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This is a list of flags of districts of Germany. The flags are listed per state. Most districts in Germany have both horizontal and vertical flags. These flags usually had coat of arms on them. Therefore, the list will also discuss the coat of arms. Please note that some of the flags listed are either de facto flags or not yet approved.

## Baden-Württemberg

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Flag | District | Date | Description

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| Baden-Baden | 1421 – present | The yellow-red-yellow horizontal flag with the coat of arms.[1]
| Freiburg im Breisgau | 1368 – present | The flag with a Saint George cross
| Heidelberg | 1938 – present | A black-yellow horizontal bicolor.
| Heilbronn (Stadtkreis) | 19th century – present | A red-white-blue horizontal tricolor.[2]
| Karlsruhe (Stadtkreis) | 1895 – present | A red-yellow-red horizontal flag.
| Mannheim | 1613 – present | A blue-white-red horizontal tricolor.
| 1896 – present | Vertical flag with the coat of arms. The coat of arms consists of the Palatine Lion representing Mannheim as the last capital city of Electoral Palatinate and a Wolfsangel representing boundaries.[3]
| Ofterdingen | 6 June 1982 – present | A yellow-blue horizontal bicolor with the coat of arms.[4]
| Pforzheim | 18th century – present | A white-blue horizontal bicolor with the coat of arms. The dexter represents Baden. The yellow also represents Baden and the white and blue is said to have come from the House of Wittelsbach.
| Stuttgart | 1950 – present | A black-yellow horizontal bicolor with the coat of arms. The coat of arms is a reference to a legend in which Liudolf, Duke of Swabia founded a ranch, a horse breeding center and riding school on where the city is located now.
| Vertical flag.
| Ulm | 1244 – present | A black-white horizontal bicolor. The meaning of the colours is still unknown to this day.[5]

* Flag of Alb-Donau-Kreis

* Flag of Biberach

* Flag of Bodenseekreis

* Flag of Bodenseekreis (variant)

* Flag of Böblingen

* Flag of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald

* Flag of Calw

* Flag of Emmendingen

* Flag of Enzkreis

* Flag of Esslingen

* Flag of Freudenstadt

* Flag of Göppingen

* Flag of Heidelberg

* Flag of Heidenheim

* Flag of Heilbronn (Landkreis)

* Flag of Hohenlohe

* Flag of Karlsruhe (Landkreis)

* Flag of Konstanz

* Flag of Lörrach

* Flag of Ludwigsburg

* Flag of Main-Tauber-Kreis

* Flag of Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis

* Flag of Ortenaukreis

* Flag of Ostalbkreis

* Flag of Rastatt

* Flag of Ravensburg

* Flag of Rems-Murr-Kreis

* Flag of Reutlingen

* Flag of Rhein-Neckar-Kreis

* Flag of Rottweil

* Flag of Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis

* Flag of Schwäbisch Hall

* Flag of Sigmaringen

* Flag of Tübingen

* Flag of Waldshut

* Flag of Zollernalbkreis

## Bavaria

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Flag | District | Date | Description

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| Landshut | 23 May 1973 (de facto) – | A white flag two rows of blue lozenges on the left and right with the coat of arms.
| 23 May 1973 – | A white-blue horizontal flag with the coat of arms.
| Aichach-Friedberg | 1 January 1973 – | A green-yellow horizontal flag with the coat of arms.

