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Catalogue question 187 · Question catalogue in force since 2024-07-01 · Image question

Which German state had a black-red-gold flag with a hammer, compass and wreath of grain?

A flag with three horizontal stripes in black, red and gold. In the centre is an emblem of a hammer and a pair of compasses, surrounded by a wreath of corn.

Why — for every option

  1. A — Prussia was a historical kingdom with its own flag (black and white), long before this symbolism.
  2. B — The Federal Republic uses the plain black-red-gold flag without an emblem (Art. 22 Basic Law).
  3. C — The "Third Reich" used the swastika flag, not a hammer, compass and wreath of grain.
  4. D — Correct: from 1959, the East German (GDR) flag showed the state emblem — a hammer (the working class), a compass (the intelligentsia) and a wreath of grain (the peasantry) — on a black-red-gold background.

Source: www.bpb.de

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