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Official name: Hoogheemraadschap Waterland; seat: Monnickendam
Flag: stripes red - white - blue, with along top, fly and bottom a
fringe of 1/5 flag height in continuing stripes of red - white - blue, and
on the central (wide) stripe a rectangle of wavy green and blue stripes
and issuing from the second stripe a white swimming swan.
This flag is one of the oldest Holland flags which were internationally
known. In several vexillological manuscripts it is even named as one of
the variants of the national Dutch flag!
Source Vexilla Nostra #122, Sep-Oct 1982.
text: Kl. Sierksma; image: H. van Heijningen.
Other info:
Flag: stripes red-white-blue and on the white a blue rectangle
with a white swan floating on green waves; at 3 sides a border striped
red-white-blue.
This waterschap covers the beautiful polder area immediately north
of Amsterdam. The name means in fact water-land! The flag is an ancient
one, and originally that of the bailiwick of Waterland. As the flag is
documented up till the 19th century, when the bailiwick was merged, it
can be used by the waterschap, but this is not known for certain. Nowadays
it is not in use. On the national colors occurs the swan from the arms
of the area, which refers to the right of swan-keeping and swan-hunting
(zwanejacht). The red-white-blue border was used by preference in many
old Dutch flags.
Source: Mr. A.J. Beenhakker in Vexilla Nostra V:27 (1975).
Jarig Bakker, 2 Dec 2003
See also: Waterland municipality.
Official name: Waterschap De Waterlanden; seat: Middenbeemster.
Flag: nine stripes of red-white-blue, etc, (1:1:1:6;6:6::1:1:1) with
on the separation of hoist and fly in the central stripe a red rectangle
with a swan in charging position, and between the hoist and this rectangle
three stripes of red-white-blue.
Instituted in 1981 after the merger of a large number of small polderboards,
among which the Waterland polderboard, after a idea by
the Board of Directors, advised by Kl. Sierksma.
Source Vexilla Nostra #122, Sep-Oct 1982.
text: Kl. Sierksma; image: H. van Heijningen.
Jarig Bakker, 2 Dec 2003
See also: Waterland municipality.