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Flag of Germany: colours, meaning and facts for kids

Three horizontal stripes: black, red and gold.

The flag of Germany is black, red and gold. Here is what it looks like, where the colours come from, which flags look like it, and a quick quiz to try.

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What does the flag of Germany look like?

The flag of Germany has three stripes going across: black on top, then red, then gold.

Where do the colours come from?

Black, red and gold became the colours of people who wanted one united Germany. In 1848, a year of revolutions across Europe, they flew as the flag of German unity.

Flags that look like the flag of Germany

Some flags use the same colours or the same shape. Here is how to tell them apart:

Flags that look like the flag of Germany, and how each one differs
FlagHow it differs
BelgiumBlack, yellow and red too, but the stripes go up and down.
UgandaBlack, yellow and red stripes going across, twice over, with a crane in a white circle in the middle.

Germany in a nutshell

Quick quiz: the flag of Germany

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  1. How many countries share a land border with Germany?

    • Four
    • Six
    • Nine
    • Twelve

    Nine. Denmark, Poland, Czechia, Austria, Switzerland, France, Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands.

  2. True or false: in 1848, black, red and gold flew as the flag of German unity.

    True. It was a year of revolutions across Europe.

  3. What is the capital city of Germany?

    • Munich
    • Hamburg
    • Berlin
    • Frankfurt

    Berlin.

  4. Which of these countries has a flag of black, yellow and red stripes going up and down?

    • Austria
    • Belgium
    • Poland
    • Spain

    Belgium.

  5. Who built Europe's first printing press with movable metal type, in the German city of Mainz?

    • Isaac Newton
    • Johannes Gutenberg
    • Leonardo da Vinci
    • Galileo Galilei

    Johannes Gutenberg. Johannes Gutenberg, from Mainz in Germany, built Europe's first printing press with movable metal type around 1440.

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