Flag Days
Following federal decree on 22 March 2005, the flag must be flown from public buildings on the following dates. Not all of these days are public holidays.
| Date | Name | Reason |
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| 27 January | Commemoration Day for the Victims of National Socialism Tag des Gedenkens an die Opfer des Nationalsozialismus |
Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp, observed by the United Nations as International Holocaust Remembrance Day (half-mast) |
| 1 May | International Workers' Day Tag der Arbeit |
Was established for the German labour unions to demonstrate for the promotion of workers' welfare. |
| 9 May | Europe day Europatag |
Anniversary of the Schuman Declaration, leading to the European Union (1950) |
| 23 May | Constitution Day | Anniversary of the German constitution (1949) |
| 17 June | Jahrestag des 17. Juni 1953 | Anniversary of the Uprising of 1953 in East Germany |
| 20 July | Jahrestag des 20. Juli 1944 | Anniversary of the July 20 plot, the failed assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler by Claus von Stauffenberg (1944) |
| 3 October | German Unity Day Tag der Deutschen Einheit |
Anniversary of German reunification (1990) |
| Two Sundays before the first Advent | National day of mourning Volkstrauertag |
In memory of all killed during wartime (half-mast) |
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Election days for the Bundestag and the European Parliament are also flag days in some states, in addition to other state-specific flag days. The public display of flags to mark other events, such as the election of the president or the death of a prominent politician (whereupon flags would be at half-mast), can be declared at the discretion of the Federal Ministry of the Interior. When flags are required to be flown at half-mast, vertical flags are not lowered. A black mourning ribbon is instead attached, either atop the mast (if hung from a pole) or to each end of the flag's supporting cross-beams (if flown like a banner).
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Famous quotes containing the words flag and/or days:
“—Here, the flag snaps in the glare and silence
Of the unbroken ice. I stand here,
The dogs bark, my beard is black, and I stare
At the North Pole. . .
And now what? Why, go back.
Turn as I please, my step is to the south.”
—Randall Jarrell (1914–1965)
“There are days when the great are near us, when there is no frown on their brow, no condescension even; when they take us by the hand, and we share their thought.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)