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Harlingen (The Netherlands)

Fryslân Province

Shipmate Flagchart : http://www.shipmate.nl/flags.htm
Adopted 10 Mar 1857

Harlingen municipality
Harlingen wimpel
Harlingen old flag
Harlingen CoA
Zeemans-Voorzorg Zeemanscollege

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Harlingen municipality

Population (1 Jan 2003): 15.593; area: 387,68 km² (of which water: 361,08 km²). Settlements: Harlingen (seat), Midlum, Wijnaldum.
Flag: Yellow, with thin top and bottom stripes of blue. In the centre of the yellow is a white circle, outlined in blue. This circle contains some arms - quartered with 1^st and 4^th the same, with three of something black in them, and the 2^nd and 3^rd contain three of something red. These could be stars, or could be crowns. It's very difficult to tell.
(Source: Dutch atlas made by Delisle in 1739)
James Dignan, 14 November 1996

The 1^st and 4^th quarter of the circle red with three golden fleur-de-lys placed 2 and 1. The 2^nd and 3^rd quarter silver with four red crosses pattée.
Mark Sensen, 30 March 1998

Harlingen/Harns is one of the oldest Frisian towns. According to legend the oldest Frisian flag, known as the 'Magnus-fane' was buried in the churchwall of the old town of Almenum, which was swallowed by the sea (c. 1000 AD). The present municipality contains parts of the old municipality of Barradeel.
Flag: Three stripes blue and yellow, 1 : 6 : 1, with on the middle of the yellow stripe a circle with a blue border as wide as a blue stripe, with inside it the charges of the municipal arms." Adopted 10 Mar 1857.
The flag is derived from the CoA, which dates from the 15th century. Details can be found at Ralf Hartemink's site: The shield is: Quartered: I and IV: Red three lilies gold, placed 2 : 1; II and III: Silver four broad-armed crosses red. Note that the date is not a typo.
PHM van de Muijzenberg, 25 August 1999

Harlingen wimpel

by Jarig Bakker, 24 Aug 2003

Wimpel of the city and municipality of Harlingen - Harns, Fryslân province.
A square red hoist charged with a yellow lily; two vertical equally wide stripes of blue and yellow.
In the Genealogysk Jierboekje 1986 (pp. 96-98) was a proposal of a white hoist charged with a red St. Michael's cross, with two stripes blue and yellow. The population of Harns made it k