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Wildervank (The Netherlands)

Veendam municipality, Groningen province

Last modified: 2003-05-31 by jarig bakker
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[Wildervank last municipal flag] by Jarig Bakker, 16 May 2003

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Wildervank last municipal flag

Derkwillem Visser's "Gemeentevlaggen en wapens Koninkrijk der Nederlanden", 2001, has the following description:
"Description old municipal flag of Wildervank: three horizontal stripes red - white - red proportioned 1:5:1, with a canton with three
horizontal stripes red - white - blue, with a height of 3/7 flagheight; on the white stripe a yellow letter "W".
Adopted by municipal resolution 30 March 1967.
So the old Wildervank flag was slightly different from the one adopted in 1967. Although the black fimbriation is not in the description I've used it for visibility.
Jarig Bakker, 16 May 2003

Wildervank old municipal flag

[Wildervank old municipal flag] by Jarig Bakker, 16 May 2003

Wildervank used to be a separate municipality in Groningen province, until it was incorporated in Veendam (and a small part in the new municipality of Stadskanaal) in 1969. It shares its origin with Veendam: