Saar (Germany)

Saar State, Saarland

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3:5
by Mark Sensen, coat-of-arms by Mario Fabretto
Flag adopted 9th July 1956

• Description
• Prime Minister's Flag (Flagge des Minister-Präsidenten)
• Municipal Flags:
  • City of Saarbrücken (Stadt Saarbrücken)
  • Municipality of Wadern (Gemeinde Wadern)
• Historical Flags:
  • Saar Territory 1920-1935 (Saargebiet)
  • Saarland 1947-1956

See also:

• Germany

The Land and state flag is black-red-gold and has the Arms in the middle. Proportions 3:5. It was adopted on the 9th July 1956 and came into force on the 1st January 1957. The 10th September 1956 is the date of publication in the Amtsblatt des Saarlandes (Official Bulletin of the Saar State). The dates are the same concerning the coat-of-arms.

Pascal Vagnat, 19 December 1995

Landesflagge: the national flag, with the arms of Saarland in the center, with a narrow white border, slightly overlapping black and gold stripes. Officially adopted 10 September 1956.

Norman Martin, April 1998

Flagge des Minister-Präsidenten

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by Jaume Ollé, coat-of-arms by Mario Fabretto

The flag of the Minister-Präsident is a yellow square with a black and red border and the arms in the middle. Flag adopted 10th September 1956.

Pascal Vagnat, 19 December 1995

Square yellow flag with the arms in the center and a red inner and black outer border.

Norman Martin, April 1998

Land high authorities' flag since 1955: german colors, 25 × 35.5 [cm] with the arms in center. Scarce[ly] used. Source: Roger Harmignies, article in Vexilla Belgica, issue 11, 1987.

Jaume Ollé, 29 July 1999

In fact, the minister-president uses a 30 × 30 cm federal flag with a black and red border and the coat of arms of the Saar on the whole. The minister[s?] use the same flag but with a gold fringe around the flag, dimensions 25 × 25 cm. The directors of some state (Land) authorities use the same flag but with a silver fringe, dimensions 20 × 30 cm. Only the minister-president actually uses its flag, and on very rare events. Source: personal and legal archives, with legislation and official documents from the German Länder, as well as the informations of Jürgen Rimann, the best German specialist for all the car flags in the world and a very reliable source.

Pascal Vagnat, 1 August 1999