Edam is a small town on the IJsselmeer, in the municipality of Edam-Volendam.
In the Napolitan manuscript of 1667 there is a flag of Edam described
by Sierksma, in Nederlands Vlaggenboek, 1962 [sie62]:
"Red, with a black standing bull, with a six-pointed yellow star.
This flag is not official. It occurs in the oldest known illustrated
flagbook (page 54) made by a Napolitan. The flag is a simplification of
the CoA. The flag is now completely forgotten; a flag of two equally high
stripes red - green is being used."
Regarding the origin of the bull: the Edammers say that it ran away
from
Monnickendam to Edam.
Jarig Bakker, 5 Jun 2003
Flag as described and depicted in Sierksma's Nederlands Vlaggenboek,
1962 [sie62] - I have made a new gif after
this
image.
Jarig Bakker, 23 Nov 2003
Is this where the famous Edammer cheese is coming from?
Zeljko Heimer, 23 Nov 2003
At least the cheese is named after Edam, not necessarily produced there.
It is a nice little town functioning like an open-air museum. On the "Kaasmarkt"
is the "Kaaswaag" where cheeses were weighed, built in 1778, and
where you can buy "Edammertjes" for a lot more money than in the local
supermarket.
Jarig Bakker, 23 Nov 2003