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Zuid-Holland polderboards (The Netherlands)

Waterschappen

Other Zuid-Holland polderboards:

Delfland, Gouwelanden, Meer en Woude, Noordwoude, Schieland, Wilck en Wiericke,

See also:

Aarlanden polderboard

by Jarig Bakker, 17 May 2004
adopted 6 Apr 1987; design: G Steenge

Official name: Waterschap De Aarlanden; seat: Ter Aar, Zuid-Holland province.
Flag adopted 6 Apr 1987; design: G Steenge, secretary of the polderboard.
Description: Three vertical stripes proportioned 2:1:1, blue- yellow - red, with on the blue stripe two white swords in saltire, pointing upwards, with below a white hunting horn, placed in such a way that the height of the swords and hunting horn together are 4/5 flagheight.
The colors and pieces are derived from the arms. The blue is the color of the shield of the arms. Swords and hunting horn were the insignia of the former municipality of Aarlanderveen, from which the polderboard derives its name. The inescutcheon is a part of the municipal arms of Ter Aar, namely of the lordship of Voshol. Ter Aar is the seat of the polderboard. Yellow and red are the colors of Ter Aar.
The flag looks like that of Ter Aar.
Source: Vexilla Nostra #154, Jan/Feb 1988.
Text: Hans van Heijningen.
Jarig Bakker, 17 May 2004

Alblasserwaard en Vijfheerenlanden polderboard

by Jarig Bakker, 19 May 2004
adopted 3 Apr 1987; design: S. van Harten

Official name: Hoogheemraadschap Alblasserwaard en Vijfheerenlanden; seat: Gorinchem
Flag adopted 3 Apr 1987; design: S. van Harten, dike-reeve.
Flagdescription: Green with over the whole field het full achievement of the coat of arms of the Hoogheemraadschap, as granted on 12 Dec 1983.
The color green was chosen in harmony with the other colors, occurring in the polderboard arms.
Source: Vexilla Nostra #158.
Arms: Per saltire; I. in silver two embattled counter embattled fesses gules; II. in silver three columns sable; III. in gold three bend sable; IV. in gold two embattled counter embattled fesses gules; an inescutcheon gules with a lion of gold. The shield surmounted by a golden crown of five leaves and supported dexter by a lion of gold, tongued and nailed gules and sinister by a mute swan of silver, beaked and tongued gules, membered sable.
The arms show in the first quarter the arms of the family and lands of Arkel, in the second that of the Vianen family and lands, in the third the arms of Everdingen, and in the fourth that of the family Ter Leede. The polderboard contains a large part of the lands of Arkel, while the arms of Everdingen and Vianen occurred in the former polderboard of the Vijfheerenlanden. The family of Vianen had several possessions in that area. The land of Everdingen is nowadays also part of the polderboard's territory. The arms of van Leede is a variant to Arkel. The family had several possessions in that area. The inescutcheon is from the coat of arms of the Alblasserwaard and occurred too in the polderboard with that name.
The lion and swan have been taken from the old arms of the Alblasserwaard met Arkel beneden de Zouwe..
Source: Ralf Hartemink's website.
Jarig Bakker, 19 May 2004

Goeree-Overflakkee polderboard

by Jarig Bakker, 17 May 2004
adopted 19 Apr 1985; design: Kl. van Kampenhoek

Official name: Waterschap Goeree-Overflakkee; seat: Middelharnis, Zuid-Holland province
design: Kl. van Kampenhoek, dike-reeve; adopted 19 Apr 1985
Flagdescription: Two vertical stripes red - white, with in flagcenter a castle countercharged.
Two elements are lacking in the description:
1. The castle is illuminated and open, with two windows and a gate and has three embattlements.
2. The castle is of 4/4 flagheight.
On 1 Jan 1981 the polderboard G-G was founded by the merger of the polder Goeree and the polderboard Overflakkee. The arms have been published in De Nederlandsche Leeuw. The flag is derived from the arms. The red castle on silver for Goeree and the silver tower on red for Overflakkee, and have been fused to symbolize the merger.
Source: Vexilla Nostra #147.
Jarig Bakker, 17 May 2004

Krimpenerwaard polderboard

by Jarig Bakker, 2 Dec 2003
adopted 25 Apr 1971; design: Kl. Sierksma

Dutch name: Hoogheemraadschap van de Krimpenerwaard; seat: Krimpen aan den IJssel.
Flag: vertical red and yellow, separated by a white fly-chevron bordered black. The top of the chevron is at the hoist. Proportions of flagheight, chevron, and border is 20:3:1. Adopted after design by Kl. Sierksma, after advice by the Stichting voor Banistiek en Heraldiek.

