states, any provocative misuse of the flag can be prosecuted as an Ordnungswidrigkeit [de] ("act contrary to order", an administrative offence that can...

fare evasion from a criminal offence to a summary misdemeanour, or Ordnungswidrigkeit, similar to jaywalking and illegal parking. According to Semsrott...

Germany, in writing without trial, as punishment for a summary offence [Ordnungswidrigkeit]. A district court on request of a public prosecutor can for instance...