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Issue 16 (14th April 2001) of the German weekly news magazine Der Spiegel, p. 161, showed this picture of German Football fans in Dortmund waving several flags, especially flags of their club Borussia Dortmund.
Marcus Schmöger, 11 May 2001
Issue 13 (26th March 2001) of the German weekly news magazine Der Spiegel, p. 168, showed this picture of supporters of the German football club Eintracht Frankfurt (Unity Frankfurt) waving flags of their club. Small pictures of the different flags can be seen at the club's website in the fanshop [go to "Accessoires: Fahnen"].
Marcus Schmöger, 11 May 2001
![[HSV Football Club (Germany)]](../images/d/de@hsv.gif)
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by Marcus Schmöger
Issue 14 (2nd April 2001) of the German weekly news magazine Der Spiegel, p. 175, showed this picture of supporters of the German football club HSV waving flags of their club. Pictures of the different flags can be seen at the club's website in the fanshop.
Marcus Schmöger, 11 May 2001
From the club website:
September 29th 1887: The Hohenfelder Sports Club and the Wandsbek-Maruienthaler Sports Club found Sport-Club Germania von 1887, which was to become one of the three clubs to form HSV.(Red and white are the Hamburg city colours.) However the flag shown on that same webpage is the current one — though labelled Hamburg's colours (sic). Quite confusing. However, the German version gives further and more correct details:June 1st 1919: SC Germania, Hamburg FC and FC Falke 1906 merge to form Hamburg SV. The club colours of red and white are picked as a compromise suitable for all.
01. Juni 1919: Der SC Germania, der Hamburger FC und der FC Falke 1906 vereinigen sich zum Hamburger SV. Rot und Weiß werden zu den Vereinsfarben gewählt, blau und schwarz —die Farben des SC Germania— tauchen im Rhombus des Vereinswappens auf.The last sentence reads, "Red and white are chosen as the club's colours, blue and black —the SC Germania colours— appear in the lozenge of the club's arms". The contradiction is not fully settled, since the nearby flag (again the same as Marcus reported) is labelled Die Vereinsfarben des HSV i.e. the HSV club colours.
By the way, the scanned picture from Der Spiegel shows (center left) a further variant of a HSV flag (at least it uses the same colours) which is quite interesting in that it follows the Union Flag pattern.
Santiago Dotor, 7 June 2002
White shirts and red trousers are the colours in which the HSV traditionally plays — that is probably what the 'club colours' are about.
Stefan Schwoon, 7 June 2002
![[HSV Football Club, variant with stripe in German colours (Germany)]](../images/d/de@hsv_g.gif)
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