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Berkel en Rodenrijs (The Netherlands)

former municipality, now Lansingerland, Zuid-Holland province

image from Shipmate Flagchart : http://www.flagchart.net

Berkel en Rodenrijs municipality
Berkel en Rodenrijs old flag
Berkel en Rodenrijs Coat of Arms

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Berkel en Rodenrijs municipality

Number of inhabitants (1 Jan 2003): 17.307; area: 18,90 km². Settlements: Berkel (seat) and Rodenrijs.
Flag adopted by municipal resolution on 29 Sep 1961.
Description of the flag: Two equally wide horizontal stripes of bluie and white, with in the canton a yellow square with a red eight-pointed star.
For centuries a horizontal blue over white flag had been used; it was felt that this was too common in the Netherlands. By adding a characteristic element from the Coat of Arms - the red 8-pointed star, reminding of the merger in 1855 of the municipality of De Tempel with Berkel en Rodenrijs - a clearly distinguishable flag was created.
Source: Sierksma - Nederlands Vlaggenboek, 1962 [sie62]
Since 1 Jan 2007 part of Lansingerland.
Jarig Bakker, 23 May 2003

Berkel en Rodenrijs old flag

image by Jarig Bakker, 23 May 2003

Berkel en Rodenrijs Coat of Arms

image from the Berkel en Rodenrijs municipal website.
Granted 1 Feb 1960.