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.

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

Military ensigns

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

• {{navy|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 nation's military ensign is the same as its national flag, so Template: Armed forces produces the following:

• {{Armed forces|Germany}} → Template:Armed forces
  

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

• {{naval|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}} → German Federal 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}} →

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

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

• Template:Country data German EmpireGerman Empire
• Template:Country data Weimar RepublicWeimar Republic
• Template:Country data Nazi GermanyNazi Germany
• Template:Country data Allied-occupied GermanyTemplate:Country data Allied-occupied Germany
• Template:Country data East GermanyEast Germany
• Template:Country data West GermanyTemplate:Country data West Germany

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Country data Germany in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Country data Germany

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.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
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