Bremen

The civil flag of Bremen, a city and a federal land of Germany, is a eight alternating horizontal stripes of red (the upper stripe) and white, with a narrow vertical area near the hoist side where the colors of the stripes are reversed.
The state flags are similar to the civil one, but defaced with different versions of the city coat of arms, and the flag with the greater arms has twelve stripes instead of eight. The state flags were adopted in 1947.
File:Bremen (greater arms).png|State flag with the greater coat of arms
File:Bremen (middle arms).svg|State flag with the middle coat of arms
==Symbolism==
According to the German heraldic tradition, the colours of the flag reflect the colours of the coat of arms.
==History==
The design of the current civil flag was specified in 1891.
==References==
*Bremen on Flags of the World
Category:Germany
Category:Proportions 3-5
Category:German Cities