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Altweerterheide (The Netherlands)

Weert municipality, Limburg province

by Mark Sensen, 29 Aug 2003
adopted 1990; design: J.F. van Heyningen.

Altweerterheide village
Altweerterheide CoA

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Altweerterheide village

Altweerterheide is a village in the municipality of Weert, Limburg province, between the city of Weert and Stramproy.
Mark Sensen forwarded an article (thanks!) from the local advertisement paper "Land van Weert", from 20 Jun 2001.
Altweerterheide has its own CoA and flag
A remarkable initiative of the church-board, lead by father Noordermeer, was taken in 1990 for a CoA and flag for the village of Altweerterheide.
Top right on the CoA is a horn, derived from the CoA of Weert - three horns were representing the counts of Horne.
Bottom left in the arms is a leech-leaf, referring to the neighbouring municipality of Bocholt - that name is derived from "boeckholt" = beechbush. Horn and beechleaf are on a violet field, symbolizing the heatherfields in the environment.
Oblique over the arms is a diagonal stripe, referring to the Weerter Beek, and/or the Bocholter Beek (beek = brook). That brook used to flow through Altweerderheide. Now there is a road from Weert to Bocholt, which passes through Altweerterheide. In the center of the brook/road is a red heart, penetrated by a Latin cross, which of course symbolizes the
parish of the Holy Heart of Jesus.