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Berlin State, Land Berlin

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3:5 | stripes 1+3+1
by Marcus Schmöger
Flag adopted 13th May 1954 for West Berlin, 1990 for all Berlin

• Civil Flag (Landesflagge)
• Civil Flag, Vertical Variant (Banner)
• State Flag (Allgemeine Dienstflagge, also used as jack by state vessels)
• Car Flag for Authorities (Dienstflagge der Mitglieder des Senats)
• Historical Flags
• District Flags (Bezirksflaggen)
• Sources

See also:

• Germany

Other sites:

• Berlin und seine Wappen (Berlin and its Coats-of-Arms, German text only)
• Segelvereine (Sailing Clubs, German text only) with images of yacht club burgees

(West) Berlin adopted its flag on 26th May 1954, based on a design by Ottfried Neubecker who was second place in the contest of 1952; the Senate rejected the winning design.

Jaume Ollé (?), 17 May 1998

The bear on the flag and coat of arms of Berlin represents the first half of the city's name, German Bär meaning bear. In English we call this sort of pun canting arms.

John Ayer, 13 October 1999

I have heard a version that adds to the pun by making it a bärlein, i.e. little bear.

Joseph McMillan, 13 October 1999

Landesflagge

3:5 | stripes 1+3+1
by Marcus Schmöger
Flag adopted 13th May 1954 for West Berlin, 1990 for all Berlin

The civil flag is a horizontal tricolour of red-white-red, the ratio of the stripes is 1:3:1; in the white stripe —somewhat shifted to the hoist— there is the black bear from the coat-of-arms, without the escutcheon. This design was introduced in 1954 for West Berlin, in 1990 —with the reunification of the city— also for East Berlin. My image is made after the drawings attached to the law.

Marcus Schmöger, 19 September 2001

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