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De Wolden (The Netherlands)

Drenthe province

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adopted

De Wolden municipality
De Wijk
De Wijk old unofficial flag
De Wijk CoA
Ruinen
Ruinen CoA
Ruinerwold
Ruinerwold CoA
Zuidwolde
Zuidwolde CoA

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De Wolden municipality

Number of inhabitants (1 Jan 2003): 24.000; area: 299,00 km². Settlements: Zuidwolde (seat), Alteveer, Anholt, Ansen, Armweide, Bazuin, Benderse, Berghuizen, Blijdenstein, Bloemberg, Braamberg, Buitenhuizen, Bultinge, De Oude Tol, De Stapel, De Stuw, De Tippe (part), De Wijk, Dijkhuizen, Dikninge, Drogt, Drogteropslagen (part), Dunnigen, Echten, Eemten, Engeland, Eursinge, Fort, Gijsselte, Haakswold, Haalweide, Hees, Hoge Linthorst, Kerkenveld, Koekange, Koekangerveld, Kraloo, Leeuwte, Linde, Lubbinge, Lunssloten, Middelveen, Nolde, Oldenhave, Oosteinde, Oosterwijk, Oshaar, Oud Veeningen, Paardelanden, Pieperij, Rheebruggen, Ruinen, Ruinerweide, Ruinerwold, Schottershuizen, Schrapveen, Steenbergen, Struikberg, Ten Arlo, Veeningen, Vuile Riete, Weerwille, Wemmenhove, Witteveen (part).
The new municipality of De Wolden is a merger of the former municipalities of De Wijk, Ruinen, Ruinerwold and Zuidwolde (1 Jan 1998). The new flag was adopted 31 May 2001.
Franc van Diest, 1 Dec 2002

De Wolden CoA

image from the De Wolden municipal website.

Granted 28 Mar 2001; the curvy white line is the meandering Reest river.

De Wijk [former municipality]

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The former municipality of De Wijk in Drenthe, the Netherlands, has been absorbed into the municipality of De Wolden. Sierksma (Nederlands vlaggenboek, 1962) has a horizontal RY flag, which was not official, but used by the local commercial association. Those colors were derived from the municipal CoA. Sierksma (De gemeentewapens van Nederland, 1968) states about the CoA: 'The 19 coins ('penningen') are derived from the family CoA of van der Clooster. The head is derived from the shield of the family De Vos van Steenwijk.' De Wijk consisted of the villages: De Wijk (seat), Eemten, Haalweide, Koekange, Koekangerveld, Noordwijk, Oosterwijk, Oshaar, Rogat, Schiphorst, De Stapel, Struikb