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Flag Proposals 1990 (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)

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• Introduction
• Proposal no.1 by Jiri Tenora
• Proposal no.2 by the Constitution committee
• Proposal no.3 by the Constitution committee
• Proposal no.4 by Arnold Rabbow
• Proposal no.5 by Fritz Wächter
• Proposal no.6 by Ernst Haiger
• Proposal no.7 by Jürgen Arndt
• Proposal no.8 by Udo Dräger
• Proposal no.9 by H. Günter Neum
• Proposal no.10 by Erhard Hirsch
• Proposal no.11 by the Ministry of the Interior
• Proposal no.12 by Arthur S. Sepp
• Proposal no.13 by Ulrich Zeiler
• Proposal no.14 by Ulrich Zeiler

See also:

• Historical Flags (Saxony-Anhalt / Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany)
• Saxony-Anhalt (Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany)
• Germany

Shortly after the German reunification in 1990, Länder [federal states] were reconstituted in the area of the former German Democratic Republic. The historical background of the five new Länder (Saxony, Thuringia, Saxony-Anhalt, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania) was very different. Especially Saxony-Anhalt is a conglomerate of parts with differing history and had only a short history as an own Land from 1945-1952. So it was especially difficult to find symbols for the new Land.

There were a lot of different proposals for a new coat-of-arms in 1990; the one from 1948-1952 was used inofficially for some time in 1990-91, but was not a favoured design for the new Land due to its socialist attributes. Most of the coat-of-arms proposals showed a lot of historical arms in a quartered shield. In the end the current arms was established, which is certainly the heraldically least pleasing of all German Länder coats-of-arms.

The discussion about the flag was not as intense; however, the black-yellow flag used by the Prussian Provinz Sachsen and later from 1945-1952 could not be used, as Baden-Württemberg now uses this colour combination. There were about 14 proposals [which are] described and shown in Günther 1996. These show only the proposals for a civil flag (sometimes identical to the state flag); in most cases the state flag would contain the would-be coat-of-arms.

M. Schmöger, 8 Mar 2001

A green-yellow-black triband, combining the green of Anhalt with the yellow and black of the Provinz Sachsen. Proposed by Jiri Tenora.
Source: Günther 1996.
M. Schmöger, 8 Mar 2001

A black-yellow bicolour with a canton striped red-green-white, also combining symbols for Anhalt and the Provinz Sachsen. Proposed by the Constitution working committee for the preparation of the establishment of the Land.
Source: Günther 1996.
M. Schmöger, 8 Mar 2001

A black-yellow bicolour with the then-favoured arms; this would have been used as civil and state flag. Proposed by the Constitution working committee for the preparation of the establishment of the Land.
Source: Günther 1996.
M. Schmöger, 8 Mar 2001

A flag striped eight times of yellow and black, as a banner of arms of the most important part of the arms. Proposed by Arnold Rabbow.
Source: Günther 1996.
M. Schmöger, 8 Mar 2001

A red-white bicolour, based on some coat-of-arms proposals with dominant red and white colours [see for instance proposal no.6]. Proposed by Fritz Wächter.
Source: Günther 1996.
M. Schmöger, 8 Mar 2001

A black-red-gold triband with the would-be arms, following the example of Lower Saxony, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saar; this would have been used as civil and state flag. Proposed by Ernst Haiger.
Source: Günther 1996.
M. Schmöger, 8 Mar 2001

A red-white-green triband, based on the the old Ascanian arms (red eagle on silver and green rue crown) and the Anhalt colours. Proposed by Jürgen Arndt.
Source: Günther 1996.
M. Schmöger, 8 Mar 2001

A red white bicolour with a bend sinister of black and yellow, based on the main colours of a coat-of-arms proposal. Proposed by Udo Dräger.
Source: Günther 1996.
M. Schmöger, 8 Mar 2001

A black-red-gold triband with a wider red stripe and the would-be arms in the centre, a modification of the arms of the Counts of Ballenstedt. Proposed by H. Günter Neum.
Source: Günther 1996.
M. Schmöger, 8 Mar 2001

A black-yellow bicolour with a roundel in the Anhalt colours (red-green-white) in the centre, symbolising that Anhalt is surrounded by the former Provinz Sachsen [see areas 'A' and 'vii' on the clickable map of Germany 1871]. Proposed by Erhard Hirsch.
Source: Günther 1996.
M. Schmöger, 8 Mar 2001

A flag striped ten times of yellow and black, as a banner of arms of the most important part of the arms. Proposed by the Ministry of the Interior as a draft to the parliament, but rejected.
Source: Günther 1996.
M. Schmöger, 8 Mar 2001

A vertical tricolour of red-green-white, the Anhalt colours. Proposed by Arthur S. Sepp.
Source: Günther 1996.
M. Schmöger, 8 Mar 2001

A flag divided from bottom hoist to top fly red over white with a yellow-black bend sinister, combining the main colours of the would-be-arms. Proposed by Ulrich Zeiler.
Source: Günther 1996.
M. Schmöger, 8 Mar 2001

A flag with a thin yellow stripe at the top, a wider stripe divided like an embattled wall of red and white, and a thin black stripe at the bottom. Proposed by Ulrich Zeiler.
Source: Günther 1996.
M. Schmöger, 8 Mar 2001

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