# German state flag artwork

Retrieved 17 October 2026 from Wikimedia Commons. These are state/civil flags; service flags with coats of arms are not substituted where a civil design exists. Saxony-Anhalt has one current flag, bearing the arms. Bavaria uses the equally official lozengy variant.

The source pages identify these statutory flags / simple geometric designs as public domain. The files are used as educational illustrations, not as claims of official authority. Wikimedia license and authorship text is retained in each source record below. Flags may be subject to separate public-symbol usage rules.

| Asset | Wikimedia Commons file page | License evidence |
|---|---|---|
| `baden-wuerttemberg.svg` | [Flag_of_Baden-Württemberg.svg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg.svg) | Public domain (Commons licensing section) |
| `bayern.svg` | [Flag_of_Bavaria_(lozengy).svg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Bavaria_%28lozengy%29.svg) | Public domain (Commons licensing section) |
| `berlin.svg` | [Flag_of_Berlin.svg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Berlin.svg) | Public domain (Commons licensing section) |
| `brandenburg.svg` | [Flag_of_Brandenburg.svg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Brandenburg.svg) | Public domain (Commons licensing section) |
| `bremen.svg` | [Flag_of_Bremen.svg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Bremen.svg) | Public domain (Commons licensing section) |
| `hamburg.svg` | [Flag_of_Hamburg.svg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Hamburg.svg) | Public domain (Commons licensing section) |
| `hessen.svg` | [Flag_of_Hesse.svg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Hesse.svg) | Public domain (Commons licensing section) |
| `mecklenburg-vorpommern.svg` | [Flag_of_Mecklenburg-Western_Pomerania.svg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Mecklenburg-Western_Pomerania.svg) | Public domain (Commons licensing section) |
| `niedersachsen.svg` | [Flag_of_Lower_Saxony.svg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Lower_Saxony.svg) | Public domain (Commons licensing section) |
| `nordrhein-westfalen.svg` | [Flag_of_North_Rhine-Westphalia.svg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_North_Rhine-Westphalia.svg) | Public domain (Commons licensing section) |
| `rheinland-pfalz.svg` | [Flag_of_Rhineland-Palatinate.svg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Rhineland-Palatinate.svg) | Public domain (Commons licensing section) |
| `saarland.svg` | [Flag_of_Saarland.svg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Saarland.svg) | Public domain (Commons licensing section) |
| `sachsen.svg` | [Flag_of_Saxony.svg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Saxony.svg) | Public domain (Commons licensing section) |
| `sachsen-anhalt.svg` | [Flag_of_Saxony-Anhalt_(state).svg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Saxony-Anhalt_%28state%29.svg) | Public domain (Commons licensing section) |
| `schleswig-holstein.svg` | [Flag_of_Schleswig-Holstein.svg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Schleswig-Holstein.svg) | Public domain (Commons licensing section) |
| `thueringen.svg` | [Flag_of_Thuringia.svg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Thuringia.svg) | Public domain (Commons licensing section) |

Source HTML snapshots are in `tmp/flag-sources/` for local license verification. Artwork has not been redrawn. SVG originals have been checked for script tags, foreignObject, external hrefs and entity declarations.