Flag of Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony
State civil flag (Landesflagge)
UseCivil and state flag
Proportion2:3
Adopted1951
State Flag (Landesdienstflagge) at sea
UseState ensign
Proportion3:5
Adopted1951

The flag of Lower Saxony consists of the flag of the Federal Republic of Germany in Schwarz-Rot-Gold, with the coat of arms of Lower Saxony, shifted slightly toward the hoist. This flag is the civil and state flag. A double tailed version in 3:5 ratio is used as the state ensign.[1]

  1. ^ World Flag Database (2001-01-28), Germany Sub-national flags, retrieved 2011-01-18