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Social Democratic Party (Germany)

Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, SPD

[Social Democratic Party, vertical flag (Germany)]

by Marcus Schmöger

Introduction
Horizontal Flag
SPD in Bavaria (Bayern-SPD)
Flag c.1980, possibly mistaken
Young Socialists in the SPD (Jungsozialisten in der SPD / Jusos)
Historical Flags

See also:

Political Parties (Germany)
Germany

Introduction

I have seen three different kinds of SPD flags in recent times:

Red flag with large 'SPD' centered (image at the top). This was used during a demonstration in Dortmund in March 2001, as seen in a photo in Internet.
Vertical red flag (flapping flag) with large 'SPD' somewhat shifted to the top. This is flown on the SPD headquarters in Berlin.
Red flag with 'SPD' and beneath 'Bayern'. This is the flag used by the Bayern-SPD (the Bavarian branch of the SPD) at their headquarters in Munich.

It was not possible up to now to get definitive informations from the SPD headquarters on the flags. As with other (bigger as well as smaller) parties they either ignore requests for information or they simply tell you about their logo. The word 'flag' does obviously not exist in their vocabulary.

Marcus Schmöger, 7 September 2001

Horizontal Flag

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by Marcus Schmöger

SPD in Bavaria

Bayern-SPD

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by Marcus Schmöger

Flag c.1980, possibly mistaken

by Jaume Ollé

As already pointed out by Philip Schäfer, this 'flag' is based on the logo of the SPD, which shows on a red field the inscription 'SPD' at the bottom. For instance, the logo was used in the form of a cube at the old headquarters at Bonn (see the SPD website). As with most other flags of parties in Germany there was never a properly designed flag, but just the logo put on a (usually) unicoloured background. However, I am not sure if this flag as we have it here is in real existence. I have never seen this flag.

Marcus Schmöger, 7 September 2001

Young Socialists in the SPD

Jungsozialisten in der SPD / Jusos

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by Marcus Schmöger

The Jusos —Jungsozialisten in der SPD, Young Socialists in the SPD— are the youth organization of the SPD. As such they have their own symbols. Until quite recently their logo was a stylized rose in a hand, as used for instance by the Spanish PSOE. More recently this was changed a bit, the new logo being shown at the Jusos website. However, some branches seem to continue using the old logo, as can be seen on the websites of the Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg branches. So there is probably also a variety of flags around. Unfortunately I haven't got any definitive answer from the Jusos themselves. However, during recent events (demonstration on 1st May in Munich and CSD in Munich) I could observe the flag used by the Jusos in Munich and made the above image accordingly.

Marcus Schmöger, 8 September 2001