Wrong tag. The Wirmer Flag (German: Wirmer-Flagge), also known commercially as the flag of German Resistance 20 July or the Stauffenberg flag,[1][2] is a design by Josef Wirmer. Probably because of the flag of the Teutonic Order: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_the_Teutonic_Order, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichskriegsflagge, There's a lot of Prussian symbolism in the flag, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Cross, after years,, i finally have found what the white flag with a black nordic cross meant.. thank you, kind stranger. Still appearing in street demonstrations. jnestorius(talk) 22:39, 19 November 2006 (UTC)Reply[reply]. [5], Standard of Frederik the Crown Prince of Denmark, Standard of the royal house- used by other members of the RoyalFamily. It is speculated whether the heraldically wrong direction of the FDP eagle is a legacy of former NSDAP functionaries, who were numerously present in the young party. At the party congress of 1822 April 1953, the CDU adopted a cross flag as the party flag and escutcheon, based on Josef Wirmer's design. WebNordic flags in Germany were historically used to allude to the nation's Norse heritage and Nordic origins. "Not commonly known" must refer to Danes living outside Vendsyssel. What is this flag? nandhp 11:53, 31 August 2006 (UTC)Reply[reply]. Flag of Saarland which was given by French Government. At various times in the past, nordic cross flags have been proposed for Germany, and The Wirmer flag remained well known in vexillologist circles and appeared in corresponding publications. This flag was interesting. Service flag of the Free State of Prussia, The same as the previous flag, but the phrase, Flag of the German Confederation, used in 18481849 and again in 18631866. Cf. Like Neubecker, Josef Wirmer designed the flag named after him based on the Nordic cross flags. I removed the image, since it was under a non-commercial license, which has been disallowed since May of 2005. PSA: This is NOT the flag of the Byzantine Empire. [28], There are no legal restrictions on the Wirmer flag - unlike the Reichskriegsflagge ("imperial war flag"), which produces a similar effect, and which even in the version without the swastika can be seized by the police for "violation of public order". Greece is the nicest one. I am for a quite liberal policy, where a flag should be included even if it is interesting only from a vexillological or design point of view. Note that some of these flags are historical. It is misleading for an encyclopedia to lump real and historical flags with these "unofficial" things. According to his idea, the flag was to become the new flag of Germany after the successful assassination attempt against Hitler and the transfer of power to the conspirators. But I think it is interesting that the two are so similar and I want to know more. At various times in the past, nordic cross flags have been proposed for Germany, and both the German Empire and Nazi Germany used very attractive nordic cross flags as war ensigns. Like state flags, most of them are with either a bicolor or tricolor stipes with or without the emblem ("wappen"). Nordic flags in Germany were historically used to allude to the nation's Norse heritage and Nordic origins. In December 1948, the Allensbach Institute for Public Opinion Research polled about 1,000 people in the three western zones about their preferences concerning a national flag. Use of the Danish flag was in turn outlawed by the secessionist government that claimed the three duchies between 18481851. This violated the heraldic rule of tincture that between "colors" (here black and red) there must always be a "metal" (gold/yellow or silver/white). The "Vinlandflag", used by American band TypeONegative, now a potential WhiteSupremacist logo. [citation needed], Allied Control Council (19451949) and Saar Protectorate. Black, white, and red horizontal tricolour. [16] The failure of the assassination attempt and the seizure of power prevented the implementation of the flag. NordiccrossflagsoutsidetheNordiccountries, Nordic cross flags outside the Nordic countries. [25], With the end of its use as a party symbol, the various cross flags in black-red-gold disappeared from everyday life. It will enhance any encyclopedic page you visit with the magic of the WIKI 2 technology. Shouldn't it be on the list? . [17], After World War II, the future national flag of the Federal Republic of Germany was discussed at the Constitutional Convention on Herrenchiemsee, which met between August 10 and 25, 1948. This was never an official flag used by the German Nation this probably is just a censored version of the War Flag with the Iron cross displaced from the canton, "It is now or never" to massively act on climate change, The Middle Corridor to revolutionise global trade , Muscovy is out of the game for han- China, Democrat Control Freaks Want To Ban Gas Stoves. I removed the flag and the article, since I redirected the article about to group to the FIAV article. In the center of the Iron Cross, the Imperial Eagle with a crown right on top of the eagle is shown. Merchant flag variant with the Iron Cross. Unofficial flag of the KomiRepublic used by activists. According to this report, Josef Wirmer had revised his design once again and added a thin black line between gold and red, which corresponds to the Balkenkreuz ("bar cross") of the German war flags. [1] The sideways cross is also known as the Cross of Saint PhiliptheApostle, who preached not in Scandinavia but in Greece, Phrygia and Syria instead. Through Horst Mahler, who proclaimed his Reich citizenship movement on 14 December 2003, the flag spread in the Reich