* Flag of Amberg

* Flag of Altötting

* Flag of Amberg-Sulzbach

* Flag of Ansbach (Landkreis)

* Flag of Ansbach (Stadtkreis)

* Flag of Aschaffenburg (Landkreis)

* Flag of Aschaffenburg (Stadtkreis)

* Flag of Augsburg (Landkreis)

* Flag of Augsburg (Stadtkreis)

* Flag of Bad Kissingen

* Flag of Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen

* Flag of Bamberg (Landkreis)

* Flag of Bamberg (Stadtkreis)

* Flag of Bayreuth (Landkreis)

* Flag of Bayreuth (Stadtkreis)

* Flag of Berchtesgadener Land

* Flag of Cham

* Flag of Coburg (Landkreis)

* Flag of Coburg (Stadtkreis)

* Flag of Dachau

* Flag of Deggendorf

* Flag of Dillingen

* Flag of Dingolfing-Landau

* Flag of Donau-Ries

* Flag of Ebersberg

* Flag of Eichstätt

* Flag of Erding

* Flag of Erlangen

* Flag of Erlangen-Höchstadt

* Flag of Forchheim

* Flag of Freising

* Flag of Freyung-Grafenau

* Flag of Fürstenfeldbruck

* Flag of Fürth (Stadtkreis)

* Flag of Fürth (Landkreis)

* Flag of Garmisch-Partenkirchen

* Flag of Günzburg

* Flag of Haßberge

* Flag of Hof (Landkreis)

* Flag of Ingolstadt

* Flag of Kaufbeuren

* Flag of Kelheim

* Flag of Kempten

* Flag of Kitzingen

* Flag of Kronach

* Flag of Kulmbach

* Flag of Landsberg

* Flag of Landshut (Stadtkreis)

* Flag of Lichtenfels

* Flag of Lindau

* Flag of Main-Spessart

* Flag of Memmingen

* Flag of Miesbach

* Flag of Miltenberg

* Flag of Mühldorf

* Flag of Munich (Landkreis)

* Flag of Munich (Stadtkreis; striped variant)

* Flag of Munich (Stadtkreis; lozengy variant)

* Flag of Neuburg-Schrobenhausen

* Flag of Neumarkt

* Flag of Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim

* Flag of Neustadt an der Waldnaab

* Flag of Neu-Ulm

* Flag of Nuremberg

* Flag of Nürnberger Land

* Flag of Oberallgäu

* Flag of Ostallgäu

* Flag of Passau (Landkreis)

* Flag of Passau (Stadtkreis)

* Flag of Pfaffenhofen

* Flag of Regen

* Flag of Regensburg (Landkreis)

* Flag of Regensburg (Stadtkreis)

* Flag of Rhön-Grabfeld

* Flag of Rosenheim (Landkreis)

* Flag of Rosenheim (Stadtkreis)

* Flag of Roth

* Flag of Rottal-Inn

* Flag of Schwabach

* Flag of Schwandorf

* Flag of Schweinfurt (Landkreis)

* Flag of Schweinfurt (Stadtkreis)

* Flag of Starnberg

* Flag of Straubing

* Flag of Straubing-Bogen

* Flag of Tirschenreuth

* Flag of Traunstein

* Flag of Unterallgäu

* Flag of Weiden in der Oberpfalz

* Flag of Weilheim-Schongau

* Flag of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen

* Flag of Wunsiedel

* Flag of Würzburg (Landkreis)

* Flag of Würzburg (Stadtkreis)

## Brandenburg

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* Flag of Barnim

* Flag of Brandenburg an der Havel

* Flag of Cottbus

* Flag of Dahme-Spreewald

* Flag of Elbe-Elster

* Flag of Frankfurt (Oder)

* Flag of Havelland

* Flag of Märkisch-Oderland

* Flag of Oberhavel

* Flag of Oberspreewald-Lausitz

* Flag of Oder-Spree

* Flag of Ostprignitz-Ruppin

* Flag of Potsdam

* Flag of Potsdam-Mittelmark

* Flag of Prignitz

* Flag of Spree-Neiße

* Flag of Teltow-Fläming

* Flag of Uckermark

## Berlin

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Flag | District | Date | Description

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| Berlin | 26 May 1954 – |

Main article: Flag of Berlin

A red-white-red flag with a black bear.

## Bremen

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Flag | District | Date | Description

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| Bremen | 1952 – |

Main article: Flag of Bremen

The flag features eight equal horizontal stripes of red alternating with white and checked at the hoist.
| Variant with the coat of arms.
| Variant with the greater coat of arms.

