Flag of Berlin
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The flag of Berlin with the colors white and red shows the Berlin bear. It is managed with minor stylistic changes since 1911, Berlin 1913 and flew for the first time on the Red Town Hall.
According to the constitution of Berlin Berlin leads the flag with the colors of white and red and the bears. [1] is the ratio of width to length 3:5. The country's flag is divided into three vertical stripes. The two outer strips in red have one fifth of the width of the flag. The central white stripe has three fifths of the flag width. Inside there is the coat of arms figure that is slightly shifted to the bar. The coat of arms shows, without a shield framing is an upright-looking and left black bear with red claws and tongue. [2]
The bear is the heraldic animal of Berlin and appeared for the first time in 1280 on a seal of Berlin. Before the bear was the sole symbol but he had to prevail over several centuries against the Brandenburg eagle. The colors red and white symbolize the one hand the situation of Berlin in Brandenburg and the other the historical connection with Brandenburg, whose colors are red and white. Until April 1881, Berlin was part of the then province of Brandenburg.
The Berlin flag is white, with two narrow horizontal stripes on the upper and lower sides. In the center, the coat of arms is the Berlin bear with a crown.
Meaning
The Berlin flag is derived from the Brandenburg flag, only the coat of arms with the bear and the crown were added.
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The flag of the state of Berlin is an official flag of the country of Germany. It is a symbol of the city and the state of Berlin. The flag is used as a sign of respect and loyalty to the federal state and its inhabitants.
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The flag of the state of Berlin in the country of Germany is a symbol of unity and freedom. It was first designed in 1848 as the flag of Prussia. Since the reunification of Germany in 1990, the flag of the Federal State of Berlin is the official flag of the country. It consists of three horizontal stripes of equal size in the colors black, red and gold.
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The flag of the state of Berlin in the country of Germany is a black-white-red banner. The top stripe is black, the middle stripe is white and the bottom stripe is red. On the upper left edge there is a golden Brandenburg coat of arms. It consists of a black eagle enthroned on a green shield.
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