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Beekdaelen (The Netherlands)

Limburg province

image by Valentin Poposki, 9 December 2023

Beekdaelen
Amstenrade
Hulsberg
- Hulsberg Coat of Arms
Merkelbeek
Nuth
- Historical flag
- Nuth Coat of Arms
Onderbanken
Schimmert
Schinnen
Vaesrade
Wijnandsrade

See also:

Beekaelen

Municipality of Beekdaelen is a new municipality created on January 1st. 2019, by the fusion of three municipalities - Nuth, Onderbanken, and Schinnen :)

The flag of the new municipality was adopted on 1st of July 2019.
Valentin Poposki, 9 December 2023

Amstenrade

image by Valentin Poposki, 9 December 2023

The village flag of the Limburg village of Amstenrade (or Austroa) is also known as the Austroase Vasteloaves Flag.

It basically consists of a horizontal tricolor consisting of a red, yellow and green stripes. These colors may refer to the well-known carnival colors. The green track extends up into a silhouette of several connected buildings. For example, Amstenrade Castle, the most important village monument, can be seen on the left. To the right of this is the parish church with the name Our Lady Immaculate Conception. This is a neo-Gothic church with two towers.

Sources: https://www.mastenenvlaggen.nl
https://www.facebook.com/MadeInAustroa

Valentin Poposki, 9 December 2023

Hulsberg former municipality

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adopted 21 March 1968

Hulsberg is a former municipality in Limburg province, since 1982 part of the new municipality of Nuth, central south Limburg.
Flag: five stripes white - red - yellow - red - white, proportioned 4:2:1:2:4, and a yellow hoist-triangle charged with a standing green holly-leaf of 3/5 flagheight; at the base of the leaf three red berries, against the stem.
adopted 21 Mar 1968 by municipal resolution.

Shield: per pale; I argent a double-tailed lion gules, crowned and armed or; II or a mountain issueing from base vert sommé with a holly-branch of natural color.
Granted 19 December 1931 by Royal Resolution

Hulsberg can be read as "hulst" = holly + "berg" = mountain, both present on the arms, and (in a way) on the flag.
The lion is the lion of Valkenburg, because Hulsberg used to be in the jurisdiction of the court of aldermen of Valkenburg.
Hulsberg has some regional fame because "the TV-transmittor of Hulsberg is out of the air." best translated in Mexican: "momentito".

Source: Derkwillem Visser's "Gemeentevlaggen en Wapens Koninkrijk der Nederlanden", 2001.
Jarig Bakker, 22 April 2005

Hulsberg Coat of Arms

by Jarig Bakker, 22 April 2005
Granted 19 December 1931

Arms: per pale; I argent a double-tailed lion gules, crowned and armed or; II or a mountain issueing from base vert sommé with a holly-branch of natural color.
Granted 19 December 1931 by Royal Resolution
I have left St. Clemens out - he's beyond my skills
Jarig Bakker, 22 April 2005

Merkelbeek

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From https://www.mastenenvlaggen.nl/product/dorpsvlag-merkelbeek:

Merkelbeek was an independent municipality until 1982, but did not yet fly a flag. Nowadays Merkelbeek is part of the municipality of Beekdaelen.

The Merkelbeek flag consists of four panels in the colors red, yellow and white. All these colors are taken from the corresponding village coat of arms. The upper red and yellow area contains the village name as Limburgers pronounce it. The Merkelbeek coat of arms is included in the white area at the lower hoist. This includes a snake's head cross containing three red disks. The pattern of semi-transparent circles in the flag design may have been derived from this. The local patron saint Pope Clement is depicted on the right of the coat of arms.

Valentin Poposki, 9 December 2023

Nuth

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adopted 21 June 1982

Number of inhabitants (1 Jan 2003): 16.359; area: 32,63 km². Settlements: Nuth (seat), Hulsberg, Schimmert, Vaesrade, Wijnandsrade.
In 1982 the former municipalities of Hoensbroek and Hulsberg were partly joined to Nuth municipality; furthermore Schimmert and Wijnandsrade were added.
On 21 Jun 1982 a new municipal flag was adopted by municipal resolution. It consists of three equally wide horizontal stripes yellow - white - red. Towards the hoist in the left top corner is the Coat of Arms with a height equal to 8/10 the height of the top and middle stripes.
Source: the Nuth municipal website.