## Hamburg

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Flag | District | Date | Description

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| Hamburg | 1834 – |

Main article: Flag of Hamburg

A red flag with a white castle.

## Hesse

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* Flag of Bergstraße

* Flag of Darmstadt

* Flag of Darmstadt-Dieburg

* Flag of Frankfurt

* Flag of Fulda

* Flag of Gießen

* Flag of Groß-Gerau

* Flag of Hersfeld-Rotenburg

* Flag of Hochtaunuskreis

* Flag of Kassel (Landkreis)

* Flag of Kassel (Stadtkreis)

* Flag of Lahn-Dill-Kreis

* Flag of Limburg-Weilburg

* Flag of Main-Kinzig-Kreis

* Flag of Main-Taunus-Kreis

* Flag of Marburg-Biedenkopf

* Flag of Odenwaldkreis

* Flag of Offenbach

* Flag of Offenbach am Main

* Flag of Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis

* Flag of Schwalm-Eder-Kreis

* Flag of Vogelsbergkreis

* Flag of Waldeck-Frankenberg

* Flag of Werra-Meißner-Kreis

* Flag of Wetteraukreis

### Historical

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* Flag of Biedenkopf (1959-1974)

* Flag of Biedenkopf (1959-1974; variant)

* Flag of Büdingen (1952-1972)

* Flag of Büdingen (1952-1972; variant)

* Flag of Darmstadt (1962-1976)

* Flag of Darmstadt (1962-1976; variant)

* Flag of Dieburg (1961-1976)

* Flag of Dieburg (1961-1976; variant)

* Flag of Lauterbach (1964-1974)

* Flag of Lauterbach (1964-1974; variant)

* Flag of Schlüchtern (1956-1974)

* Flag of Schlüchtern (1956-1974; variant)

* Flag of Waldeck (1955-1974)

* Flag of Waldeck (1955-1974; variant)

## Lower Saxony

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* Flag of Ammerland

* Flag of Aurich

* Flag of the County of Bentheim

* Flag of Braunschweig

* Flag of Celle

* Flag of Cloppenburg

* Flag of Cuxhaven

* Flag of Delmenhorst

* Flag of Diepholz

* Flag of Emden

* Flag of Emsland

* Flag of Friesland

* Flag of Friesland (variant)

* Flag of Gifhorn

* Flag of Goslar

* Flag of Göttingen

* Flag of Göttingen (variant)

* Flag of Hameln-Pyrmont

* Flag of Hameln-Pyrmont (variant)

* Flag of Region Hannover

* Flag of Harburg

* Flag of Heidekreis

* Flag of Helmstedt

* Flag of Holzminden

* Flag of Leer

* Flag of Lüchow-Dannenberg

* Flag of Lüneburg

* Flag of Nienburg

* Flag of Northeim

* Flag of Oldenburg (Landkreis)

* Flag of Oldenburg (Stadtkreis)

* Flag of Osnabrück (Landkreis)

* Flag of Osnabrück (Stadtkreis)

* Flag of Osterholz

* Flag of Peine

* Flag of Rotenburg

* Flag of Salzgitter

* Flag of Schaumburg

* Flag of Stade

* Flag of Uelzen

* Flag of Vechta

* Flag of Verden

* Flag of Wesermarsch

* Flag of Wilhelmshaven

* Flag of Wittmund

* Flag of Wolfenbüttel

* Flag of Wolfsburg

### Historical

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* Flag of Göttingen (1973–2017)

* Flag of Göttingen (1973–2017; variant)

## Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

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Flag | District | Date | Description

