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Everdingen (The Netherlands)

Vianen municipality, Zuid-Holland province

Shipmate Flagchart : http://www.shipmate.nl/flags.htm
Adopted 29 Sep 1969

Everdingen [former municipality]
Everdingen CoA
Zijderveld village
Zijderveld CoA

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Everdingen [former municipality]

On 1 Jan 1986 Vianen, Everdingen and Hagestein merged to form the new municipality of Vianen. Everdingen had a population of 1.400, in the NE corner of the "Vijfheerenlanden", SE of Vianen. Settlements: Everdingen (seat), Tienhoven and Zijderveld.
Flagdescription: seven diagonal stripes of black and yellow, with a blue hoist of 3/8 flagheight and in the canton a yellow crownof five leaves. Adopted 29 Sep 1969 by municipal resolution.

On 1 Jan 2003 the municipality of Vianen moved from the province of Zuid-Holland to Utrecht province.
Henny de Vries, 4 Feb 2004

Everdingen CoA

by Jarig Bakker, 2 Nov 2003
Granted 20 Jul 1816.

Zijderveld village

by Jarig Bakker, 2 Nov 2003
adopted 1993

"Zijderveld is a village southeast of Vianen, at the border with Gelderland province, in the former municipality of Everdingen - its largest village. Mr. ter Steege, of the bureau of architects of the same name, designed a flag and CoA for this village, at the end of last year (=1993). The CoA consists of a golden cross; the first quarter shows on a green field a church with spire of silver; the second quarter has three silver cloverleaves placed 2,1 on a blue field. The third quarter has three silver waves, placed below each other on blue; the fourth quarter has three silver cloverleaves placed 2,1 on green.
The flag has the same pattern with a Scandinavian cross.
Symbolism: the cross signifies that the village is at cross-roads, North-South Utrecht-Den Bosch; and the "Diefdijk" (dike of thieves) which is part of the "Hollandse Waterlinie". These roads are represented in gold/yellow.
The church has been drawn in silhouette to show it as a reconnaiscance point.
The waves represent the threatening waves against the "Waterlinie".
The cloverleaves are for fertility - on blue for water, on green for agriculture, mainly the tree-gardens.
The contrast of green and blue signifies the contrast of peace and war.
In WWII this village was inundated and this is still fresh in the memories of the old villagers, while youngsters are still worried about the high levels the bi