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Dordrecht city (The Netherlands)

Zuid Holland province

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Dordrecht CoA
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Dordrecht, also known as Dordt, was the main settlement in what was known as "Oud-West-Neder-Franken", where the Dutch language was first spoken according to my old teacher. It lies along the Maas river, 20 km ESE of Rotterdam in Zuidholland. Dordrecht was founded in 1008, received town charter c. 1200; scene of meeting of first Congress of Protestant
provinces of the Netherlands 15 July 1572; and of religious religious congress, known as "Synode van Dordt", 1618-19, a very tumultuous happening, during which the decision was taken to translate the Bible, which resulted in the "Statenvertaling", the base of the present Dutch language. Dordrecht is at present a thriving town with 120.000 inhabitants.

According to Sierksma's Nederlands Vlaggenboek, 1962 [sie62] the flag consists of three equally wide horizontal stripes red-white-red. This flag was offered in March 1857 to the Minister of Interior Affairs by the mayor of Dordrecht as the municipal flag. The colors are derived from the municipal arms. These colors had already been in use for a long time: the accounts of the city of 1284-1287 include receipts for white and red linen for the banners. Furthermore the "Dordtse vlag" appears in several old flag res