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| Ludwigslust-Parchim | 27 January 2015 – | Banner of arms. The grey heron on blue represents nature, water and biodiversity, the crowned bull's head on yellow represents both Mecklenburg and Parchim and the branch of a oak tree represents Ludwigslust. Designed by Heinz Kippnick.[6]
| Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 11 March 2014 – | Blue and yellow flag with the coat of arms. The red griffin represents the Duchy of Pomerania while the bull's head represents Werle. The blue and white waves represents the bodies of water. The total number of waves represent Altentreptow, Demmin, Neubrandenburg, Neustrelitz, Malchin, Waren and Röbel. Designed by Heinz Kippnick.[7]
| Nordwestmecklenburg | 15 February 2012 – | Banner of arms. The bull's head on yellow represents the Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin while the crosier on the red and white stripes represents . Red and white were the colours of the Hanseatic League. Designed by Manfred Gerth.[8][9]
| Rostock (Landkreis) | 15 November 2011 – | Banner of arms. The bull's head on yellow represents Lordship of Werle and the griffin's head represents the Lordship of Rostock. Two crossed crosiers symbolizes Doberan Abbey. Designed by Manfred Gerth.[10]
| Rostock (Stadtkreis) | 3 July 1991 – | Banner of arms. The yellow griffin represents the Lordship of Rostock. Blue, white and red are traditional colours of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. White and red are colours of the Hanseatic League.[11]
| Schwerin | 1994 – | Yellow-blue-yellow flag with a knight in the middle blue stripe. The knight is a depiction of Henry the Lion.[12][13]
| Vorpommern-Greifswald | TBA | No official flag.
| Vorpommern-Rügen | 10 October 2013 – | Blue and yellow horizontal flag with the coat of arms.

### Historical

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Flag | District | Date | Description

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| Bad Doberan | 1 August 1996 – 4 September 2011 | Yellow and blue horizontal flag. The yellow griffin represents Rostock, the bull's head represents the Werle and the crosier represents the Cistercians.[14]
| Demmin | 26 March 1996 – 4 September 2011 | Flag with seven blue, yellow and red stripes.
| Mueritz | 1995 – 4 September 2011 |
| Ostvorpommern | 1998 – 4 September 2011 |
| Parchim | 1995 – 4 September 2011 |
| Nordwestmecklenburg | 2006 – 4 September 2011 |

## North Rhine-Westphalia

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* Flag of Aachen

* Flag of Bielefeld

* Flag of Bielefeld (variant)

* Flag of Bochum

* Flag of Bochum (variant)

* Flag of Bonn

* Flag of Borken

* Flag of Borken (variant)

* Flag of Bottrop

* Flag of Bottrop (variant)

* Flag of Coesfeld

* Flag of Coesfeld (variant)

* Flag of Cologne

* Flag of Cologne (variant)

* Flag of Dortmund

* Flag of Dortmund (variant)

* Flag of Duisburg

* Flag of Duisburg (variant)

* Flag of Düren

* Flag of Düsseldorf

* Flag of Düsseldorf (variant)

* Flag of Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis

* Flag of Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis (variant 1)

* Flag of Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis (variant 2)

* Flag of Essen

* Flag of Essen (variant)

* Flag of Euskirchen

* Flag of Euskirchen (variant)

* Flag of Gütersloh

* Flag of Gütersloh (variant)

* Flag of Hagen

* Flag of Hamm

* Flag of Hamm (variant)

* Flag of Heinsberg

* Flag of Heinsberg (variant)

* Flag of Herford

* Flag of Herford (variant)

* Flag of Herne

* Flag of Hochsauerlandkreis

* Flag of Hochsauerlandkreis (variant)

* Flag of Höxter

* Flag of Höxter (variant)

* Flag of Kleve

* Flag of Kleve (variant)

* Flag of Krefeld

* Flag of Krefeld (variant)

* Flag of Leverkusen

* Flag of Leverkusen (variant)

* Flag of Lippe

* Flag of Lippe (variant)

* Flag of Märkischer Kreis

* Flag of Mettmann

* Flag of Minden-Lübbecke

* Flag of Minden-Lübbecke (variant)

* Flag of Mönchengladbach

* Flag of Mönchengladbach (variant)

* Flag of Mülheim

* Flag of Mülheim (variant)

