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At this
website another (unofficial flag) is presented: red with a white cross;
each quarter with a white six-pointed star; in the center of the cross
a yellow 6-pointed star.
Until 1 Feb 1942 there were two separate municipalities: Stad Vollenhove
(the town), and Ambt Vollenhove (the countryside). Stad Vollenhove had
a coat of arms: in red a cross of silver, charged with a sixpointed star
of gold; in each of the top quarters a five-pointed white star; in each
of the bottom quarters a white six-pointed star. On the mentioned site
is a drawing from Ralf Hartemink's site with four white six-pointed stars,
(which Ralf has removed, without replacing it with the correct one), but
drs. Jos Mooijweer, on behalf of the "Belangenvereniging Stad Vollenhove"
in 2002 made a design as described above.
The white cross of red is from the Bishops of Utrecht, overlords of
Overijssel (and Vollenhove) in the Middle Ages. The origin of the stars
is not known.
The Ambt Vollenhove had nearly identical arms, without the white stars.
Jarig Bakker, 3 Oct 2004