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Shipmate Flagchart : http://www.shipmate.nl/flags.htm
adopted 29 May 1997
The flag with the red top-fly stripe is the official flag. The one with
the green stripe was probably a mistake made during the designing of the
flag after the municipal reorganisation in 1997, and started to have a
life of its own.
Marcel Deelen, Halderbergen municipal office, 12 May 2003
In the past weekend I saw with my own eyes the flag with the red-white-green fly in front of the municipal building! In the official municipal resolution it was indeed stated: "green-white-green", but that was an error. Meant was really: red-white-green, probably in reference to the many ties between the municipal seat of Oudenbosch and Rome (Italy). The Basilica of the Holy Agatha & Barbara of Oudenbosch (80 m. high and with a cupola of 68 m.) was built after the model of the St. Peter basilica in Rome; This basilica was built between 1865 and 1892. The initiative to build this basilica was taken by Father Hellemons, who was fascinated by the buildings of the Vatican. He managed to persuade over 3,000 Oudenbosch citizens to participate in this project and he built his Basilica. In front of the church is a monument in remembrance to the 3.000 "Zoeaven" (Zouaves, volunteers, who fought for the Pope against Italy between 1867 and 1870), who left for Rome from Oudenbosch between 1860 and 1870. The "Kapel van Sain