Hanseatic flags
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{{short description|Banners of Hanseatic cities}}
Hanseatic flags are the banners of Hanseatic cities that were flown by cogs and other ships of the Hanseatic League from 13th to 17th centuries.
History
Originally, Hanseatic ships displayed red gonfalones on their masts, which had a cross at its peak to denote the protection of the sovereign. Red was also the colour used by Danish and English shipping, the English later adopting the St George's Cross. From the second half of the 13th century, the individual Hanseatic cities created various banners to distinguish themselves from other member cities. The red gonfalone remained in use in addition to these flags. The oldest Hanseatic flag is the plain red banner used by Hamburg. Hanseatic flags were mostly red-white and some featured symbols, such as crosses.
Many cities that were members of the Hanseatic league continue to use red and white as their city colours today.
Hanseatic pennant
In addition to these banners, ships also flew a Hanseatic pennant (Hanseatenwimpel) where the upper half is white (silver) and the lower half is red.
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Banners
= 13th century =
= 14th century =
= 15th century =
File:Hanse_Königsberg.svg|Königsberg (Kaliningrad)
File:Hanse_Wismar.svg|Wismar
File:Hanse_Stettin.svg|Stettin (Szczecin)
= Other seals and coins =
File:Siegel Elbing 1350.jpg|1350 seal of Elbląg (Elbing), depicting the ship flying city banner
File:Siegel Stralsund 1329.preview.png|Seal of Stralsund (1329)
Flags of Hanseatic cities today
{{See also|Lists of German municipal flags|List of city flags in Europe}}
VlagArnhem.svg|Arnheim (Arnhem)
Flagge Arnsberg.svg|Arnsberg
Flagge Beckum.svg|Beckum
Flag of Berlin.svg|Berlin
Hissflagge Bielefeld.svg|Bielefeld
Flagge Bocholt.svg|Bocholt
DEU Bochum Flag.svg|Bochum
Banner Borgentreich.svg|Borgentreich
DEU Braunschweig Flag.svg|Braunschweig
Flagge Breckerfeld.svg|Breckerfeld
Flag of Bremen.svg|Bremen
Flagge Köln.svg|Köln (Cologne)
Deventer vlag.svg|Deventer
Flagge Dinslaken.svg|Dinslaken
Flag of Doesburg.svg|Doesburg
Flag of Dortmund.svg|Dortmund
Flagge der Stadt Duisburg mit Wappen.svg|Duisburg
POL Elbląg flag.svg|Elbing
Flagge Emmerich.svg|Emmerich am Rhein
Flagge der kreisfreien Stadt Erfurt laut Hauptsatzung.svg|Erfurt
Hissflagge der Stadt Frankfurt an der Oder.svg|Frankfurt an der Oder
POL Gdańsk flag.svg|Gdańsk
Flagge Geldern.svg|Geldern
Flagge Geseke.svg|Geseke
Flagge Goslar.svg|Goslar
Flagge Goettingen.svg|Göttingen
Hissflagge der Stadt Greifswald.svg|Greifswald
Flag of Groningen City.svg|Groningen
Flagge der Stadt Hagen.svg|Hagen
Flag of Halle (Saale).svg|Halle (Saale)
Flag of Hamburg.svg|Hamburg
Flagge der Stadt Hamm.svg|Hamm
Flagge Hannover.svg|Hannover (Hanover)
Banner Haseluenne.svg|Haselünne
Hattem vlag.svg|Hattem
Flagge Hattingen.svg|Hattingen
Flagge Herford.svg|Herford
Flagge Hildesheim.svg|Hildesheim
Flagge Kamen.svg|Kamen
Flag of Kampen.svg|Kampen
Flagge der kreisfreien Stadt Kiel.svg|Kiel
Klaipeda City Flag.svg|Memel (Klaipėda)
POL Kołobrzeg flag.svg|Kolberg (Kołobrzeg)
Flag of Kaliningrad.svg|Königsberg (Kaliningrad)
POL Koszalin flag.svg|Köslin (Koszalin)
Flag of Kraków.svg|Kraków
Flagge der Hansestadt Lübeck.svg|Lübeck
Flagge Magdeburg.svg|Magdeburg
Flagge Minden.svg|Minden
Flagge der kreisfreien Stadt Münster (Westfalen).svg|Münster
Flagge Neuss.svg|Neuss
Flag of Nijmegen.svg|Nijmegen
Flag of Oldenzaal.svg|Oldenzaal
Flag of Ommen.svg|Ommen
Hissflagge der Stadt Osnabrück.svg|Osnabrück
Flagge der Stadt Paderborn.svg|Paderborn
Flag of et-Parnu.svg|Pernau (Pärnu)
Flagge Ratingen.svg|Ratingen
Flag of Riga.svg|Riga
Roermond vlag.svg|Roermond
Flagge Rostock.svg|Rostock
POL Słupsk flag 1.svg|Stolp (Słupsk)
Flagge der Stadt Soest.svg|Soest
Flagge Solingen.svg|Solingen
Flag of Stockholm.svg|Stockholm
Flag of Stralsund.svg|Stralsund
POL Szczecin flag.svg|Stettin (Szczecin)
Flag of Tallinn.svg|Reval (Tallinn)
Tartu flag.svg|Dorpat (Tartu)
Flag of Toruń (colors).svg|Toruń
Flagge Unna.svg|Unna
Flag of et-Viljandi.svg|Fellin (Viljandi)
Vreden vlag.svg|Vreden
DEU Warburg Banner.svg|Warburg
Flagge Warendorf.svg|Warendorf
Flagge Werne.svg|Werne
Flagge Wesel.svg|Wesel
Flagge Winterberg.svg|Winterberg
Flagge Wipperfuerth.svg|Wipperfürth
Flag of Wismar.svg|Wismar
DEU Wolgast flag.png|Wolgast
POL Wrocław flag.svg|Breslau (Wrocław)
Flag of Zutphen.svg|Zutphen
Flag of Zwolle.svg|Zwolle
External links
- [http://www.ngw.nl/ International Civic Heraldry]
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