The flag of Bremen (used by both the city of

Bremen Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (german: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, ), is the capital of the German state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (''Freie Hansestadt Bremen''), a two-city-state consis ...

and the state

Free Hanseatic City of Bremen Bremen (), officially the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (german: Freie Hansestadt Bremen; nds, Free Hansestadt Bremen), is the smallest and least populous of Germany's 16 states. It is informally called ("State of Bremen"), although the term ...

) consists of at least eight equal horizontal stripes of red alternating with white, and checked at the hoist. It is colloquially known as ''Speckflagge'' (bacon flag). The civil flag does not contain the

coat of arms A coat of arms is a heraldry, heraldic communication design, visual design on an escutcheon (heraldry), escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the latter two being outer garments). The coat of arms on an escutcheon forms the central ele ...

. The state flag exists in three versions * The ''Dienstflagge,'' which is defaced with the middle coat of arms. * The ''Staatsflagge,'' which is defaced with the flag version of the coat of arms and usually has twelve instead of eight stripes. * The ''Dienstflagge der bremischen Schiffahrt,'' which is defaced with the flag version of the coat of arms in the centre and a blue anchor in a white canton. It is used on state buildings used for shipping and navigation, and as the jack on Bremen ships.

History

File:Hanse Bremen.svg,

Hanseatic The Hanseatic League (; gml, Hanse, , ; german: label=German language, Modern German, Deutsche Hanse) was a Middle Ages, medieval commercial and defensive confederation of merchant guilds and market towns in Central Europe, Central and Norther ...

flag of Bremen File:Landesdienstflagge der bremischen Schiffahrt.svg, Service flag for state ships and state buildings of the Navy (1891–1892) File:Staatsflagge Bremen Kaiserreich.svg, State flag (

German Empire The German Empire (),Herbert Tuttle wrote in September 1881 that the term "Reich" does not literally connote an empire as has been commonly assumed by English-speaking people. The term literally denotes an empire – particularly a hereditary ...

) File:Weserlotsenfahrzeuge.svg,

Pilot An aircraft pilot or aviator is a person who controls the flight of an aircraft by operating its directional flight controls. Some other aircrew members, such as navigators or flight engineers, are also considered aviators, because they a ...

flag (1935–1945) File:Dienstflagge Staatsfahrzeuge Bremen.svg, Flag of the naval service (1893–1921) File:Bremen Lotsenverwaltung.svg, Flag of the pilot administration, Bremen (1895–1918) File:Bremen Zollverwaltung.svg, Flag of the Customs Administration (1895–1918) File:Seedienstflagge Bremen 1921.svg, Flag of the naval service (1921–1933) File:Zollverwaltung Bremen 1921.svg, Flag of the Customs Administration (1921–1933) File:Seedienstflagge Bremen 1933-1935.svg, Flag of the naval service (1933–1935) File:Argo Reederei house flag.svg, Argo Reederei

house flag A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air condit ...

(1896–1922) File:House flag of Hamburg-Bremer Afrika-Linie.svg, House flag flown by Hamburg-Bremer Afrika-Linie. (1887–1939) File:D. G. Neptun house flag.svg, D. G. Neptun house flag (1873–1974) File:DDG „Hansa“ house flag.svg,

DDG Hansa DDG Hansa, short for Deutsche Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft Hansa (German Steamship Company Hansa; in modern orthography, Deutsche Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft Hansa) was a major German shipping company specialising in heavy freight and schedul ...

house flag (1881–1980) File:Norddeutscher Lloyd flag.svg,

Norddeutscher Lloyd Norddeutscher Lloyd (NDL; North German Lloyd) was a German shipping company. It was founded by Hermann Henrich Meier and Eduard Crüsemann in Bremen on 20 February 1857. It developed into one of the most important German shipping companies of th ...

house flag (1857–1970) File:Rickmers Reederei house flag.svg,

Rickmers Group The Rickmers Group was an international provider of services for the maritime industry, a vessel owner and an ocean freight carrier. The group's head offices are located in Hamburg and Singapore. The group of companies is divided in three segme ...

house flag (1982–present) File:House flag of Roland-Linie.svg, Roland-Linie house flag (1905–1959) File:URAG house flag.svg, Unterweser Reederei house flag (1890–present) File:F. A. Vinnen house flag.svg, F. A. Vinnen & Co. house flag (1819–present) File:D. H. Wätjen & Co. house flag.svg, D. H. Wätjen & Co. house flag (1821–1918)

External links

official site about the flag and coat of arms of Bremen
(German) * * {{GermanFlags

Culture of Bremen (state) Culture in Bremen (city)

History

See also

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