Catalogue question 214 · Question catalogue in force since 2024-07-01
What colours does the German flag have?
- black, red and gold Correct
- red, white and black
- black, red and green
- black, yellow and red
Why — for every option
- A — Correct: Art. 22(2) of the Basic Law establishes black, red and gold as the federal flag — colours with a tradition dating back to the Wars of Liberation and the Weimar Republic.
- B — Red, white and black were the colours of the German Empire (1871–1918), not today's federal flag.
- C — Black, red and green is not a historical or current German national flag.
- D — Black, yellow and red is the wrong order/combination — the correct flag is black, red and gold.
Source: www.gesetze-im-internet.de
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