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	Flag of Germany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The black-red-gold flag was once again adopted as the federal flag for the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) on May 9, 1949.
		The flag of the GDR was banned, and any use of it considered a criminal offense, in West Germany during much of the Cold War.
		The German Democratic Republic (East Germany) had initially used the same flag, but on October 1, 1959 it introduced a communist emblem to the centre of the flag: a hammer (symbolizing the workers), and a pair of compasses (symbolizing the intellectuals) inside ears of grain (symbolizing the farmers).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flag_of_Germany (752 words)

	West Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		West Germany was the host country of the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.
		It was the third time that West Germany had competed separately from East Germany and fourteenth overall appearance at the Olympics for German athletes.
		West Germany competed under the IOC country code FRG.
	www.secaucus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/West_Germany_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics (255 words)

	West Germany - RSCI, The Science Classification Index
		West Germany was declared fully sovereign May 5th 1955, with Bonn as its capital, but the former occupying troops remained on the ground, largely to counteract the Soviet presence in East Germany during the Cold War.
		West Germany was the informal but almost universally used name for the Federal Republic of Germany from 1949 until 1990, during which years the Federal Republic did not yet include the eastern part of Germany.
		West Germany joined NATO on May 9th 1955.
	www.scienceindex.org /West_Germany.html (293 words)

	About Germany
		In the West is the Rhine River, the Danube is in the South, the Oder is in the East, and the Elbe and the Weser Rivers are in the north.
		The Land In Germany some interesting places are: The Rhine River,the Olympic Stadium in Munich, the Bavarian Alps where the Newschwanstein Castle is, the Black Forest, the Harz Mountains, and Berlin.
		East Germany's flag was black, red and, yellow with a coat of arms symbol in the middle.
	www.geocities.com /barlik4 (536 words)

	The Road To Hampden-Berti Vogts-Scottish Football-National Team Coach/Manager Profile
		West Germany take third place at World Cup in Mexico.
		West Germany World Cup runners-up after 3-2 defeat to Argentina
		Welcome,you are now in Scottish Football - National & International Newsdesk 2004- 2005 page of the Road To Hampden.Scottish Football News & Stats updated weekly.The Road To Hampden : Scottish Football and more!!...
	www.upyarkilt.com /BertieVogtsFactfile.html (536 words)

	Germany
		It was adopted in 1848, and abolished in 1852; readopted as the flag of the Weimar Republic on August 11th 1919, and abolished and replaced by the Third Reich flag March 12th 1933.
		Identical [except proportions] with the National Flag of the Weimar Republic.
		The state flag and ensign are the same, but with the shield not really centred but placed toward the hoist.
	flagspot.net /flags/de.html (711 words)

	Germany
		West German chancellor Willy Brandt, winner of a Nobel Peace Prize for his foreign policies, was forced to resign in 1974 when an East German spy was discovered to be one of his top staff members.
		Germany's major rivers are the Danube, the Elbe, the Oder, the Weser, and the Rhine.
		Adolf Hitler, an Austrian war veteran and a fanatical nationalist, fanned discontent by promising a Greater Germany, abrogation of the Treaty of Versailles, restoration of Germany's lost colonies, and the destruction of the Jews, whom he scapegoated as the reason for Germany's downfall and depressed economy.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107568.html (2658 words)

	Understanding the Flag of National Socialist Germany
		Germany had its flag outlawed and criminalized by the imperial Big Four, which together had enslaved Germany in 1945.
		Most of the rock inscriptions in the Buddhist caverns in the west of India are preceded or followed by the holy (sacramentelle) sign of the Swastika.
		The flag consists of a black swastika on a white disk, surrounded by red.
	www.johmann.net /commentary/german-flag.html (962 words)

	flag of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania (Germany) flags, Fahnen, Flaggen, FOTW bei Nationalflaggen.de
		The state flag is blue-white-yellow-white-red (4:3:1:3:4), with a bull's head and a griffin on the white stripe, the yellow strip being interrupted.
		The Dienstflagge (state flag) is the same as the civil flag but adds the symbols from the coat-of-arms in the centre: a black ox head for Mecklenburg, a red griffin for Pomerania.
		Relying on the drawing the relation would be 57:45:12:45:57, which seems a bit odd, so that some flag manufacturers produce them in weird ratios (see this webpage where the ratio is 5:6:1:6:5).
	www.nationalflaggen.de /flags-of-the-world/flags/de-mv.html (905 words)

