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== Flag-flying days ==
There are a number of [[Flag-flying day|flag-flying days]] in Germany. Following federal [[decree]] on 22 March 2005, the flag must be flown from public buildings on the following dates. Only 1 May and 3 October are public holidays.

[[File:MuensterStadtweinhaus.jpg|thumb|upright|The {{lang|de|Stadtweinhaus}} in [[Münster]] with banners displayed in mourning (note the black ribbons atop each staff) after the death of former German president [[Johannes Rau]] in 2006]]

{| class=wikitable style="font-size:100%"
|-
! Date
! Name
! Reason
|-
| 27 January
| Commemoration Day for the Victims of National Socialism<br />{{lang|de|Tag des Gedenkens an die Opfer des Nationalsozialismus}}
| Anniversary of the liberation of [[Auschwitz concentration camp]] (1945), observed by the United Nations as [[International Holocaust Remembrance Day]] (half-staff)
|-
| 1 May
| [[International Workers' Day#Germany|Day of Labour]]<br />{{lang|de|Tag der Arbeit}}
| Established for German labour unions to demonstrate for the promotion of workers' welfare
|-
| 9 May
| [[Europe Day]]<br />{{lang|de|Europatag}}
| Anniversary of the [[Schuman Declaration]], leading to the [[European Union]] (1950)
|-
| 23 May
| Constitution Day<br />{{lang|de|Grundgesetztag}}
| Anniversary of the [[Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany|German Basic Law]] (1949)
|-
| 17 June
| Anniversary of 17 June 1953<br />{{lang|de|Jahrestag des 17. Juni 1953}}
| Anniversary of the [[East German uprising of 1953]]
|-
| 20 July
| Anniversary of 20 July 1944<br />{{lang|de|Jahrestag des 20. Juli 1944}}
| Anniversary of the [[20 July Plot]], the failed assassination attempt on [[Adolf Hitler]] by [[Claus von Stauffenberg]] (1944)
|-
| 3 October
| [[German Unity Day|Day of German Unity]]<br />{{lang|de|Tag der Deutschen Einheit}}
| Anniversary of [[German reunification]] (1990)
|-
| The 2nd Sunday before [[Advent]]
| [[Volkstrauertag|People's Mourning Day]]<br />{{lang|de|Volkstrauertag}}
| In memory of all killed during wartime (half-staff)
|-
| colspan="3" | {{center|Source: Federal Government of Germany<ref name="flagday">{{cite web |url=http://www.bmi.bund.de/SharedDocs/Standardartikel/DE/Ministerium/Protokoll/beflaggungserlass.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071216020447/http://www.bund.de/nn_58840/Microsites/Protokoll/Beflaggung/Beflaggungserlass-der-Bundesregierung/Beflaggungserlass-knoten.html__nnn%3Dtrue |archive-date=16 December 2007 |title=Beflaggungserlass der Bundesregierung |author=Federal Government of Germany |language=de |date=22 March 2005 |access-date=11 March 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
|}

Election days for the [[Bundestag]] and the [[European Parliament]] are also flag days in some states, in addition to other state-specific flag days. The public display of flags to mark other events, such as the election of the [[President of Germany|president]] or the death of a prominent politician (whereupon flags would be at half-staff), can be declared at the discretion of the [[Federal Ministry of the Interior (Germany)|Federal Ministry of the Interior]].<ref name="flagday"/> When flags are required to be flown at half-staff, vertical flags are not lowered. A black mourning ribbon is instead attached, either atop the staff (if hung from a pole) or to each end of the flag's supporting cross-beams (if flown like a banner).<ref name="flagprotocol">{{cite web |url=http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/de_law.html#pro |title=Flag Protocol (Germany) |work=[[Flags of the World (website)|Flags of the World]] |date=6 February 2002 |access-date=26 February 2008 |archive-date=1 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101025611/http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/de_law.html#pro |url-status=live }}</ref>