citizenship milieu. Thats good enough for me. This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total. Briangotts (Talk) (Contrib) 19:34, 10 May 2006 (UTC)Reply[reply], Not only is it a new and different flag, but I'm fairly certain it predates the United States in any case. Flag of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg (1871), Read more about this topic: Nordic Cross Flag, No annual training or muster of soldiery, no celebration with its scarfs and banners, could import into the town a hundredth part of the annual splendor of our October. I saw it twice in the 1990'ies, once flying nearby a Vendsyssel farm. Press J to jump to the feed. I agree totally. Loose ends, things unrelated, shifts, nightmare journeys, cities arrived at and left, meetings, desertions, betrayals, all manner of unions, adulteries, triumphs, defeats these are the facts.Alexander Trocchi (19251983), The tears I have cried over Germany have dried. I have left it unchanged. Nordic flag designs very similar to Denmark's, Sweden's, and Norway's national flags were proposed as Germany's national flags in both 1919 and 1948, after World War I and World War II, respectively. Today, the Nordic cross is a feature in some city and district flags or coats of arms. WebSearch from Nordic Cross Flag stock photos, pictures and royalty-free images from iStock. 6 years ago. Naval ensign of Norway since 1905, civilian state flag since 1899. Proposed flag of SouthIsland, NewZealand, Flag of Westarctica, a micronation claiming MarieByrdLand in Antarctica. Christina. Nordic Cross Slovakia. Since then, the Wirmer flag has appeared more and more frequently at events of right-wing extremist and right-wing populist groups in Germany, such as the German Defence League,[28][29] Hogesa,[30] pro NRW,[31] and in large numbers at the weekly Pegida demonstrations in Dresden,[22] as a "neo-conservative battle sign". --Briangotts (Talk) (Contrib) 18:19, 6 June 2006 (UTC)Reply[reply], I have reverted the changes in alphabetical order by Leftist and Eddi, since I believe the collation rules of the English version of the Latin alphabet should be used here. Why is there the F35 in the French air force tech tree ? PSA: This is NOT the flag of the Byzantine Empire. Add to Favorites Nordic Countries Flag Banner Set -- Flags of Scandinavia, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Viking, Printable, Instant Download Etsy Also check out our frequently asked flags wiki page! The flag is discussed in the flags of the world website [1] Scott Hatton, on 6 October 2005 comments in a post on the Lewis flag discussion within the Western Isles community, "Barra and Lewis were generally deemed as authentic, South Uist slightly less so" It should be noted that the flag of Barra is available from Mr Flag [2] and A A Flags [3]. Klauber Flag produces and sells this flag in all sizes on http://www.klauber-flag.dk/flag.asp?cmd=details&flag=1167. The german tricolor is not a tribute to 1848 but to the Ltzowsche Freikorps which was a unit in the prussian army and which fought in the liberation wars that rid the german territories from french rule after Napoleon's defeat in Russia. looks like Belarus but I have MARTINIQUE : The 18 flags that were not elected (+ the 11 January 2021: Mississippi adopts a new flag in place Why does Syria currently use the flag of the United Arab Press J to jump to the feed. Battle flags are tend to be cooler for some reason. The text should be changed. Nordic flags in Germany were historically used to allude to the nation's Norse heritage and Nordic origins. Perhaps I've played too much Hearts of iron doomsday, but the empire's flag is the best imo. Pennant for the German Bicycle Union (?-1945), Pennant for the German Aeronautic Union (1933-1937). For Christs sake could this sub stop posting fascist flags for one day. 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National flags are after all protected by all countries. why is there a picture of college in brauns stream? This is the first chapter of the black, red, and gold tricolor of the Federal Republic of Germany, 112 AD-1871. The flag appearing here is a reconstruction based on references in 1430 letters by King EricofPomerania. Here's an analogous Nordic Cross flag family tree. WebThe Saar Protectorate (German: Saarprotektorat; French: Protectorat de Sarre) was a short-lived protectorate (194756) partitioned from Germany after its defeat in World War II; it was administered by the French Fourth Republic. Call it the Estonian ethnic dichotomy. Some of these flags are more notable than others. Nordic Cross Czech Republic (unfortunately, it looks almost identical to the existing Faroese flag) Nordic Cross Hungary. [2] Between 1933 and 1935, it was used as the national flag (Nationalflagge) and merchant flag (Handelsflagge) interchangeably with the black-white-red horizontal tricolour last used (up to 1918) by the German Empire. Nordic flag designs very similar to Denmark 's, Sweden 's, and Norway 's national flags were proposed as Germany's national flags in both 1919 and 1948, after World War I and World War II, respectively. Godeffroy & Sohn, "Einige unbekannte Flaggennderungen 19331945", Active autonomist and secessionist movements, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_German_flags&oldid=1133971017, Articles with German-language sources (de), Short description is different from Wikidata, Wikipedia articles needing clarification from August 2022, Articles with unsourced statements from December 2021, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, The standard depicts the elements of the coat of arms. After gaining independence the other Nordic countries adopted national flags