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Mark Sensen, 22 November 1996
adopted 26 June 1980; design: J.F. van Heyningen.
On 1 January 1998 the municipalities of Weert and
Stramproy merged into the new municipality of Weert,
which continued to use the flag of the old municipality of Weert.
Mark Sensen, 14 Oct 1998
Used 1962-1980.
The former flag of Weert was adopted 7 Feb 1962 by municipal resolution.
Description: two equally wide horizontal stripes of white and blue.
The colors are derived from the municipal arms. Before that a flag of blue
and white (reversed colors) was used.
Source: Sierksma's Nederlands Vlaggenboek, 1962 [sie62].
Jarig Bakker, 30 Aug 2003
Flag in use before 1962 (never officially adopted)
During the jubilees of Queen Wilhelmina in 1938, when she was reigning
40 years, each municipality had a standard, witch had the following pattern:
a square flag with the colours of the provincial arms (except Friesland
and Noord-Brabant), in the canton (one quarter of the flag) the arms of
the municipality.
In Weert a standard was used with the colours of Limburg, and in the
canton on white a blue chevron.
Mark Sensen, 31 August 1997
I recently discovered in the municipal archives that Weert didn't use
the general pattern, but had a light colour over a dark colour (white over
blue I assume) with in the upper hoist the crowned municipal arms (back
then: argent, a chevron azure) and a scoll with the name "WEERT". It seems
this flag is in the depots of the municipal museum, but I haven't seen
it yet.
So <nl-wrt38.gif> is erroneous.
Mark Sensen, 30 Aug 2003