flag of Saxony-Anhalt Image File history File links Saxony-Anhalt_(State_service_flag). ... With an area of 20,447 km² and a population of 2. ...

State service flag of Schleswig-Holstein Image File history File links Flag_of_Schleswig-Holstein_(state). ... Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the 16 Bundesländer in Germany. ...

State service flag of Thuringia Image File history File links Flag_of_Thuringia_(state). ... The Free State of Thuringia (German Freistaat Thüringen) lies in central Germany and is among the smaller of the countrys sixteen Bundesländer (federal states), with an area of 16,200 sq. ...

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State service flags

Civil flags