* Flag of Münster

* Flag of Münster (variant 1)

* Flag of Münster (variant 2)

* Flag of Oberbergischer Kreis

* Flag of Oberbergischer Kreis (variant)

* Flag of Oberhausen

* Flag of Oberhausen (variant)

* Flag of Olpe

* Flag of Olpe (variant)

* Flag of Paderborn

* Flag of Recklinghausen

* Flag of Recklinghausen (variant)

* Flag of Remscheid

* Flag of Remscheid (variant)

* Flag of Rhein-Erft-Kreis

* Flag of Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis

* Flag of Rhein-Kreis Neuss

* Flag of Rhein-Kreis Neuss

* Flag of Rhein-Sieg-Kreis

* Flag of Siegen-Wittgenstein

* Flag of Siegen-Wittgenstein (variant)

* Flag of Soest

* Flag of Soest (variant)

* Flag of Solingen

* Flag of Solingen (variant)

* Flag of Steinfurt

* Flag of Unna

* Flag of Viersen

* Flag of Viersen (variant)

* Flag of Warendorf

* Flag of Warendorf (variant)

* Flag of Wesel

* Flag of Wesel (variant)

* Flag of Wuppertal

* Flag of Wuppertal (variant)

### Historical

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* Flag of Brilon (1957-1976)

* Flag of Tecklenburg (1934-1975)

* Flag of Tecklenburg (1934-1975; variant)

## Rhineland-Palatinate

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* Flag of Ahrweiler

* Flag of Altenkirchen

* Flag of Alzey-Worms

* Flag of Bad Dürkheim

* Flag of Bad Kreuznach

* Flag of Bernkastel-Wittlich

* Flag of Birkenfeld

* Flag of Bitburg-Pruem

* Flag of Cochem-Zell

* Flag of Donnersbergkreis

* Flag of Germersheim

* Flag of Kaiserslautern (Landkreis)

* Flag of Kaiserslautern (Stadtkreis)

* Flag of Koblenz

* Flag of Kusel

* Flag of Ludwigshafen

* Flag of Mainz-Bingen

* Flag of Mainz

* Flag of Mayen-Koblenz

* Flag of Neustadt an der Weinstraße

* Flag of Neuwied

* Flag of Pirmasens

* Flag of Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis

* Flag of Rhein-Lahn-Kreis

* Flag of Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis

* Flag of Speyer

* Flag of Südliche Weinstraße

* Flag of Südwestpfalz

* Flag of Trier

* Flag of Trier-Saarburg

* Flag of Vulkaneifel

* Flag of Westerwaldkreis

* Flag of Worms

* Flag of Zweibrücken

## Saarland

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Flag | Districf | Date | Description

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| Merzig-Wadern | 1 February 1966 – | A red and yellow bicoloured flag with the coat of arms.
| Neunkirchen | 22 August 1961 – | A blue and white bicoloured flag with the coat of arms.
| Saarbrücken | 17 March 1975 – | A blue and yellow bicoloured flag with the coat of arms.
| Saarlouis | 1 February 1966 – | A black-red-yellow tricoloured flag with the coat of arms.
| Saarpfalz-Kreis | 21 May 1975 – | A white and blue bicoloured flag with the coat of arms.
| Sankt Wendel | 25 February 1965 – | A red and yellow bicoloured flag with the coat of arms.

## Saxony

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Flag | Districf | Date | Description