	BBC ON THIS DAY 9 1955: West Germany accepted into Nato
		West Germany was reunified with East Germany in 1990.
		The USSR saw the inclusion into Nato of West Germany in 1955 as a direct threat and in the same year it created a counter-alliance called the Warsaw Pact.
		West Germany has formally joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation at a special ceremony in Paris.
	news.bbc.co.uk /onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/9/newsid_2519000/2519979.stm (596 words)

	Origins of the Swastika Flag (Third Reich, Germany)
		According to John Toland's Adolf Hitler, the flag submitted by the "dentist from Starnberg" was "a swastika against a black-white-red background".
		Most of these early relic NSDAP flags, including the flag of the 5th Munich SA Company of the 1923 Putsch, which became the famous Blood Flag in 1925, were eventually lost during the Allied bombings of World War Two.
		From all sides came suggestions (...) the new flag had to be equally a symbol of our own struggle, since on the other hand it was expected also to be highly effective as a poster (...) an effective insignia can in hundreds of thousands of cases give the first impetus towards interest in a movement.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/de}ns_or.html (1511 words)

	Germany Population, Map and Flag
		One of Europe's largest countries, Germany encompasses a wide variety of landscapes: mountains of the south; the sandy, rolling plains of the north; the forested hills of the west; the plains of the agricultural east.
		Germany, and the Rhine River, which flows northward from Switzerland and is celebrated in visual art, literature, folklore, and song.
		This feature includes a slide show of actresses who orlandodisney space center backpack cube new york information about Athens Pictures Bundesrepublik Deutschland country of north-central Europe, traversing the continent's physical divisions, from the outer ranges of the Alps northward across the landscape of the Central German Uplands and then across the North German Plain.
	cyprus.europe-countries.com /travel/germany.htm (1997 words)

	Flag
		In 1950, Germany was divided into East Germany and West Germany.
		West Germany’s flag was black, red, and dark
		East Germany’s flag was black, red, and yellow with a coat of arms symbol in the middle.
	www.promotega.org /ksu30012/flag.htm (96 words)

	west german flag
		In 1950, the flag was reintroduced by the German Parliament as the official symbol for the Federal Republic of Germany or West Germany.
		This flag is also known as the German Flag, Flag of Germany or West German Flag.
		The United States Flag, The West German flag, and a center graphic of the West...
	www.amazingflagsguide.com /14/west-german-flag.html (269 words)

	Germany Flag, Germany History, Culture of Germany, Economy of Germany, History of Germany
		Germany had a flourishing economy, which however, was forced onto a decline curve after the unification of East and West Germany in 1990.
		Even today, improving the East Germany's economy amounts to be a costly affair, with annual transfers from west to east working out to roughly $70 billion.
		The flag of Germany consists of three equal horizontal bands - black at the top, red in the middle and gold at the bottom.
	www.mapsofworld.com /country-profile/germany1.html (370 words)

	west germany information resources
		West Germany West Germany was the informal but universally used name for the Federal Republic of Germany from 1949 until 1990, during which years the Federal Republic did not yet include the eastern...
		West Germany was the informal but universally used for the Federal Republic of Germany from 1949 until 1990 during which years...
		Definition of West Germany West Germany was the informal but almost universally used name for the Federal Republic of Germany from 1949 until 1990, during which years the Federal Republic did not yet...
	www.topofgermany.com /f/westgermany (1312 words)

	Germany's Flag Quiz Answers - EnchantedLearning.com
		In 1949 (after World War 2), the flag was again adopted as the flag of West Germany (Germany was split into East and West Germany after the war); in 1990, Germany was reunited.
		The flag of Germany was re-adopted on May 23, 1949; it had been Germany's flag beginning in 1848 (when the German feudal states united) until 1871 (when Bismarck came into power).
		The colors of the flag were the colors of the German soldiers during the Napoleonic Wars.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /europe/germany/flag/flaganswers.shtml (193 words)

