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Flagchange in more than 100 years shipping on the Elbe river by Heinrich Fischbach.
The Saxon-Bohemian Steamnavigation Company was founded in 1867. The first flag contained the green/white colors of Saxony, as well as the colors black/yellow of the city of Dresden. In 1923 the Company became Limited the colors were changed. The colors green/white were retained, and a blue anchor was added.
In 1945 the Soviet Military Occupation took over the company. A white
pennant bordered red contained a red star. Occasionally a red pennant with
a white star is said to have flown. From 1950 till 1956 the flag of the
German Shipping and Overhaul company was hoisted. In 1956 the company received
a new name: VEB Passenger Shipping Co. "White Fleet". After the reunification
of Germany in 1990 the name became "White Fleet Dresden. The green/white
colors returned as the city-colors. The anchor-design was modernized, and
its white color contrasted with the black/yellow background. In 1993 the
company was sold to Cosmos München, and is now named Saxon Steamnavigation
Co. Conti Elbe-navigation Co. A new flag was introduced: on the green/white
stripes in top a white half-circle is projected with a blue stylized wave.
Jarig Bakker, 27 Feb 2006
![[Sächsisch-Böhmische Dampfschiffahrtsgesellschaft, 1867]](../images/d/de~sbdg.gif)
image by Jarig Bakker, 26 Feb 2006
Sächsisch-Böhmische Dampfschiffahrtsgesellschaft, 1867 - horizontal
four stripes of white and green; in canton per fly diagonal black over
yellow; in center "black "SBDG". (That is the Saxon-Bohemian Steamshipping
Company).
Source: "Flaggenkurier Nr. 4, 1996", sent by Jens Pattke.
Jarig Bakker, 26 Feb 2006
![[Sächsisch-Böhmische Dampfschiffahrtsgesellschaft, 1867#2]](../images/d/de~sbdg0.gif)
image by Jarig Bakker, 26 Feb 2006
Same company, with the canton twice as high.
Source: "Flaggenkurier Nr. 4, 1996", sent by Jens Pattke.
Jarig Bakker, 26 Feb 2006
![[Sächsisch-Böhmische Dampfschiffahrtsgesellschaft, 1867#3]](../images/d/de~sbdg1.gif)
image by Jarig Bakker, 26 Feb 2006
Same company, a burgee white over green, with canton as above
Source: "Flaggenkurier Nr. 4, 1996", sent by Jens Pattke.
Jarig Bakker, 26 Feb 2006
![[Sächsisch-Böhmische Dampfschiffahrtsgesellschaft, 1923]](../images/d/de~sbdg2.gif)
image by Jarig Bakker, 26 Feb 2006
Sächsisch-Böhmische Dampfschiffahrts A.G., 1923 - green flag,
white diamond, blue standing anchor.
Source: "Flaggenkurier Nr. 4, 1996", sent by Jens Pattke.
Jarig Bakker, 26 Feb 2006
![[Sächsisch-Böhmische Dampfschiffahrtsgesellschaft, 1923#2]](../images/d/de~sbdg3.gif)
image by Jarig Bakker, 26 Feb 2006
Same company, flag with a white border.
Source: "Flaggenkurier Nr. 4, 1996", sent by Jens Pattke.
Jarig Bakker, 26 Feb 2006
![[Sowjetische Verwaltung 1945]](../images/d/de~sv45.gif)
image by Jarig Bakker, 27 Feb 2006
Sowjetische Verwaltung 1945 - white burgee bordered red, red
5-pointed star. (That is: Soviet occupation)
Source: "Flaggenkurier Nr. 4, 1996", sent by Jens Pattke.
Jarig Bakker, 27 Feb 2006
![[Deutsche Schiffahrts- und Umschlagsbetrieb, 1950-56]](../images/d/de~dsu.gif)
image by Jarig Bakker, 27 Feb 2006
Deutsche Schiffahrts- und Umschlagsbetrieb, 1950-56 - red flag,
bordered blue at top, bottom and fly; white "DSU". (That is: German Shipping
and Transhipment Company)
Source: "Flaggenkurier Nr. 4, 1996", sent by Jens Pattke.
Jarig Bakker, 27 Feb 2006
![[Weisse Flotte, 1956]](../images/d/de~wf56.gif)
image by Jarig Bakker, 27 Feb 2006
VEB Fahrgastschiffahrt "Weisse Flotte", 1956 - red flag bordered
blue at top, bottom and fly; blue outlined diamond, white standing anchor.
(That is: passenger-shipping "White Fleet")
Source: "Flaggenkurier Nr. 4, 1996", sent by Jens Pattke.
Jarig Bakker, 27 Feb 2006
![[Weisse Flotte, 1990]](../images/d/de~wf90.gif)
image by Jarig Bakker, 27 Feb 2006
"Weisse Flotte", Dresden, 1990 - horizontal white over green
flag; in center a block consisting of 8 horizontal stripes alternating
black over yellow; a white standing anchor.
Source: "Flaggenkurier Nr. 4, 1996", sent by Jens Pattke.
Jarig Bakker, 27 Feb 2006
![[Sächsische Dampfschiffahrt 1993]](../images/d/de~sdce.gif)
image by Jarig Bakker, 27 Feb 2006
Sächsische Dampfschiffahrts G.m.b.H., Conti Elbschiffahrts-KG, 1993
- white flag, from top to c. 1/3 flagheight 9 narrow horizontal gren stripes;
in center white oval, charged with blue - duuh - what?
Source: "Flaggenkurier Nr. 4, 1996", sent by Jens Pattke.
Jarig Bakker, 27 Feb 2006
This is the blue silouette of the rocks at Elbe Sandstone Mountains
in the Saxon Switzerland (German: Sächische Schweiz).
(more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbe_Sandstone_Mountains ).
Jens Pattke, 28 Feb 2006