FLAGS OF GERMANY Year Flag Info 1200 - 1350 Midieval flag of the Holy Roman Empire 1350 - 1410 Holy Roman Empire "Imperator Ramanorum Semper Agustus" 1848 - 1866 National Flag of German Confederation 1867 - 1871 North German Confederation 1867 - 1921 Imperial War Flag 1871 - 1919 National Flag of Second German Empire 1919 - 1933 National Flag of Weimar Republic 1933 - 1935 National Flag of Third German Empire (together with swastika flag, then forbidden by National Socialists) 1933 - 1945 National Flag of Third German Empire (jointly with previous flag, currently forbidden in Germany) 1939 - 1945 Nazi Battle Flag (currently forbidden in Germany) 1949 - 1990 National Flag of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG - West Germany, BRD - Bundes Republik Deutschland) 1959 - 1990 National Flag of the German Democratic Republic (GDR - East Germany, DDR - Deutsche Demokratisches Republik, forbidden in West Germany until 1969) 1990 - Present National Flag of Germany