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Berkel en Rodenrijs (The Netherlands)
former municipality, now Lansingerland, Zuid-Holland province
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Berkel en Rodenrijs municipality
Number of inhabitants (1 Jan 2003): 17.307; area: 18,90 km². Settlements:
Berkel (seat) and Rodenrijs.
Flag adopted by municipal resolution on 29 Sep 1961.
Description of the flag: Two equally wide horizontal stripes of bluie
and white, with in the canton a yellow square with a red eight-pointed
star.
For centuries a horizontal blue over white flag had been used; it was
felt that this was too common in the Netherlands. By adding a characteristic
element from the Coat of Arms - the red 8-pointed star, reminding of the merger
in 1855 of the municipality of De Tempel with Berkel en Rodenrijs - a clearly
distinguishable flag was created.
Source: Sierksma - Nederlands Vlaggenboek, 1962 [sie62]
Since 1 Jan 2007 part of Lansingerland.
Jarig Bakker, 23 May 2003
Berkel en Rodenrijs old flag
image by Jarig Bakker, 23 May 2003
Berkel en Rodenrijs Coat of Arms
image from the Berkel en Rodenrijs
municipal website.
Granted 1 Feb 1960.