The Krimpenerwaard is formed by the Hollandsche IJssel and the Lek rivers, and named after the twinvillages Krimpen aan de Lek and Krimpen aan de IJssel. The western point of this island is the Stormpolder, where the Nieuwe Maas is fed by the Hollandsche IJssel, in which as a start of the "Deltawerken" the huge "stormvloedkering" was constructed (to ward off any silly mistakes in the first construction-stages). At Krimpen aan de Lek the Nieuwe Maas is fed by the Lek.
Source: Vexilla Nostra #121, Jul-Aug 1982.
Jarig Bakker, 2 Dec 2003

De Nederwaard polderboard

by Jarig Bakker, 2 Dec 2003

Dutch name: Waterschap De Nederwaard, seat: Alblasserdam (Zuid-Holland province).
Flag: square white, with in the center the crowned CoA of 2/5 flagheight.
Text: Kl. Sierksma; image: Hans van Heijningen.
Source: Vexilla Nostra #121, Jul-Aug 1982.
Other info:
Waterschap De Nederwaard (seat: Oud-Alblas).
Flag: 1:1, white, in the center the complete arms, vis: "Or a lion gules, in the chief an N and a W, all gules; the shield bears a golden crown with 5 fleurons.
The polderboards of Nederwaard and Overwaard are together in charge of the watermanagement in the Alblasserwaard. They are the founders of a famous groupo of windmills near Kinderdijk. The flag is more a standard than a real flag; the arms are those of Holland with the initials of the waterschap. This flag is especially flown off the "schouwboot", the showboat, from which an inspection of canals and ditches is performed.
Source: Vexilla Nostra V:32 (1975).
Image after description and BW image. I've used Derkwillem Visser's image of the CoA in "Gemeentewapens en vlaggen Koninkrijk der Nederlanden", 2001.
Jarig Bakker, 2 Dec 2003

Overwaard polderboard

by Jarig Bakker, 2 Dec 2003

Dutch name: Waterschap De Overwaard; seat: Noordeloos in Zuid-Holland province, north of Gorinchem.
Flag: yellow, with in the center a red lion of 4/5 flagheight; in the canton a red capital O and in top fly a red captal W (height = 3/20 flagheight).
Source Vexilla Nostra #122, Sep-Oct 1982.
text: Kl. Sierksma; image: H. van Heijningen.
other info:
Waterschap De Overwaard (seat: Elshout).
Flag: yellow, with a red lion in the center, a red O in the upper hoist and a red W in the upper fly.
The Overwaard is the twinbrother of the Nederwaard. The arms are also nearly identical, but the flag is similar to the arms.
Source: Vexilla Nostra V:32 (1975).
Jarig Bakker, 2 Dec 2003

Rijnland polderboard

by Jarig Bakker, 2 Dec 2003

Dutch name: Hoogheemraadschap van Rijnland; seat: Leiden, Zuid-Holland province.
Flag: white, in the centre a black double-headed eag;e with yellow aureoles, on its breast the yellow-crowned shield of Holland, viz. 'Or a lion gules'.
Rijnland is one of the oldest and most important polderboards and the first to have its own arms (1596). It covers the greater part of the polder areas between the villages of Amsterdam, Haarlem, Den Haag and Gouda. The flag is similar to the arms, which are said to be derived from those of Willem II, count of Holland, Roman King (+1256). Thence the arms of Holland and the Imperial Eagle. The arms, however, are not known before 1596 and are obviously designed afterwards to show the ancient tradition of the polderboard.
Source Vexilla Nostra #122, Sep-Oct 1982 and: Vexilla Nostra V:28 (1975).
text: Kl. Sierksma; image: H. van Heijningen.
Jarig Bakker, 2 Dec 2003

Woerden polderboard

by Jarig Bakker, 2 Dec 2003

Official name: Grootwaterschap van Woerden; seat: Woerden, Zuid-Holland province
Flag: its design is identical to the arms: wavy stripes of yellow - blue - white - blue- yellow, proportioned 7:2:2:2:7, with in the top half two and in the bottom half one black lozenge of 3/10 flagheight
Source Vexilla Nostra #122, Sep-Oct 1982.
text: Kl. Sierksma; image: H. van Heijningen.

Other info:
Flag: 4x waved stripes breadths 3:1:1:1:3 yellow - blue - white - blue - yellow, and three black lozenges on yellow topsie 2, bottom side 1.
This waterschap covers the area around the city of Woerden. The flag is similar to the arms, which are derived from the city arms (the waved stripes replace a fess lozengy), and originally from the arms of the lord of Woerden, in which only the lozenges occurred.
Source: Mr. A.J. Beenhakker in Vexilla Nostra V:27 (1975).
Jarig Bakker, 2 Dec 2003

IJsselmonde polderboard

by Jarig Bakker, 2 Dec 2003

Official name: Waterschap De Dijkring IJsselmonde; seat: Barendrecht
Flag: a yellow hoist-half met a red lion of 4/5 flagheight, and a fly-half of stripes parrellel to the fly red - white - red. (the flagdesign is identical to the arms).
Source Vexilla Nostra #122, Sep-Oct 1982.
text: Kl. Sierksma; image: H. van Heijningen.

Other info:
Flag: stripes of lengths 3:1:1:1 yellow - red - white - red, with on yellow a red lion with blue tongue and claws.
The waterschap has the care for the dikes around the island of IJsselmonde, south of Rotterdam. The flag is similar to the arms, showing the lion of Holland and the city of Dordrecht, which played an important part in the government of the island in former days.
Source: Mr. A.J. Beenhakker in Vexilla Nostra V:27 (1975).
Jarig Bakker, 2 Dec 2003