What does the flag of Germany mean?
First opinion The colors were first used in the 19th century during the struggle for the unification of the many German (independent) states into a more democratic construct of a nation. In a poem it is called the dark night (presence with small states, a lot of borders within Germany, powerful autocrats and no citizen rights), the red morning (the idea of a better future, the ideals of the young, the struggle) and the golden light (the future of a united Germany where all Germans together can work for the better in the country). Later was freedom added to the symbols. The flags of the President and the Chancellor have an eagle in the middle due to the heraldic history of German flags. They represent the colors worn by the fraternity students, and other members of the volunteer “German” army that helped defeat a retreating Napoleon during the Battle of the Nations in Leipzig. Before this time, the idea of a unified German nation was nothing more than an idealistic dream; however, the h
