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.

This template is within the scope of WikiProject Flag Template, a collaborative effort to maintain flag templates on Wikipedia. A more thorough discussion of the flag template system, including parameters not described here, can be found on the project page.

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

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)	DEU	Germany
`GER` (view)	GER	Germany

See What links here for a full list of redirects.

Example usage

{{flag|Germany}} → Germany
{{flagicon|Germany}} →

Using a flag variant

{{flag|Germany|1866}} → Germany
{{flagicon|Germany|1866}} →

Using a redirect alias

{{flagicon|DEU}} →
{{flagcountry|DEU}} → Germany
{{flag|DEU}} → DEU

Military ensigns

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

{{naval|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 navy flag variant that can be used with Template:Navy:

{{navy|Germany}} → German Navy
{{flagicon|Germany|navy}} →

This template includes a coast guard ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Coast guard:

{{coast guard|Germany}} → Template: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}} →

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

Other information

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

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

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools; see the monthly parameter usage report for this template.

TemplateData for Country data Germany

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 "description": "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.",
 "params": {}

} </templatedata>

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