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Template:Country data Germany is an internal data container not intended to be transcluded directly. It is used indirectly by templates such as flag, flag icon, and others.

This template is within the scope of WikiProject Flag Template, a collaborative effort to maintain flag templates on Wikipedia. A more thorough discussion of the flag template system, including parameters not described here, can be found on the project page.

Standard parameters

Parameter name	Value	Meaning
`alias`	`Germany`	Main article name (Germany)
`flag alias`	`Flag of Germany.svg`	Image name (File:Flag of Germany.svg, shown on right)

Flag variants

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
`1866`		`Flag of the German Empire.svg`
`empire`		`Flag of the German Empire.svg`
`1919`		`Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg`
`Weimar`		`Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg`
`1933`		`Flag of Germany (1933-1935).svg`
`1935`		`Flag of Germany (1935–1945).svg`
`Nazi`		`Flag of Germany (1935–1945).svg`
`1946`		`Merchant flag of Germany (1946–1949).svg`
`1949`		`Flag of Germany.svg`
`EUA`		`German Olympic flag (1959-1968).svg`
`gold`		`Flag of West Germany; Flag of Germany (1990–1996).svg`
`state`		`Flag of Germany (state).svg`
`naval`		`Naval Ensign of Germany.svg`
`coast guard`		`German Federal Coast Guard racing stripe.svg`
`navy`		`Naval Ensign of Germany.svg`
`air force`		`Flag of Germany (state).svg`
`army`		`Colour of Germany.svg`

Redirect aliases

This template can also be used via an alias name (implemented as a redirect to this template):

Alias name	`((flag\|alias))` output	`((flag country\|alias))` output
`DEU` (view)	DEU	Germany
`GER` (view)	GER	Germany

See What links here for a full list of redirects.

Example usage

((flag|Germany)) → Germany
((flag icon|Germany)) →

Using a flag variant

((flag|Germany|1866)) → Germany
((flag icon|Germany|1866)) →

Using a redirect alias

((flag icon|DEU)) →
((flag country|DEU)) → Germany
((flag|DEU)) → DEU

Military ensigns

This template includes a naval flag variant that can be used with Template:Naval:

((naval|Germany)) → German Navy
((flag icon|Germany|naval)) →

This template includes an air force ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Air force:

((air force|Germany)) → German Air Force
((flag icon|Germany|air force)) →

This nation's military ensign is the same as its national flag, so Template: Armed forces produces the following:

((Armed forces|Germany)) → Bundeswehr

This template includes an ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Navy:

((navy|Germany)) → German Navy
((flag icon|Germany|navy)) →

This template includes a coast guard ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Coast guard:

((coast guard|Germany)) → German Federal Coast Guard
((flag icon|Germany|coast guard)) →

This template includes an army ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Army:

((army|Germany)) → German Army
((flag icon|Germany|army)) →

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

Other information

Country_data templates are also available for each of the sixteen States of Germany:

Template:Country data Baden-Württemberg	Baden-Württemberg
Template:Country data Bavaria	Bavaria
Template:Country data Berlin	Berlin
Template:Country data Brandenburg	Brandenburg
Template:Country data Bremen	Bremen
Template:Country data Hamburg	Hamburg
Template:Country data Hesse	Hesse
Template:Country data Lower Saxony	Lower Saxony
Template:Country data Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Template:Country data North Rhine-Westphalia	North Rhine-Westphalia
Template:Country data Rhineland-Palatinate	Rhineland-Palatinate
Template:Country data Saarland	Saarland
Template:Country data Saxony	Saxony
Template:Country data Saxony-Anhalt	Saxony-Anhalt
Template:Country data Schleswig-Holstein	Schleswig-Holstein
Template:Country data Thuringia	Thuringia

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Country data Germany in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Country data Germany

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