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Scheemda (The Netherlands)

Groningen province

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adopted 29 Aug 1991.

Scheemda municipality
Scheemda old flag

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Scheemda municipality

Population (1 Jan 2003): 14.375; area: 117,17 km². Settlements: Scheemda (seat), Heiligerlee, Midwolda, Nieuwolda, Nieuw-Scheemda, Oostwold, 't Waar, Westerlee.
Scheemda is in east Groningen, a few km. northwest of Winschoten. Since 1990 it includes the municipalities of Midwolda and Nieuwolda. It includes the village of Heiligerlee, where we suffered one of our most glorious defeats by the Spaniards in 1568. Scheemda and Midwolde had national fame for the casting of clocks.
Flag: two dented stripes proportioned 1:2, yellow and red, the yellow stripe with three complete and two half dent and charged with five blue 6-pointed stars, placed three at the hoist and two at half height next to them.
Adopted 29 Aug 1991 by municipal resolution.
The stars have been taken from the arms of the former municipality of Midwolda, and may represent the Ursus Major stellar constellation.
Jarig Bakker, 13 Nov 1999

Scheemda old flag

by Jarig Bakker, 8 Apr 2005
Adopted 12 Jul 1966

Scheemda's old flag was: a square blue flag with in the center a sword pointed downwar