WILLKOMMEN

Edelweiss, Edelweiss
Du grust mich jeden Morgen
Sehe ich dish
Freue ich mich
Und vergess meine Sorgen
Schumaucke das Heimatland
Schon und weiss
Bluhest wie die Sterne
Edelweiss, Edelweiss
Ach, ich hab dich so gerne

  After the allied occupation in 1945, Baden was partitioned, the Southern part becoming a Land in the French occupation zone with capital at Freiburg. North Baden, with parts of Wurttemberg, formed the Land of Wurttemburg-Baden in the American zone. In 1952, the Lander of {South} Baden, Wurttemburg-Baden and Wurttemburg-Hohenzollern, merged to form the Land of Baden-Wurttemburg, with capital at Stuttgart.

   The Land of Southern Baden used a yellow-red-yellow horizontal tricolour. The Land of Wurttemburg-Hohenzollern used a black-red horizontal bicolour. After a referendum, all three Lander merged on 25 April 1952 as Baden-Wurttemburg. The flag for the new Land was adopted on 29 September 1954. Between 25 April 1952 and 29 September 1954, no official flag existed and probably the previous flags were used.

   The adopted flag was a plain black-yellow horizontal bicolour. The arms include the three (3) lions of the House of Hohenstaufen, lords of the Dutchy of Swabia {Schwaben}. The small arms are added to the state flag. Adopted 29 September 1954.