of the same design, Iceland in 1915 and Finland in 1917. In 1999, Reinhold Oberlercher, the thought leader of the Neo-Nazi German College ("Deutsches Kolleg"), declared the flag to be that of the Fourth Reich,[3][4] aspired to by the college in his revised draft constitution of 9 November 1999, it became the college's flag. What is the reasoning behind Unofficial and Fictional flags in this article? Loose ends, things unrelated, shifts, nightmare journeys, cities arrived at and left, meetings, desertions, betrayals, all manner of unions, adulteries, triumphs, defeats these are the facts.Alexander Trocchi (19251983). A smaller black crowned eagle with yellow arm plates, a rod and orb, all on a white field with an Iron Cross in the upper-left corner. [5] As a result, the flag became popular in the movement, which at the time received little media and social attention and was thus increasingly used by right-wing extremist and populist groups, which were met with criticism from various sides. It is important, he added, "to clarify what the origin of the flag is and what ideas were associated with it. For one example the flag of Northern Norway is in my mind less notable than the flag of Norrland as the flag of Norrland has at least received som coincidental attention. [16] In the newspaper 'Ostpreuenblatt' issue of 31 October 1987, the Wirmer flag and its history were discussed by Harry S. Schurdel in the series "German National Flags". Norway has a couple of connections with other countries. [12] He made two proposals for this: firstly, a tricolour in this color sequence, and secondly, a red Nordic Cross, outlined in gold, on a black background. WebHere's an analogous Nordic Cross flag family tree. Nordic flag designs very similar to Denmark's, Sweden's, and Norway's national flags were proposed as Germany's national flags in both 1919 and 1948, after WorldWarI and WorldWarII, respectively. The German tricolor, both in liberal colors and nationalist colors, looks stupid. http://www.fotw.net/flags/dk-vend.html. I am not aware of any treaty that requires a municipality to get permission from a country to use a similar flag design. [20] The bill's draft read: "The flag of the Federation shows a black cross lying on a red background with a superimposed golden cross." However, a report by Ernst Wirmer, Josef's younger brother, confirms this assumption. Incidentally, the Wirmer design corrected the heraldic error in the color sequence of the tricolour. Today, the Nordic cross is a feature in some city and district flags or coats of arms. Close. [13] This design also circulated as a Swallowtail as a proposal for a new Reichskriegsflagge ("imperial war flag"). Briangotts (Talk) (Contrib) 19:31, 10 May 2006 (UTC)Reply[reply], The problem with these unofficial flags is that they are not used, not regognized, and -- in some instances -- were newly created by some random people. I find it very interesting that all scandinavian, Translation of "Nordic Cross Flag" into German. Italy is now just Smland. The CDU, CSU and German Party feared that this would provoke a "disastrous flag dispute". Moreover, the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) had already provided for the tricolour from 1919 as the flag of the GDR in its draft constitution of 22 November 1946. Why is there a moon logo in the top left of my watch face? Its Saarland offshoot, the Democratic Party Saar (DPS), reversed the eagle's viewing direction to the (heraldic) right. The flag with the centered disc only continued to be used as the Parteiflagge after 1935. 28. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns. Briangotts (Talk) (Contrib) 17:53, 11 May 2006 (UTC)Reply[reply], I am not sure what the source of your statement "national flags are protected by all countries" is. A version of the standard that is identical in. Flag bearing the design of the Nordic or Scandinavian cross, "Nordic flag" redirects here. A bicolor design white and black, split horizontally. Could somebody more knowledgeable fix this on both wikis please? General Sherman transfer[], People who think the Earth is cooling right now ar[], still, Muscovy (as an empire) will collapse i[], They are still much better than Democrats. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Before people start removing the unofficial flag of Barra I would like to list a variety of sites that have dissussed the authenticity of this flag, and a number of sites that actually produce it for sale. We have created a browser extension. Nordic flag designs very similar to Denmark's, Sweden's, and Norway's Die norwegische Flagge ist eine vertikale Trikolore und zeigt in der Mitte das nationale Emblem. The German college also included Horst Mahler, who published the proclamation of the Reichsbrger movement on 14 December 2003. Nordic Cross Poland. I emediately thought it was strange to have the Swedish flag used like this. All structured data from the file namespace is available under the. For more information about the current national flag, see flag of Germany. Thread starter Frige; Start date May 27, 2011; May 27, 2011 #1 Frige. USA flag, Papal flag, and two flags representing the the Martinique officially adopted this new flag yesterday Last week was fun. I have also removed the unsubstantiated reference to Gaelic heritage, and since there is no Irish dimension I replaced "British Isles" with "Great Britain". First appeared within the, A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom), Merchant flag variant with the Iron Cross (, A red field, with a white disc with a black. Inge 22:15, 15 March 2006 (UTC)Reply[reply], The use of the Swedish flag is because of the original Swedish settlers of Wilmington/Ft.