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Luyksgestel (The Netherlands)

Bergeijk municipality, Noord-Brabant province

Last modified: 2005-06-11 by jarig bakker
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former municipality of Luykgestel Shipmate Flagchart : http://www.shipmate.nl/flags.htm
adopted 5 Nov 1987

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Luyksgestel former municipality

Luyksgestel is a former municipality in Noord-Brabant province, since 1997 part of Bergeyk.
Flag: 7 stripes of yellow and red; in bottom fly three green contoured trees on green base, of three stripes height; in top hoist a black square charged with a yellow lion rampant armed red, adopted 5 Nov 1987.

This is an old settlement, dating probably from before Roman times. In the Middle Ages it belonged to the Prince/Bishop of Luik/Liège until 1794. When Noord-Brabant and Limburg were "Generaliteitslanden" (ruled directly by the States General, which appointed a governor, from 1648-19th century) Luyksgestel was an enclave, where Catholics were allowed to practice their religion openly.

Source: DerkWillem Visser: Gemeentevlaggen en wapens Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, 2001.
Prisma toeristengids Zeeland-Brabant-Limburg, by P.G. Bins, 1965.
Jarig Bakker, 15 May 2005

Luyksgestel parading flag (1935)