Flags of states of Germany

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This is a gallery with flags of state flags in Germany

See also: Flags of regions of Germany.
See also: Flags of districts of Germany.
See also: Flags of municipalities in Germany.
The Liwa-e-Ahmadiyya, the flag of Germany and the the flags of German states at the Jalsa Salana Germany 2009

Current states[edit]

State Date Landesflagge Dienstflagge
Baden-Württemberg 1953


Bavaria 1949

Berlin 1954
Brandenburg 1991
Bremen 1952


(state service flag)
Hamburg 1834

(admiralty flag)
Hesse 1948
Lower Saxony 1951
(state ensign)
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 1951
North Rhine-Westphalia 1953
Rhineland-Palatinate 1948
Saarland 1957
Saxony 1991
Saxony-Anhalt 1991
Schleswig-Holstein 1948
Thuringia 1991

Historic states[edit]

See also: Flags of provinces of Prussia.

States of the German Confederation[edit]

Empires[edit]

Austria
Austria

Kingdoms[edit]

Bavaria
Bavaria
Hanover
Hanover
Prussia
Prussia
Saxony
Saxony
Württemberg
Württemberg

Electorates[edit]

Hesse-Kassel
Hesse-Kassel

Grand Duchies[edit]

Baden
Baden
Hesse
Hesse
Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Oldenburg
Oldenburg
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

Duchies[edit]

Anhalt
Anhalt
Brunswick
Brunswick
Holstein
Holstein
Limburg
Limburg
Nassau
Nassau
Saxe-Altenburg
Saxe-Altenburg
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Saxe-Lauenburg
Saxe-Lauenburg
Saxe-Meiningen
Saxe-Meiningen

Principalities[edit]

Hohenzollern-Hechingen
Hohenzollern-Hechingen
Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein
Lippe
Lippe
Reuss-Gera
Reuss-Gera
Reuss-Greiz
Reuss-Greiz
Schaumburg-Lippe
Schaumburg-Lippe
Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
Waldeck and Pyrmont
Waldeck and Pyrmont

Landgraviates[edit]

Hesse-Homburg
Hesse-Homburg

Free Cities[edit]

Bremen
Bremen
Frankfurt
Frankfurt
Hamburg
Hamburg
Lübeck
Lübeck

States merged to form Anhalt[edit]

Anhalt-Dessau
Anhalt-Dessau
Anhalt-Bernburg
Anhalt-Bernburg
Anhalt-Köthen
Anhalt-Köthen

States split between Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Saxe-Meiningen, and Saxe-Altenburg in 1826[edit]

Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Saxe-Hildburghausen
Saxe-Hildburghausen

In 1864, Austria and Prussia together became the new sovereign of Holstein (a member of the confederation) and Schleswig (outside the confederation).

States of the North German Confederation[edit]

Kingdoms[edit]

Prussia
Prussia
Saxony
Saxony

Grand Duchies[edit]

Hesse
Hesse
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Oldenburg
Oldenburg
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

Duchies[edit]

Anhalt
Anhalt
Brunswick
Brunswick
Saxe-Altenburg
Saxe-Altenburg
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Saxe-Meiningen
Saxe-Meiningen

Principalities[edit]

Lippe
Lippe
Reuss-Gera
Reuss-Gera
Reuss-Greiz
Reuss-Greiz
Schaumburg-Lippe
Schaumburg-Lippe
Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
Waldeck and Pyrmont
Waldeck and Pyrmont

Free and Hanseatic Cities[edit]

Bremen
Bremen
Hamburg
Hamburg
Lübeck
Lübeck

States of the German Empire[edit]

Kingdoms[edit]

Prussia
Prussia
Bavaria
Bavaria
Saxony
Saxony
Württemberg
Württemberg

Grand Duchies[edit]

Baden
Baden
Hesse
Hesse
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Oldenburg
Oldenburg
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

Duchies[edit]

Anhalt
Anhalt
Brunswick
Brunswick
Saxe-Altenburg
Saxe-Altenburg
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Saxe-Meiningen
Saxe-Meiningen

Principalities[edit]

Lippe
Lippe
Reuss-Gera
Reuss-Gera
Reuss-Greiz
Reuss-Greiz
Schaumburg-Lippe
Schaumburg-Lippe
Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
Waldeck and Pyrmont
Waldeck and Pyrmont

