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Meaning and Symbols of the German Flag
The flag of the Federal Republic of Germany is the national flag of the Federal Republic of Germany. The flag is in the form of a horizontal rectangle with a ratio of length to width of 5:3; from top to bottom, it consists of three parallel and equal horizontal rectangles of black, red and gold.
In 1818, the black, red and gold colors of the German flag were created by public opinion in the struggle for democracy, freedom and national unity; in 1919, the “German Weimar Constitution” stipulated that the colors of the German federal flag were black, red and gold; 1948 In 1999, the Federal Republic of Germany restored the black, red and gold tricolor flag, which symbolized freedom and unity; in 1990, the black, red and gold tricolor flag became the national flag of the reunified Federal Republic of Germany; in 1996, Germany issued a policy on hanging government Specifications for special flags; On June 2, 1999, the German federal government issued an official design plan for the flag.
The three colors of the flag of the Federal Republic of Germany, black, red and gold, have long symbolized the Pan-German ambitions for unity, independence and sovereignty. Among them, black represents seriousness and solemnity; red symbolizes the burning flame, which inspires people’s enthusiasm for freedom; gold symbolizes the brilliance of truth, which will never be buried in the sand of history.
Background
origin one
In 1152, at the celebration of Friedrich I (Friedrich Barbarossa’s election as the king of Rome-Germany), black, red and gold carpets were spread all the way from Frankfurt Cathedral to the Roman Forum. The long carpet is divided into many small pieces and distributed to the people. Those who get the small pieces of cloth hang them up and become small flags flying all over the city.
Origin II
In June 1524, the peasants of the Swabian region, led by Hans Maitreya, first launched an uprising. Under the leadership of Münzer, they formulated the “Tablet”, a program of struggle, demanding the overthrow of feudal rule and the establishment of a new society where everyone is equal. They expelled the local feudal rulers, occupied the city, and joined with the citizens to form the leading organization of the uprising, the “Protestant Brotherhood”. The flag of the Protestant Brotherhood is black, red and gold.
Origin Three
In the early 19th century, the uniform colors of a German Volunteer Corps against the French Napoleonic occupation were black, red and gold. In the 1840s, the German people launched a revolutionary struggle to fight for German unification and against feudal oppression: in March 1848, the Berlin Ding people launched an armed uprising, forcing the King of Prussia to reorganize the government and convened a National Assembly in Frankfurt. At the meeting, black, red and gold became the colors of the flag of the Federal Republic of Germany for the first time. Since then, Germany has followed this tradition and designated the flag of the Federal Republic of Germany as the tricolor.
Symbolic meaning
The three colors of the flag of the Federal Republic of Germany, black, red and gold, have long symbolized the Pan-German ambitions for unity, independence and sovereignty. Among them, black represents rigor and solemnity; red symbolizes the burning flame, arousing people’s enthusiasm for freedom; gold symbolizes the brilliance of truth, which will never be buried by the sand of history; its visual effect is in line with the dignified and rational character of the people of the Federal Republic of Germany. .
In 1848, the German poet of the bourgeois revolution, Ferdinand Freiligrat, wrote in his poem: In melancholy and darkness, we treasure it! Now we have finally set it free and freed from the coffin! Ah, you are like lightning, like thunder, and roaring like the sea! Long live, black, red and gold! Black as gunpowder smoke, red as blood, and golden flames blazing.
