A map of Germany, showing all the State flags and coat of arms.

All German states have a Landesflagge (flag of the state, sometimes known as a civil flag), that may be used by anyone. Some states have another variant, often showing the state coat of arms, called the Dienstflagge (service flag or government flag, sometimes known as a state flag), normally for use by official government offices only. In addition to these flags, in a few states there are variants exclusively for the state senate, or for state-operated ships. In some cases, there are specific flags for high-ranking officials, mainly used as car flags. Frequently, the flags are used in vertical variants.

Current state flags

Civil flagState flagAdministrative divisionAdoptedDescription

Baden-Württemberg1953–presentFlag of Baden-Württemberg

Bavaria1949–presentFlag of Bavaria
Berlin1954–presentFlag of Berlin
Brandenburg1991–presentFlag of Brandenburg
Bremen1952–presentFlag of Bremen
Hamburg1834–presentFlag of Hamburg
Hesse1948–presentFlag of Hesse
Lower Saxony1951–presentFlag of Lower Saxony
Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania1991–presentFlag of Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania
North Rhine-Westphalia1953–presentFlag of North Rhine-Westphalia
Rhineland-Palatinate1948–presentFlag of Rhineland-Palatinate
Saarland1957–presentFlag of Saarland
Saxony1991–presentFlag of Saxony
Saxony-Anhalt1991–presentFlag of Saxony-Anhalt
Schleswig-Holstein1948–presentFlag of Schleswig-Holstein
Thuringia1991–presentFlag of Thuringia

Historical flags

FlagAdministrative divisionAdoptedDescription
South Baden1945–1952Flag of Baden
Württemberg-Baden1945–1952
Württemberg-Hohenzollern1945–1952

German Democratic Republic

FlagAdministrative divisionAdoptedDescription
East Berlin1956–1990Flag of Berlin
Brandenburg1945–1952Flag of Brandenburg
Mecklenburg1945–1952
Saxony-Anhalt1945–1952Flag of Saxony-Anhalt

Greater German Reich

FlagAdministrative divisionAdoptedDescription
Gau Saxony1933-1945
Free State of Prussia1933–1935Flag of Prussia
Free State of Thuringia1933–1935Flag of Thuringia

Weimar Republic

FlagAdministrative divisionAdoptedDescription
Free State of Anhalt1918–1945
Republic of Baden1918–1945Flag of Baden
Free State of Brunswick1918–1946
Free State of Coburg1918–1920
People's State of Hesse1918–1945Flag of Hesse
Free State of Lippe1918–1947
Free City of Lübeck ?–1937
Free State of Mecklenburg-Schwerin1918–1933
Free State of Mecklenburg-Strelitz1918–1933
Free State of Oldenburg1918–1946
Free State of Prussia1918–1933Flag of Prussia
People's State of Reuss1919–1920
Free State of Schaumburg-Lippe1918–1946
Free State of Saxe-Altenburg1918–1920
Free State of Saxe-Meiningen1918–1920
Free State of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach1918–1920
Free State of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt1918–1920
Free State of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen1918–1920
Free State of Waldeck-Pyrmont1918–1929
Free People's State of Württemberg1918–1945

Provinces of Prussia

FlagAdministrative divisionAdoptedDescription
Berlin1861–1912Flag of Berlin
Province of Brandenburg1918–1945Flag of Brandenburg
East Prussia1918–1945
Province of Hanover1918–1945
Province of Hesse-Nassau1918–1944
Province of Hohenzollern1918–1945
Province of Kurhessen1944–1945
Province of Lower Silesia and Province of Silesia1919–1945Flag of Silesia
Province of Nassau1944–1945
Province of Pomerania1882–1945Flag of Western Pomerania
Posen-West Prussia1922–1938
Rhine Province1922–1945
Province of Saxony1918–1945Flag of Saxony-Anhalt
Province of Schleswig-Holstein1918–1945Flag of Schleswig-Holstein
Province of Upper Silesia1919–1938
1941–1945		Flag of Upper Silesia
Province of Westphalia1918–1945
West Prussia1886–1920

Minority flags

See also

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