For the heraldic design of the national emblem, the included patterns are decisive. In the face of the increasingly violent conflicts between the communists and Nazis, the growing polarisation of the German population and a multitude of other factors, mainly the drastic economic sinking, extreme hyperinflation and corruption of the republic, the Weimar Republic collapsed in 1933 with the Nazi seizure of power (The design of the Nazi flag was introduced by Hitler as the party flag in mid-1920, roughly a year before (29 July 1921) he became his political party's leader: a flag with a red background, a white disk and a black An off-centred disk version of the swastika flag was used as the civil ensign on German-registered civilian ships and was used as the jack on From 1933 to at least 1938, the Nazis sometimes "sanctified" swastika flags by touching them with the After the defeat of Germany in World War II, the country was While there were other suggestions for the new flag for West Germany,In 1955, the inhabitants of the French-administered While the use of black-red-gold had been suggested in the Soviet zone in 1946, the Second People's Congress in 1948 decided to adopt the old black-white-red tricolour as a national flag for East Germany.
At this time, the country had been using the red, white, and black color scheme on the flag (known as the imperial colors). Virtually all international shipping that belonged to the confederation originated from either Prussia or the three Hanseatic city-states of The flag was first used during the 14th century, and the design was modified slightly in the 15th century and flown through the 19th century.
Greater coat of arms of the German Emperor: imperial coat of arms of His Majesty The Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) restored the old black-red-yellow flag on May 9, 1949, and the government made use of a similar flag with the eagle shield in the centre. Following your report of 27 June of this year I authorise: 1. that public authorities and public servants, appointed by the Emperor according to the requirements of the constitution and the laws of the German Empire, are to be called imperial; 2. that the black, one-headed, rightward-looking eagle with red beak, tongue and claws, without scepter and orb, on the breast shield the Prussian eagle, overlaid with the shield of the House of Hohenzollern, Coat of arms of the German Emperor with crest: imperial coat of arms of His Majesty, 27 April 1871 – 3 August 1871
The republican coat of arms took up the idea of the German crest established by the Paulskirche movement, using the same By reason of a decision of the Reich's Government I hereby announce, that the Imperial coat of arms on a gold-yellow shield shows the one headed black eagle, the head turned to the right, the wings open but with closed feathering, beak, tongue and claws in red colour.
The patterns kept by the Federal Ministry of the Interior are decisive for the heraldic design. The Reichsadler is the heraldic eagle, derived from the Roman eagle standard, used by the Holy Roman Emperors and in modern coats of arms of Germany, including those of the Second German Empire, the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich. The flag was first adopted as the national flag of modern Germany in 1919, during the Weimar Republic, until 1933. By the 13th century the imperial coat of arms was generally recognised as: The coat of arms itself was the result of a decision of the The federal assembly constitutes the old German imperial eagle with the surrounding scripture "German Confederation" and the colors of the former German imperial coat of arms – black, red, gold – to be the coat of arms and colors of the German Confederation and reserves the right, to make further decision about its use according to the lecture of the committee.To the Reich Chancellor Prince of Bismarck.
The eagle is the emblem of the Federal Republic of Germany.
The head of the eagle is turned to the right. If the Federal Eagle is shown without a frame, the same charge and colours as those of the eagle of the Federal coat of arms are to be used, but the tops of the feathers are directed outside. Provisional coat of arms of the German Empire at the Proclamation of Versailles ): Der Reichskunstwart.
In 1919, the black, red and gold flag (a color scheme known as the \"republican colors\") was adopted by the newly formed Weimar Republic.