Template:Country data Germany

Template documentation

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

File:Flag of Germany.svg

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	File:Flag of the German Empire.svg	Flag of the German Empire.svg
empire	File:Flag of the German Empire.svg	Flag of the German Empire.svg
1919	File:Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg	Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg
Weimar	File:Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg	Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg
1933		Flag of Germany (1933-1935).svg
1935	File:Flag of Germany (1935–1945).svg	Flag of Germany (1935–1945).svg
Nazi	File:Flag of Germany (1935–1945).svg	Flag of Germany (1935–1945).svg
1946	File:Merchant flag of Germany (1946–1949).svg	Merchant flag of Germany (1946–1949).svg
1949	File:Flag of Germany.svg	Flag of Germany.svg
EUA	File:German Olympic flag (1959-1968).svg	German Olympic flag (1959-1968).svg
gold		Flag of West Germany; Flag of Germany (1990–1996).svg
state	File:Flag of Germany (state).svg	Flag of Germany (state).svg
naval		Naval Ensign of Germany.svg
coast guard		German Federal Coast Guard racing stripe.svg
air force	File:Flag of Germany (state).svg	Flag of Germany (state).svg
army	Error creating thumbnail:	Colour of Germany.svg

Military ensigns

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

• {{Navy|Germany}} → German Navy
• {{Flagicon|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
• {{Flagicon|Germany|air force}} →
  This template includes a coast guard ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Coast guard:
• {{Coast guard|Germany}} → German Federal Coast Guard
• {{Flagicon|Germany|coast guard}} →
  This template includes an army ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Army:
• {{Army|Germany}} → German Army
• {{Flagicon|Germany|army}} →

Redirect aliases

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

Alias name	{{Flag|alias}} output	{{Flagcountry|alias}} output
DEU (view)	Flag of DEU DEU	Germany
GER (view)	Flag of GER GER	Germany

See What links here for a full list of redirects.

Example usage

• {{Flag|Germany}} → Flag of Germany Germany
• {{Flagicon|Germany}} →

Using a flag variant

• {{Flag|Germany|1866}} → Flag of Germany Germany
• {{Flagicon|Germany|1866}} →

Using a redirect alias

• {{Flagicon|DEU}} →
• {{Flagcountry|DEU}} → Germany
• {{Flag|DEU}} → Flag of DEU DEU

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

• Template:Country data German EmpireFlag of German Empire German Empire
• Template:Country data Weimar RepublicFlag of Weimar Republic Weimar Republic
• Template:Country data Nazi GermanyFlag of Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
• Template:Country data Allied-occupied GermanyError creating thumbnail: Allied-occupied Germany
• Template:Country data East Germany East Germany
• Template:Country data West GermanyFlag of West Germany West Germany

Other information

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

Template:Country data Baden-Württemberg	Flag of Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg
Template:Country data Bavaria	Flag of 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	Flag of Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt
Template:Country data Schleswig-Holstein	Schleswig-Holstein
Template:Country data Thuringia	Thuringia

TemplateData

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TemplateData for Country data Germany

This template should not be used directly. It is used indirectly by flag templates such as Template:Flag and Template:Flagicon. See Category:Flag template system for a full list of flag templates and Wikipedia:WikiProject Flag Template for further documentation.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
No parameters specified

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