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The colors are derived from the municipal arms, as well as the corn
ears. The diagonal division with waves represent the Oude and Nieuwe Maas.
In 1633 the Spaniards Muncado and Contelmo founded a fortress here, which
is represented on the flag by the embattled blue field. At the same time
it reminds of the city-rights, granted to Stevensweert in 1772.
Source: Vexilla Nostra 121 (1982).
Stevensweert is named after St. Stephen. The castle was built by the Spaniards to drive a wedge between Roermond and Maastricht, and the castle remained Spanish after the Treaty of Westphalia (1648). In 1702, after a brief siege, it was taken by the Hollanders, and has remained Dutch ever since. It is on an island formed by