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Rijnwaarden (The Netherlands)

Gelderland province

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adopted 25 Oct 1990

Rijnwaarden municipality
Herwen en Aerdt former municipality

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Rijnwaarden municipality

Population (1 Jan 2003): 11.234; area: 44,86 km². Settlements: Lobith (seat), Aerdt, Herwen, Pannerden, Spijk, Tolkamer.
The municipality of Rijnwaarden was formed 1 Jan 1985 by the merger of the former municipalities of Pannerden and Herwen en Aerdt.
On the Rijnwaarden municipal webpage are Coat of Arms and Flag of Rijnwaarden (Gelderland), where the river Rhine enters the Netherlands. Text:
By royal resolution of 12 October 1988, #20, the municipality of Rijnwaarden was granted a Coat of Arms, which combines many features of the former municipalities.
Heraldic description: "Per pale; I in or an embattled tower in gules opened and illiminated in the field, and before the door-opening a barrier in argent; II per fess; in argent 3 tiles* in gules; b barry of 10 pieces of argent and azure, and covering all a lion in gules. The shield covered by a crown in or of 3 leaves and 2 pearls."
By municipal resolution of 25 October 1990, #429, the flag of Rijnwaarden was adopted, after it had been granted by the 'Hoge Raad van de Adel' by a letter dd. 28 August 1990.

Description of the flag: Three stripes YRW, over which a blue hoist triangle. Height and length relationship: 2:3. This flag was designed by the artist Tonny Ross, who lived and worked in Lobith. The flag is mainly based on the flag of the former commune Herwen en Aerdt. The abolished commune Pannerden had no flag. The blue triangle symbolises the location of the commune Rijnwaarden at the Bovenrijn.
* Tiles refer to the many tile works in the region; the barrier is of course for the frontier which used to be there between the Netherlands and Germany.
Jarig Bakker, 10 May 1999

Herwen en Aerdt former municipality

by Jarig Bakker, 19 Sep 2004
adopted 27 Apr 1972

Flagdescription: seven stripes red - white - red - white - blue - white - blue, and a yellow hoist-triangle, reaching to 2/5 glaglength, charged with a red, opened, embattled castle with two round white windows, and one square white window; in front of the gate a white barrier. Adopted 27 Apr 1972 by municipal resolution.
Source: Derwillem Visser: Gemeentvlaggen en wapens koninkrijk der Nederlanden, 2001.
Herwen en Aerdt was a municipality with 7.600 inhabitants. Settlements: Lobith-Tolkamer (seat), Aerdt, Bijland, Geitenwaard, Geldersche Waard, 's-Gravenwaard, Hank, Herwen, Houberg, Ossenwaard and Spijk.
Jarig Bakker, 19 Sep 2004