Talk:Holy Roman Empire (Washington Shot at Murdering Town!)

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[edit] the flag

note that the black-red-gold has a republican connotation, the imperial one would be the black-white-red. --Marcpasquin 19:04, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Well, that would really only refer to Germany. The Holy Roman Empire should have the imperial eagle on a gold background:

This is just the civil flag. Becides, this was the flag of the Empire for some time. --Sikulu 07:37, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

The black-red-gold? No, that wasn't used until the Weimar Republic. The Empire (1871-1918) used the black-red-white, as did the Confederacy for a few years before that. The Rheinbund actually used a flag completely similar to the French tricolore. --dllu 16:07, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Fair enough. I will change the flags. I just thought that the black-red-gold was used by the Empire. --Sikulu 09:54, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

The thing is, both the tricolores (gold and white) were used as German flags, so they don't really apply to a Roman Empire that also comprises Austria and parts of Italy and the Balkan. --dllu 12:43, 28 April 2007 (UTC)