CIRCA - 1815 🇩🇪 - horizontal tricolor of black (top), red (middle) & gold (bottom) equal stripes
HISTORY: Originating with 19c liberal-nationalist flags of resistance against Napoleonic rule & the Germany, the tricolor's
black & red were derived from Lützow Free Corps uniforms, (a volunteer unit c. 1813) with yellow incorporated by University
students~1815, from the yellow/ gold field of the Holy Roman Empire's flag🔍 to evoke imperial continuity & unity. Used again
by student fraternities in the Revolution of 1848 ,(standing for constitutional governance & unity of German states) the tricolor
was adopted by the constitutional Germany (1848–1849) and later the Weimar Republic (1919-1933.)
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Post WWII, both the FRG (West🔍 DE) & the GDR (East DE) restored the flag, (with GDR adding a
coat of arms ⛨ in 1959.) In 1990, the plain tricolor became the flag of re-unified Germany.
[The state variant incorporates the Reichsadler 𖤍 eagle coat of arms ⛨ with golden ⛊ shield, centered on
the red band - .also inherited from it's former association with the Holy Roman Empire]
VEXILLOLOGY:* Evoking the historical fight for a free & united Germany, no official meanings are attached but, post-hoc;
The BLACK Stripe is commonly seen to denote resolve, the fertile soil or the somber past of division
The RED Stripe signifies blood 🩸of patriots in the struggle for independence &...
The YELLOW symbolizes prosperity, enlightenment, or a hopeful future