Historical flag

Shipmate Flagchart : http://www.flagchart.net
adopted 11 July 1946

Nuth Coat of Arms

International Civic Arms : https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/wiki/Nuth

Granted 9 March 1982

Onderbanken

Number of inhabitants (1 Jan 2003): 8.422; area: 21,24 km². Settlements: Schinveld (seat), Bingelrade, Jabeek, Merkelbeek.
Onderbanken was formed on 21 May 1981 by the merger of the former municipalities of Schinveld, Bingelrade, Jabeek, and Merkelbeek.

No flag known.

Onderbanken Coat of Arms

image from Ralf Hartemink's site.

Granted 30 Jul 1982.

Schimmert

image located by Valentin Poposki, 9 December 2023

From https://www.mastenenvlaggen.nl/product/dorpsvlag-schimmert:

The Schimmert flag is the presumed village flag of the Limburg village of Schimmert (or Sjömmert). The flag has been in use in its current form since 2023 and is intended to be displayed during various festivities in the village.

The Schimmert flag consists of three horizontal stripes in white, blue and yellow. These colors are traced back to the provincial flag of Limburg. At the bottom of the flag, in the yellow stripe, is a white line which merges into the contours of the local church (Sint-Remigius Church) and probably the water tower of Schimmert. Below you can see the village name in Limburgish: Sjömmert. The Schimmert village coat of arms is placed on the hoist side of the flag. This consists of a combination of the coat of arms of Valkenburg (left part) and the coat of arms of Meerssen (right part). In the middle of the coat of arms you can also see a small shield in red. This features the patron saint of the village: Saint Remigius.

More photos:
https://www.zlf2023.nl/ (image)
https://www.lieskeleunissen.nl/zlf2023-1.html

Valentin Poposki, 9 December 2023

Schinnen

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adopted 30 May 1991; design: H. van Heiningen

Population (1 Jan 2003): 13.680; area: 23,83 km². Settlements: Schinnen (seat), Amstenrade, Doenrade, Oirsbeek, Puth, Sweikhuizen
The flag of Schinnen was adopted 30 May 1991. It consists of six equally wide horizontal stripes of yellow and blue, with a square red canton of 1/2 flagheight, charged with a white double snakeheadcross of 2/5 flagheight.

Schinnen Coat of Arms

from the Schinnen municipal website.

Granted 12 Aug 1982. The saint left in blue is St. Lambert; the lady in red is St Gertude. Left bottom is the double snakeheadscross, while the right bottom part contains a yellow-blue chequered field with in the canton a black falcon.

Vaesrade

image located by Valentin Poposki, 9 December 2023

From https://www.mastenenvlaggen.nl/product/dorpsvlag-vaesrade:

The flag of Vaesrade is the village flag of the Limburg village of Vaesrade (or Voasje). It is not known exactly when it was put into use, but at least for the year 2017.

The Vaesrader flag is broadly based on both the Limburg provincial flag (on the hoist) and the Dutch tricolor (on the fly). To the right of the center the Limburg name of the village is placed in black capital letters: VOASJE.

More information: https://www.plaatsengids.nl/vaesrade

Valentin Poposki, 9 December 2023

Wijnandsrade

image located by Valentin Poposki, 9 December 2023

From https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wijnandsrade:

Wijnandsrade until 1982 was an independent municipality, which consisted of the village of Wijnandsrade and several hamlets. During the municipal reorganization of 1982, the village was merged into the municipality of Nuth. Since January 1, 2019, the village has been part of the municipality of Beekdaelen after the merger of the former municipalities of Onderbanken, Nuth and Schinnen.

The flag is a horizontal tricolor in red-yellow-deep yellow with the shield in the upper hoist

Valentin Poposki, 9 December 2023