	Germany national football team - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		During the existence of the German Democratic Republic from 1949 to 1990 there were two German football teams: The East German and the West German team.
		East Germany national football team article for more details.
		Gold medal was won by the East German team.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Germany_national_football_team (193 words)

	France Football European National Team of the Year Award Rankings
		Only West Germany/Germany have won more team of the year awards than England and only Spain have won as many.
		You are free to copy the documents appearing on this website for personal, noncommmercial use provided proper acknowledgment is given to England Football Online and its authors All rights reserved.
		This prestigious award is made by the French football magazine France Football and is based on a survey of European football journalists.
	www.englandfootballonline.com /TeamRank/RankFrFt.html (193 words)

	German Flag
		May 9, 1949 the black-red-gold flag was adopted as the federal flag for the Federal Republic of West Germany flag
		The shape and flag ratio of the German flag is described as 3:5
		A Flag of German, when in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem of display, should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning in private with all due care and respect
	www.flags-flags-flags.org.uk /german-flag.htm (1721 words)

	ON THIS DAY 19 1970: Willi and Willy meet in East Germany
		The leaders of East and West Germany have met for the first time since the country was divided in 1949.
		Two years later the Federal Republic of Germany (West) and the German Democratic Republic (East) were allowed to join the United Nations.
		About 2,000 young East Germans greeted West Germany's Chancellor Willy Brandt when he arrived at 0930 at the East German town of Erfurt to meet Prime Minister Willi Stoph for talks on improving East-West relations.
	news.bbc.co.uk /onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/19/newsid_2822000/2822631.stm (497 words)

	Germany, Map and Flag
		The modernization and integration of the eastern German economy continues to be a costly long-term problem, with annual transfers from west to east amounting to roughly $70 billion.
		With the advent of the Cold War, two German states were formed in 1949: the western Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and the eastern German Democratic Republic (GDR).
		Since then, Germany has expended considerable funds to bring eastern productivity and wages up to western standards.
	www.greatestcities.com /Europe/Germany.html (1534 words)

	Flag Of Germany on Almondnet
		German Flag and Map of Germany and Flag of France and Flag of Italy...
		Germany Map and France Flag and Italy Flag and Russia Flag and Spain Flag...
		See also: According to Rabbow 1970 the red flag was never adopted, mainly owing to fears that the same violence would happen which occurred after the first World War in Germany.
	www.home-mortgage-loan-companies.co.uk /banks/flag_of_germany.html (434 words)

	Image:Germany_flag_large.png
		Such flags are ineligible for copyright but they are protected by Article 6' of the Paris Convention (Protection of State Emblems, and Names, Abbreviations and Emblems of International Intergovernmental Organizations).
		Representations of national flags are subject to copyright as original works of art and do not fall under Bridgeman Art Library Ltd. v.
		The flag may have been contributed by a user or taken and/or modified from the Central Intelligence Agency's World Factbook.
	www.freecaviar.com /search.php?title=Image:Germany_flag_large.png (855 words)

	eLexi - das Onlinelexikon
		Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
		Flag of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
	www.elexi.de /index_en/index_fl.html (183 words)

	Flag of West Germany -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		Flag of West Germany -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		(Click link for more info and facts about Flag of Germany) Flag of Germany for more detail.
		The state flag has a black (Any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight) eagle in a gold shield placed abit towards the hoist.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/f/fl/flag_of_west_germany.htm (61 words)

	Germany flag and description
		It was used by West Germany when the country divided itself into East and West.
		The Germany flag was officially adopted on May 23, 1949.
		The tricolore flag was designed in 1832, and the black, red and gold colors were taken from the uniforms of German soldiers during the Napoleonic Wars.
	www.graphicmaps.com /webimage/flags/countrys/europe/germany.htm (203 words)

	Geography - Merriam-Webster's Atlas
		The current flag was used officially from 1848 to 1852 and readopted by West Germany on May 9, 1949.
		East Germany flew a similar flag but only the flag of West Germany was maintained upon reunification in 1990.
		Official name: Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Federal Republic of Germany).
	www.m-w.com /cgi-bin/nytmaps.pl?germany (125 words)

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