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Horst a/d Maas (The Netherlands)

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[Horst aan de Maas flag] Shipmate Flagchart : http://www.shipmate.nl/flags.htm
adopted 19 Feb 2002; design: Piet Bultsma. Other Horst aan de Maas pages: See also:

Horst aan de Maas municipality

Number of inhabitants (1 Jan 2003): 28.472; area: 121,93 km². Settlements: Horst (seat), America, Broekhuizen, Broekhuizenvorst, Griendtsveen, Grubbenvorst, Hegelsom, Lottum, Melderslo, Meterik.
Horst aan de Maas is the result of a merger of the former municipalities of Broekhuizen, Grubbenvorst and Horst on 1 Jan 2001.
Description of the flag:
Seven equally wide horizontal stripes of yellow and black, with to the hoist a vertical white stripe with five red medlar flowers with a yellow heart.
The white stripe symbolizes the Maas river, which flows as a silver ribbon along the eastern border of the municipality. The medlar flowers symbolize the historical connection with the former Duchy of Gelre, while the number of five refer to the five "schepenbanken" (courts of aldermen) within the present municipality: Broekhuizen, Ooyen, Lottum, Grubbenvorst and Horst.
The heraldic drawings of CoA and flag have been made by Piet Bultsma, after a design by René Vroomen.
Souce: the Horst aan de Maas website.
Jarig Bakker, 31 May 2003

Horst aan de Maas CoA

[Horst aan de Maas CoA] image from the Horst aan de Maas website.

By Royal Resolution of 6 May 2002 the municipality was granted a CoA.
Description:
Or three fesses noir bordered argent with five medlar flowers gules, budded or. Surmonté a crown or of three leaves and two pearls.
The arms belonged to the extinct family Van Mirlaer (van Meerlo) with some additions. Jacob van Mirlaer was in 1345 Lord of Horst, and as far is known the first "Heer van Horst". The silver border symbolizes the Maas river, which flows as a silver ribbon along the eastern border of the municipality. The medlar flowers symbolize the historical connection with the former Duchy of Gelre, while the number of five refer to the five "schepenbanken" (courts of aldermen) within the present municipality: Broekhuizen, Ooyen, Lottum, Grubbenvorst and Horst.
The heraldic drawings of CoA and flag have been made by Piet Bultsma, after a design by René Vroomen.
Souce: the Horst aan de Maas website.
Jarig Bakker, 31 May 20