The national flag of the Federal Republic of Germany consists of three colors: black, red and gold (yellow), which are arranged in three equal rectangles from top to bottom. As the national flag of the Federal Republic of Germany, this tricolor flag has experienced a tortuous course.
1813-1814, the first black, red and gold flags appeared in Germany's national war against Napoleon's aggression. It was a black and red pennant embroidered with "For the motherland, be with God" and a golden flag spike, which was presented by German women to the anti-French volunteers. Later, after the victory of the national war, people praised the black, red and gold tricolor flags as symbols of freedom and unity.
From 65438 to 0848, the bourgeois revolution broke out in Germany, and the tricolor flag became the symbol of the German bourgeoisie's movement against feudal autocracy, striving for freedom and democracy and national reunification. Enthusiasm Acura 1848 The famous German poet Foldi Nantes Fregrat enthusiastically praised the tricolor flag in his poem, which wrote:
We cherish it in gloom and darkness! Now we finally let it go, let it out of the coffin! Ah, you are like lightning, like thunder, like the roar of the sea! Long live black, red and gold! Smoke is black, blood is red, and golden flames are burning.
1848, the ruler of the German Federation declared black, red and gold as the colors of the federal flag, as a recognition of bourgeois demands. But King William I of Prussia opposed it. He asked to keep the black and white colors representing the family. 1866, the allied forces fought Prussia under the banner of black, red and gold, but failed. 187 1 year, Bismarck unified Germany. The black and white flag representing Prussia and the red and white flag representing Hanseatic city replaced the black, red and gold tricolor flags.
During the Weimar Republic, although the national flag status of black, red and gold was restored, the national flag dispute always existed. Conservative followers of "black, red and white" revile "black, red and gold" as the banner of Jews. 1935, Hitler ended the dispute over the national flag and decided to unify the color of the national flag as black, red and white, which is the cross flag used by the Nazi party. In World War II, Nazi party flag became a symbol of violence and bloody terror. 1945, with the demise of Hitler's Third Reich, Nazi party flag was abolished forever.
From 65438 to 0948, in the process of drafting the Basic Law, people agreed that the black, red and gold national flag symbolizing freedom and unity should be restored, so it became the national flag of the Federal Republic of Germany again. The former GDR added the national emblem on the basis of the same tricolor flag of black, red and gold. 1990 After the reunification of Germany, the black, red and gold tricolor flags of the former Federal Republic of Germany became the national flags of the unified Germany.