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image by Jarig Bakker, 19 Apr 2009
adopted 1 Sep 2008; design: Hans van Heijningen
Flagdescription: two egually wide horizontal stripes of yellow and blue, with in flagcenter a white oval of 3/5 flagheight and 4/5 flaglenth; the oval tapered at fly and hoist and charged with a horizontally wriggling black eel.
Explanation: In the old municipal hall of Spanbroek is a "Wapenlijst"
(armorial frame) of the dividion of Opmeer of the Dutch Society of Agriculrure",
made by Jacob Sturm, dated 'January 1853'. There are arms of the village
in de vicinity of Opmeer and Medemblik. For Lambertschaag, which was never
a separate municipality, the arms is: a chief or, a base azure and in the
shield an eel noir. On the bridge towards the "Green Church" (Groene
Kerkje) is an oval motif with an eel, surrounded by the motto "Wapen
van Lambertschaag". The eel is thus really a villagesymbol.
In the flag the shield is translated in two stripes yellow-blue. As
a memo to the motif near the "Groene Kerkje" a neutrally colored white
oval has been taken charged with the eel.
The flag has been adopted on 1 September 2008, together with the one
of Abbekerk by the Foundation Historical Abbekerk and Lambertschaag. The
flag was designed by Hans van Heijningen, together with Frits van der Starre,
member of said Foundation.
Source: communication by Hans van Heijningen.
The coat of arms is still in the process of polishing...
Jarig Bakker, 19 Apr 2009
nice flag, if I may say so.
Martin Grieve, South Africa, 19 Apr 2009