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| Bautzen | 2000 – | A blue-yellow flag with the coat of arms.
| Chemnitz | 1475 – | A blue-yellow flag. The colours are from the Margraviate of Landsberg.[15]
| Dresden | 1994 – | A black-yellow flag with the coat of arms.
| Erzgebirgskreis | 18 December 2008 – | A green-white flag with the coat of arms.
| Görlitz | 21 April 2009 – | A yellow-blue flag with the coat of arms.
| Leipzig (Landkreis) | 30 October 2009 (de facto) – | A white flag with the coat of arms. The blue and white wavy lines represents the Neuseenland, the yellow castle represents the Gnandstein Castle and the white gullet and three flowers represent Muldentalkreis.[16]
| Leipzig (Stadtkreis) | 1475 – | A blue-yellow flag with the coat of arms. The coat of arms consists of the Meissen lion on the left (representing the House of Wettin) and blue and yellow striped Landsberger Pfähle (representing the Margraviate of Landsberg).[17][18]
| Meissen | 27 April 2009 – | A yellow flag with the coat of arms in the centre with two red lines on left and right.
| Mittelsachsen | 27 April 2009 – | A black-yellow with the coat of arms.
| Nordsachsen | 10 December 2008 – | A yellow-blue-yellow with the coat of arms.
| Vogtlandkreis | 31 March 1996 – | A yellow-black with the coat of arms.
| Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge | TBA | No official flag.
| Zwickau | 4 December 2009 – | A red-white with the coat of arms.

## Saxony-Anhalt

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* Flag of Altmarkkreis Salzwedel

* Flag of Anhalt-Bitterfeld

* Flag of Börde

* Flag of Burgenlandkreis

* Flag of Dessau-Roßlau

* Flag of Halle (Saale)

* Flag of Harz

* Flag of Jerichower Land

* Flag of Magdeburg

* Flag of Mansfeld-Südharz

* Flag of Saalekreis

* Flag of Salzlandkreis

* Flag of Stendal

* Flag of Wittenberg

## Schleswig-Holstein

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Flag | City | Date | Description

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| Dithmarschen | 17 May 1972 – | A white flag with 7 red and white stripes and the coat of arms. The coat of arms features a knight in gold armor riding a white horse. It represents its readiness for warfare. Designed by Wilhelm Horst Lippert.[19][20]
| Flensburg | 30 June 1938 – | A blue flag with the coat of arms. The two blue lions represents the Duchy of Schleswig, the silver nettle leaf in the red shield represents the Duchy of Holstein. The red tower represents the defense of the city. The waves represents the city's connection to the North Sea. Designed by Johannes Holtz, Max Kirmis, Erwin Nöbbe and Heinrich Sauermann.[21][22][23]
| Vertical variant.
| Herzogtum Lauenburg | 1948 – | A flag with two black stripes and the coat of arms. The coat of arms features a horse head represents Kingdom of Hanover and Denmark. The colours are from Prussia.[24][25]
| Kiel | 1921 – | A red flag based on the County of Schaumburg with a black boat representing the city's importance as a port inside a nesselblatt.[26]
| Vertical variant.
| Lübeck | 22 January 1941 – | White-red bicolor with a black eagle the Lübeck double eagle.[27]
| Vertical variant.
| Nordfriesland | 10 July 1972 – | Five horizontal bands of blue, yellow, and red (double width), with three ships to the left. The ships represents Eiderstedt, Everschop and Utholm. The sails of the ships contain a plough (representing Husum), a fish (representing Westerland as it is close to the sea) and a ox's head (representing Eiderstedt as it is known for its livestock). The colors were traditional colors of North Frisia. Designed by Wilhelm Horst Lippert.[28][29]
| Neumünster | 13 March 1930 – | White-red bicolor with the coat of arms. The coat of arms consists of a swan (representing Stormarn), a nesselblatt (representing Holstein) and five chimeys representing Neumünster. The coat of arms represents the present and the past. Red and white are the colours of Holstein.[30][31]
| Vertical variant.
| Ostholstein | 30 July 1971 – | A red-white-red horizontal flag with the coat of arms. The coat of arms contains a castle represents Oldenburg while the mitre and the cross represents Eutin (which used to be part of the Prince-bishopric of Lübeck).[32][33]
| Pinneberg | 12 May 1986 – | A blue-white-red horizontal flag with the coat of arms. The coat of arms features a nasselblatt represents the counts of Schauenburg and Holstein. The fir tree symbolizes the location of one of the largest nurseries in Germany. Designed by Paul Weber.[34][35]
| Plön | 12 May 1975 – | A blue-white-red (which are the colours of Schleswig-Holstein) horizontal flag with the coat of arms. The coat of arms features a nasselblatt represents the counts of Schauenburg and Holstein. The oak leaf represents forests. The ear of grain represents agriculture. The fish represents the district's 80 lakes and the Baltic Sea.[36][37]
| Rendsburg-Eckernförde | 29 January 1981 – | A red and yellow diagonal flag with a two blue lions and the yellow triangle (representing Eckernförde and Schleswig) and a nasselblatt on the red triangle (representing Rendsburg and the municipalities that were transferred from Plön and Holstein). The wavy pattern represents the Baltic Sea, the Eider river and the Kiel Canal. Designed by Wilhelm Horst Lippert.[38][39]
| Schleswig-Flensburg | 3 October 1977 – | A blue and yellow horizontal flag with a two lions (a blue lion and a yellow lion). The colours were the traditional colours of Schleswig. Designed by Heinz Reinhold.[40][41]
| Segeberg | 25 November 1977 – | A red-white-red flag with a cross. The cross represents the introduction of Christianity to Wagria by Vicelinus. The cross is composed of four brick towers representing the churches that Vicelinus built, four leaves of a water lily representing the von Segeberg family and a nasselblatt represents the counts of Schauenburg and Holstein. Designed by George Fink.[42]
| Steinburg | 20 July 1957 – | A blue-white-blue flag with the coat of arms. The coat of arms consists of a castle with three coats of arms (representing Wilstermarsch, Holstein and Krempermarsch respectively). Wilstermarsch is represented by an image of Christ the King, Holstein by a nasselblatt and Krempermarsch by a white swan. The three coats of arms are placed on a castle surrounded by a moat. Designed by Max Kahlke.[43][44]
| Stormarn | 31 July 1981 – | A red flag with a white swan wearing a crown on its neck. The swan represents its readiness for war.[45][46]

