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Grubbenvorst (The Netherlands)
Horst aan de Maas municipality, Limburg province
Last modified: 2003-09-06 by jarig bakker
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adopted 9 Apr 1987
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Grubbenvorst (former) municipality
On 1 Jan 2001 Grubbenvorst, Broekhuizen and
Horst merged to form the new municipality
of Horst aan de Maas.
Grubbenvorst is in north Limburg, just north of Venlo on the Maas river.
This municipality is well known because of the asparagus-growth and because
of the remnants of the castle of Grubbenvorst ('Het Gebroken Slot'),
demolished in the 80-years war (1568-1648).
The flag is derived from the municipal CoA, which in turn was derived
from CoA's of powerful families there.
Jarig Bakker, 28 November 1999