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Wilck en Wiericke polderboard (The Netherlands)
Waterschap Wilck en Wiericke, Zuid-Holland province
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by Shipmate.
adopted 21 Apr 1999; design: High Council of Nobility
See also:
Wilck en Wiericke polderboard
Official name: Waterschap Wilck en Wiericke; seat: Waddinxveen, Zuid-Holland
province
Flag adopted 21 Apr 1999; design: High Council of Nobility
Flagdescription: Four equallt wide horizontal stripes of white and
blue, with in the center of the first stripe a red six-pointed star and
in the center of the third stripe a red eight-pointed star.
On 1 Jan 1999 two polderboard in Zuid-Holland province, namely Meer
en Woude, and De Gouwelanden, merged to
form the new polderboard "Wilck en Wiericke". Both polderboards had earlier
been formed by mergers of several other small boards. The former polderboards
of De Gouwelanden and Meer en Woude, as well as the older boards of Noordwoude
and De Ommedijck had their own flags and arms. Other boards had only arms,
namely De Noordplas, Bloemendaal and De Verenigde Polders aan de Oostzijde
van de Gouwe.
For the new flag and coat of arms the old designs have been discontinued,
so things could be made simpler. The blue stripes
symbolize the rivers Wilcke and Wiericke (as frontier-river). The six-pointed
star is derived from the arms of the Van Matenesse family; it also occurred
in the arms of Noordwoude, and represents
here the western part (Meer en Woude), while the eight-pointed star, which
occurs on several arms around Alphen aan den Rijn, represents the eastern
part (De Gouwelanden).
Source: Vexilla Nostra, #239, 2003; text: Hans van heijningen.
Jarig Bakker, 17 May 2004
Gouwelanden polderboard
by Jarig Bakker, 19 May 2004
adopted 18 Dec 1979; design: the polderboard
Official name: Waterschap de Gouwelanden; seat: Gouda
Flag adopted: 18 Dec 1979; design: the polderboard.
Flagdescription: Yellow with in the center a blue cross, with arms
of 1/4 flagheight, and in the quarters a double black eagle, a blue castle,
a red flower on a green stem of two leaves and a turned red head and neck
of a roe.
Source: Vexilla Nostra #172.
Jarig Bakker, 19 May 2004
Meer en Woude polderboard
by Shipmate.
adopted 29 Jan 1991; design: unknown
Official name: Waterschap Meer en Woude, seat: Waddinxveen, Zuid-Holland
provin