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Zwijndrecht (The Netherlands)

Zuid-Holland province

Shipmate Flagchart : http://www.shipmate.nl/flags.htm
adopted 28 Jul 1938

Zwijndrecht municipality
Zwijndrecht CoA

Other Zwijndrecht pages:

Heerjansdam

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Zwijndrecht municipality

Population (1 Jan 2003): 45.034; area: 22,77 km². Settlements: Zwijndrecht (seat), Heerjansdam, Kleine-Lindt.
On 1 Jan 2003 the old municipality of Heerjansdam became part of Zwijndrecht.
Flag: three equally wide horizontal stripes of yellow and black; on the black stripe the municipal arms of yellow.
On the occasion of the jubilee of Queen Wilhelmina's 40 years reign, on 6 Sep 1938, at sunset a parade was held in front of the Palace of the Dam in Amsterdam, in which all municipalities would participate. Zwijndrecht didn't have a flag, so the department of Public Works of Zwijndrecht, in collaboration with their colleagues from Dordrecht designed a flag, fulfilling the required 1.50 x 2.25 meters. On 7 Aug 1961 written confirmation was received from the High Council of Nobility, that the Zwijndrecht flag had ben registered.

Zwijndrecht CoA

from the Zwijndrecht municipal website.
Granted 24 Jul 1816. The items are fire-irons, used to hold salt-pans over the fire.