by Roland Smoker | Jun 25, 2018
The flag of the German State of Hesse consists two horizontal bands of red and white with the state’s coat of arms in the center. The coat of arms consists of a red and white striped lion on a blue shield. The colors red and white are historical colors of the...
by Roland Smoker | Feb 5, 2018
The flag of the German State of Rhineland-Palatinate consists of the state’s coat of arms in the canton of a horizontal triband of black, red, and gold. The coat of arms is a shield that consists of red cross on a silver field, a six-spoke silver wheel on a red field,...
by Roland Smoker | Jan 22, 2018
The flag of the German state of Brandenburg consists of two horizontal bands of red and white with the state’s coat of arms, a red eagle on a white shield, in the center. The use of a red eagle dates as far back as the 10th century, when the Saxon leader Gero used it....
by Roland Smoker | Jan 1, 2018
This flag of the German state of Bavaria consists of light blue and white diamonds. There can be any number of diamonds more than 21, with larger flags often having more. This design is historically associated with the royal Wittelsbach family, who ruled the region...
by Roland Smoker | Jul 3, 2017
The flag of the German state of Bremen consists of alternating red and white stripes which are checkered on the far left side. This flag has been dubbed the bacon flag because it is said to look like strips of bacon with fat on it and was adopted on November 17th,...
by Roland Smoker | Mar 23, 2017
The flag of the German state of Hamburg consists of a white castle on a red background. The castle has three towers, the outside two with six point stars above them and the middle tower with a cross atop it. The cross and stars represent Christianity and the castle...
