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On 1 Jan 2003 the municipality of Vianen moved from the province of
Zuid-Holland to Utrecht province.
Henny de Vries, 4 Feb 2004
The flag of Vianen was: white with at the hoist three black heraldic
columns, placed two and one at 1/3 flaglength. Adopted 27 Jan 1977.
Source: Derkwillem Visser's "Gemeentewapens en vlaggen Koninkrijk
der Nederlanden", 2001.
Jarig Bakker, 2 Nov 2003
Granted 26 Feb 1987; slightly modified 1997.
In Vianen one sees at the end of the Voorstraat an interesting flag
wappering from the City Museum's gable. it's a flag: quartered : 1 and
3 three horizontal stripes of yellow and red; 2 and 4 three black columns
on white, placed 2 and 1; at the intersection a white escutcheon charged
with a black man's image.
The flag was designed c. 6 years ago by Mr. Otto ter Steege. The tricolores
are derived from the provincial flag; the other quarters contain the arms
of Vianen, while the escutcheon shows the emblem of the "Stedelijk Museum",
symbol of harmony and balance: it is a detail from a woodcut from the 16th
century."
From: "Vlaggen", no. 85, 1994 (magazine edited by Anton Jansen).
Jarig Bakker, 2 Nov 2003