### Historical

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Flag | City | Date | Description

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| Süderdithmarschen | 1 January 1963 – 25 April 1970 | A white flag with 7 red and white stripes and a knight. The knight in white armor riding a white horse. It represents its readiness for warfare. Designed by Wilhelm Horst Lippert.

## Thuringia

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Flag | District | Date | Description

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| Altenburger Land | 3 June 1996 – | A red-white-green horizontal tricolour flag with the coat of arms. The rose symbolizes Altenburg, a reborn world and the future. The lion represents the Margravate of Meissen. The yellow and white lion represents Pleissnerland. The nine black and yellow stripes with a green crown represents the House of Wettin. The acorn alludes to the district's status as the birthplace of game of Skat.
| Vertical variant.
| Eichsfeld | 22 March 1995 – | A white-red horizontal bicolour flag with the coat of arms. The eagle alludes to the coat of arms of Frederick William I of Prussia while the wheel represents the Elector of Mainz.
| Vertical variant.
| Eisenach | 2000 – | A blue-white-blue flag with a red cross.
| Vertical variant.
| Eisenach | 5 December 1994 – | A red-white-red flag with a white wheel.
| Vertical variant.
| Gera | 2000 – | A black and yellow flag.
| Vertical variant.
| Gotha | 28 June 1991 – | A white-red horizontal bicolour flag with the coat of arms.
| Vertical variant.
| Greiz | 16 June 1997 – | A yellow-green-yellow flag with the coat of arms.
| Vertical variant.
| Hildburghausen | 16 May 1996 – | A white-red horizontal bicolour flag with the coat of arms.
| Vertical variant.

* Flag of Ilm-Kreis

* Flag of Ilm-Kreis (variant)

* Flag of Jena

* Flag of Jena (variant)

* Flag of Kyffhäuserkreis

* Flag of Kyffhäuserkreis (variant)

* Flag of Nordhausen

* Flag of Nordhausen (variant)

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## References

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