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Lübeck (Germany)

by Pascal Vagnat, 9 September 1996.

Flag used by the modern City of Lübeck.

Lübeck ceased to be a state after 1945, so all flags below are historical only.

1) 1685.

by Jorge Candeias, 28 September 1998

A yellow-red horizontal bicolor. Only one source. Possibly a mistake for no.2.
Norman Martin, 1998-02-25.

2) 1700, 1705, 1716, 1750, 1805, 1842, 1862, 1865.

by Jorge Candeias, 8 July 1998

A white-red horizontal bicolor. Officially adopted 19 Nov 1890. [Illustrated NG p.371, no.1153, Smith, FTAAW, p.205]
Norman Martin, 1998-02-25.

3) 1737, 1862.

by Jaume Ollé, 10 June 1998

A white-red horizontal bicolor at the center a crowned black double-headed eagle with sword and scepter, in escutcheon the small arms of Lübeck (per fess white over red). [Illustrated Smith, FTAAW, p.205]
Norman Martin, 1998-02-25.

4) 1900, 1905.

by Jaume Ollé, 10 June 1998

A white-red horizontal bicolor, a white rectangle occupying 2/3 of the height of the red stripe. At the center of the rectangle overlapping the white stripe, an uncrowned black double-headed eagle without regalia, in escutcheon the small arms of Lübeck [Illustrated Crampton, p.42, Meyers Konversations- Lexikon, 6 ed., vol. 4, facing p. 799]
Norman Martin, 1998-02-25.

5) Service flag for Lübeck State Vessels and State Maritime Buildings.

by Jaume Ollé, 2 February 1998

Like Like Prussia, no. 61, except in the square canton the black eagle of no. 4. Adopted 1893 and abandoned by 1921. [Illustrated Crampton, p.42, Meyers Konversations- Lexikon, 6 ed., vol. 4,NG p.367, no. 999 and 1008].
Norman Martin, 1998-02-25.

6) Service flag for Lübeck State Vessels and State Maritime Buildings.

by Jaume Ollé, 13 June 1998

The black-white-red flag with the National arms in the center (apparently slightly offset towards the hoist) with a square red canton covering the black stripe in which the black eagle of no. 4.. (Thus the National service flag with the canton). In use 1921-c.1926
Norman Martin, 1998-02-25.

7) Service flag for Lübeck State Vessels at Sea.

by Jaume Ollé, 13 June 1998

The black-white-red flag with the National arms in the center (apparently slightly offset towards the hoist) with a square red canton covering the black stripe in which the small arms of Lübeck. (Thus the National service flag with the canton). In use c.1926-1935 [Illustrated: Grosse Brockhaus, 15th ed., vol.4, p.656]
Norman Martin, 1998-02-25.

8) Service flag for Lübeck State Vessels in Inland Waters.

by Jaume Ollé, 13 June 1998

Like 4), but with in the lower hoist a gold anchor with a diagonal point directed towards the bottom left.In use from at least 1921 until 1935.

It seems likely that no. 4 replaced no. 3 somewhere around 1870. After 1945, unlike Hamburg and Bremen, Lübeck was not re-established as a state and hence, these flags no longer qualify as state flags.
Norman Martin, 1998-02-25.

See also:

Germany