In 1919, the National Assembly, which met in Weimar after the collapse of the German Empire, again designated black-red-gold as the flag of the newly founded Weimar Republic.. This was preceded by ...

It was adopted as the national flag of the German Empire in 1892. However, when the Weimar Republic was formed in 1918, the original flag colours of 'Schwarz-Rot-Gold' came back into action and ...

He said when the flag was created in 1901, the Union Jack was added to show Australia was part of the British Empire, and the blue background was common of colonial nations.