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Zevenhoven (The Netherlands)

Liemeer municipality, Zuid Holland

by Jarig Bakker, 21 Apr 2005
adopted 24 Aug 1982; own design of municipality

Zevenhoven former municipality
Zevenhoven CoA

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Zevenhoven former municipality

Zevenhoven is a former municipality in Zuid-Holland province, in 1991 it merged into the new municipality of Nieuwveen, which was renamed Liemeer in 1994.
Flag: yellow with at the hoist a red doubleheaded eagle, at the fly a red square of 2/3 flagheight (exact description not known)
adopted 24 Aug 1982 by municipal resolution.
(For the image I used an eagle from the Koffie Hag album)

Alternative description: two stripes of red and yellow proportioned 29:16; in top-hoist a yellow square of height equal to the red stripe and 2/3 flagheight; on this yellow rectangle a red double eagle with spread wings.
This description is by Mr. van Heijningen, based on the measurement of the drawing he received.
The flag had been in use for a long time, possibly it was a parading flag (1938?).
However the eagle in the municipal arms is black.

In Vexilla Nostra 192-54 is written:
"According to some sources the Zevenhoven eagle was black - which was incorrect..."
That is an article about the flag of the new municipality of Liemeer, into which Zevenhoven merged, and where on the flag appears an erased eagle's double-head.
However Sierksma's "De Gemeentewapens van Nederland" (1960) has the eagle "sabel" (=black), as well as the VNG's "Gemeentewapens in Nederland", 1989, and Ralf Hartemink's site.
Only the Koffie Hag Album and DerkWillem Visser's CDrom have a red double eagle on the arms. - all sources agree on the date it was granted.
The municipality consisted of Zevenhoven (seat), Noordeinde, Noorden (part), Noordsebuurt and Noordse Dorp.
Source: Derkwillem Visser's "Gemeentevlaggen en Wapens Koninkrijk der Nederlanden", 2001.
Vexilla Nostra 129 (yr 18) 1983.
Jarig Bakker, 21 Apr 2005

Zevenhoven CoA

by Jarig Bakker, 21 Apr 2005
Granted 24 Jul 1816

Arms: or, a spread double eagle noir. - Thiis CoA was first used by the Manor of Zevenhoven en Noorden.