Flag of the Weimar Republic

E41496

national flag tricolour

The Flag of the Weimar Republic was the black-red-gold tricolour used by Germany’s democratic government between World War I and the rise of the Nazi regime.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Disambiguation Statements Elicitation Referenced by

All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Flag of Germany	6
Flag of Germany (Federal Republic of Germany)	1
Flag of the Weimar Republic canonical	1
Flagge der Weimarer Republik	1
State flag of Germany	1
modern Flag of Germany	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T322741 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Flag of the Weimar Republic
Context triple: [Flag of Nazi Germany, replaced, Flag of the Weimar Republic]

A. Flag of Nazi Germany
The Flag of Nazi Germany was the red banner featuring a white circle with a black swastika at its center, symbolizing the totalitarian and genocidal regime of Adolf Hitler from 1933 to 1945.
B. Romani flag
The Romani flag is a blue-and-green bicolor with a red, sixteen-spoked chakra wheel in the center, symbolizing the Romani people's Indian origins, nomadic heritage, and shared identity.
C. Flag of Greece
The Flag of Greece is a national symbol featuring nine horizontal blue and white stripes with a white cross on a blue canton, representing Greek Orthodoxy and the country's struggle for independence.
D. Israeli flag
The Israeli flag is the national flag of Israel, featuring a blue Star of David between two horizontal blue stripes on a white background.
E. Flag of the Finnish Defence Forces
The Flag of the Finnish Defence Forces is the official military flag of Finland, featuring national symbols that represent the country’s armed services and their authority.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Flag of the Weimar Republic
Target entity description: The Flag of the Weimar Republic was the black-red-gold tricolour used by Germany’s democratic government between World War I and the rise of the Nazi regime.

A. Flag of Nazi Germany
The Flag of Nazi Germany was the red banner featuring a white circle with a black swastika at its center, symbolizing the totalitarian and genocidal regime of Adolf Hitler from 1933 to 1945.
B. Romani flag
The Romani flag is a blue-and-green bicolor with a red, sixteen-spoked chakra wheel in the center, symbolizing the Romani people's Indian origins, nomadic heritage, and shared identity.
C. Flag of Greece
The Flag of Greece is a national symbol featuring nine horizontal blue and white stripes with a white cross on a blue canton, representing Greek Orthodoxy and the country's struggle for independence.
D. Israeli flag
The Israeli flag is the national flag of Israel, featuring a blue Star of David between two horizontal blue stripes on a white background.
E. Flag of the Finnish Defence Forces
The Flag of the Finnish Defence Forces is the official military flag of Finland, featuring national symbols that represent the country’s armed services and their authority.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	national flag ⓘ tricolour ⓘ
abolishedBy	Nazi government ⓘ linked to: Nazi Germany
abolitionYear	1935 ⓘ
adopted	1919 ⓘ
adoptedBy	National Assembly at Weimar ⓘ linked to: Weimar National Assembly
coexistedWith	black-white-red merchant and war ensigns in early Weimar years ⓘ
color	black ⓘ gold ⓘ red ⓘ
country	Germany ⓘ
culturalMeaning	symbol of failed first German democracy ⓘ
design	horizontal tricolour ⓘ
historicalContext	Treaty of Versailles era ⓘ post–World War I settlement ⓘ
historicalOrigin	black-red-gold colours of the 19th‑century German liberal movement ⓘ flag of the 1848–1849 German revolutions ⓘ
historicalPrecursor	flag of the German Confederation (black-red-gold) ⓘ
influenced	modern Flag of Germany ⓘ linked to: Flag of the Weimar Republic
languageOfName	German ⓘ
laterReinterpretation	rehabilitated as positive democratic symbol after 1945 ⓘ
legalBasis	Weimar Constitution ⓘ
nativeName	Flagge der Weimarer Republik ⓘ linked to: Flag of the Weimar Republic Schwarz-Rot-Gold ⓘ
opposedBy	Nazi Party ⓘ monarchists in Germany ⓘ nationalists in Germany ⓘ
periodOfUseEnd	1933 ⓘ
periodOfUseStart	1919 ⓘ
politicalAssociation	liberalism ⓘ republican democracy ⓘ
relatedSymbol	black-red-gold cockade ⓘ
replaced	black-white-red tricolour of the German Empire ⓘ
replacedBy	black-white-red tricolour (Nazi-era co‑national flag) ⓘ swastika flag of Nazi Germany ⓘ linked to: Flag of Nazi Germany
sharesDesignWith	Flag of Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) ⓘ linked to: Flag of the Weimar Republic
status	national flag of Germany ⓘ
stripeOrderTopToBottom	black-red-gold ⓘ
symbolizes	German democracy ⓘ German national unity ⓘ republicanism ⓘ
usedAs	civil flag ⓘ state flag ⓘ war flag (variant with additional symbols) ⓘ
usedBy	Weimar Republic ⓘ
usedIn	Reichstag building during Weimar era ⓘ diplomatic missions of Germany (1919–1933) ⓘ official buildings of the Weimar Republic ⓘ

How these facts were elicited