Frankfurt 1833-1866 (Germany)

Free City of Frankfurt, Freie Stadt Frankfurt

Last modified: 2002-07-13 by santiago dotor
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by Jaume Ollé

• Introduction
• Description
• Variant reported 1862

See also:

• Hesse-Nassau (Prussian Province) 1892-1935 (Provinz Hessen-Nassau)
• Historical Flags (Germany)
• City of Frankfurt (Hesse / Hessen, Germany)
• Germany

Frankfurt (am Main) was an Imperial City (Reichsstadt) from 1219 to 1806 and a Free City (Freie Stadt) from 1806 to 1866. In 1866 it passed to Prussia and was included in the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau. Further historical information at the Frankfurt am Main Official Website.

Santiago Dotor, 25 July 2000

Four stripes red-white-red-white with a white canton whose height is 1/2 of the flag with a shield with the arms of Frankfurt. Reported 1848 and 1865.

Norman Martin, April 1998

On 4 March 1833 the Trading Commission reported to the Senate that the State was lacking a law about th