It was adopted as the national flag of the German Empire in 1892. However, when the Weimar Republic was formed in 1918, the original flag colours of 'Schwarz-Rot-Gold' came back into action and ...

In 1919, the National Assembly, which met in Weimar after the collapse of the German Empire, again designated black-red-gold as the flag of the newly founded Weimar Republic.. This was preceded by ...

Images of neo-Nazis waving the pre-1918 flag of the German Empire on the steps of Germany’s federal parliament building have rapidly spread around the world, producing justifiable outrage.