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Shipmate Flagchart : http://www.flagchart.net
adopted 21 Nov 1963
Granted 26 Jun 1816.
Originally the flags of Weesp and Muiden
were identical to their arms: three stripes in the colors blue, white,
blue. The stripes in the flag of Weesp were vertical, and on the Muiden
flag horizontal. However it appeared that the skippers were avoiding paying
duties by sometimes flying the flag horizontally, sometimes vertically,
so the States of Holland required in 13 Jul 1595 that both flags should
be flown horizontally. They received in the white stripe two black letters,
MD for Muiden, WS for Weesp.
Source: the Weesp municipal website.
This story I can't find in my (rather limited) library - I don't know
whether the Weesp privileges were still applicable in 1595, or whether
Muiden had some privileges, but I assume for the trick to work quickly
that square flags were used till 1595.
Jarig Bakker, 6 Nov 2003
According to this webpage Muiden
was first mentioned as "Villa Almuda", on 21 Apr 953, when king Otto (King
of the Eastern Franks 936-962; Holy Roman Emperor 962-973) granted a charter
to the St. Maartenkerk in Utrecht. Muiden celebrated this year its 1050
years of existence a.o. by the issue of a special flag: white with the
celebration's logo in blue.
Jarig Bakker, 6 Nov 2003