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Shipmate Flagchart : http://www.flagchart.net
adopted as the new municipal flag 9 Jul 1997
Adopted 1966
This flag was approved by the municipal council on 10 May 1973.
In 1973 's Gravenmoer received a flag, designed by the archivary G.J.
Rehm. It consists of three stripes in the colors national blue, red, and
national yellow. Blue and yellow represent the quarters of de Straat and
de Vaart, which together form 's Gravenmoer. The narrow red stripe represents
the moor-canal, the "Oude Vaart", dug for the exploitation of the area
in the first years of the village.
Source: the Dongen municipal
website.
Jarig Bakker, 4 Jun 2003