Deutsche Gesellschaft für Flaggenkunde (DGF)

Germany

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• Flags of the DGF Meetings
• Germany
• Vexillological Associations
• Fédération internationale des associations vexillologiques (FIAV)

Mailing Address

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Flaggenkunde e.V. (DGF)
Postfach 11 15
28817 ACHIM
Germany

Other information

Type: association

President/Other: Andreas Herzfeld, chairman
Secretary: Alfons Kuhnerle, secretary
Telephone: +49 341 4 25 10 80 (Andreas Herzfeld)
Fax: +49 341 4 24 29 56 (Andreas Herzfeld)
e-mail: webmaster@flaggenkunde.de
Home Page: http://www.flaggenkunde.de

Established: 4 February 1995
FIAV Member Since: 12 August 1997
Membership Status: full

Territory: Germany

On 4 February 1995 the first German flag society was founded at Achim (near Bremen). In the meanwhile there had been held two national conventions at Leipzig (November 1995) and Ansbach (October 1996). The next rally was October 1997 at Muenster, Westphalia (site of the Westphalian Peace Treaty ending the Thirty Years' War of 1618/48 in Europe).

During the meeting of February 1995 a flag for the society was adopted. It shows the German colors black, red and golden yellow forming a V for "vexillology". The curved knots symbolize the sciences of vexillology.

Publications:

Periodical Publications:
Der Flaggenkurier (ISSN 0949-6173; German; semiannual; since 1995)
DGF-Nachrichten (German; since 1995)