Free and Hanseatic Cities[edit]

Bremen
Bremen
Hamburg
Hamburg
Lübeck
Lübeck

Imperial Territories[edit]

Alsace–Lorraine
Alsace–Lorraine

States of the Weimar Republic[edit]

Free States[edit]

Anhalt
Anhalt
Baden
Baden
Bavaria
Bavaria
Brunswick
Brunswick
Coburg
Coburg
Hesse
Hesse
Lippe
Lippe
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Oldenburg
Oldenburg
Prussia
Prussia
Saxony
Saxony
Schaumburg-Lippe
Schaumburg-Lippe
Thuringia
Thuringia
Waldeck-Pyrmont
Waldeck-Pyrmont
Württemberg
Württemberg

Free and Hanseatic Cities[edit]

Bremen
Bremen
Hamburg
Hamburg
Lübeck
Lübeck

States merged to form Thuringia in 1920[edit]

Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Reuss
Reuss
Saxe-Altenburg
Saxe-Altenburg
Saxe-Meiningen
Saxe-Meiningen
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

Territories and provinces of Prussia[edit]

Berlin
Berlin
Brandenburg
Brandenburg
East Prussia
East Prussia
Hanover
Hanover
Hesse-Nassau
Hesse-Nassau
Hohenzollern
Hohenzollern
Kurhessen
Kurhessen
Lower Silesia
Lower Silesia
Silesia
Silesia
Nassau
Nassau
Pomerania
Pomerania
Posen-West Prussia
Posen-West Prussia
Rhine
Rhine
Saxony
Saxony
Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein
Upper Silesia
Upper Silesia
Westphalia
Westphalia

States of the Nazi Germany[edit]

Gau Saxony
Gau Saxony
Free State of Prussia
Free State of Prussia
Thuringia
Thuringia

States of the Allied-occupied Germany[edit]

American Zone[edit]

State of Hanover (1946)
State of Hanover
(1946)
Greater Hesse (1945-1946)
Greater Hesse
(1945-1946)
Württemberg-Baden
Württemberg-Baden

British Zone[edit]

State of Hanover
State of Hanover

French Zone[edit]

South Baden
South Baden
Württemberg-Hohenzollern
Württemberg-Hohenzollern

Soviet Zone[edit]

Brandenburg
Brandenburg
Mecklenburg
Mecklenburg
Saxony
Saxony
Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt
Thuringia
Thuringia

Berlin (1949–1990)[edit]

West Berlin[edit]
West Berlin (1913–1954, civil flag) (1954-1990, civil flag)
West Berlin
(1913–1954, civil flag)
(1954-1990, civil flag)
West Berlin (1934–1954, state flag)
West Berlin
(1934–1954, state flag)
West Berlin (1954–1990, state flag)
West Berlin
(1954–1990, state flag)
East Berlin[edit]
East Berlin (1954–1990)
East Berlin
(1954–1990)

States of the Federal Republic of Germany[edit]

South Baden (1945-1952)
South Baden
(1945-1952)
Württemberg-Baden (1945-1952)
Württemberg-Baden
(1945-1952)
Württemberg-Hohenzollern (1945-1952)
Württemberg-Hohenzollern
(1945-1952)
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (unofficial, 1990)
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
(unofficial, 1990)
Saxony-Anhalt (civil flag, 1991-2017)
Saxony-Anhalt
(civil flag, 1991-2017)

States of the German Democratic Republic[edit]

East Berlin (1945-1956)
East Berlin
(1945-1956)
East Berlin (1956–1990)
East Berlin
(1956–1990)
Brandenburg (1945–1952)
Brandenburg
(1945–1952)
Mecklenburg (1946–1952)
Mecklenburg
(1946–1952)
Saxony (1947–1952)
Saxony
(1947–1952)
Saxony-Anhalt (1946–1952)
Saxony-Anhalt
(1946–1952)
Thuringia (1946–1952)
Thuringia
(1946–1952)

Saar / Saarland[edit]

Territory of the Saar Basin (1920-1935)
Territory of the Saar Basin
(1920-1935)
Saar Protectorate (1947–1956)
Saar Protectorate
(1947–1956)