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image located by Valentin Poposki, 12 November 2025
Municipality of De Ronde Venen is part of the Province of Utrecht. The previous
flag was in use from 1989 until 2011, when the Municipality of Abcoude was
abolished and joined the Municipality of De Ronde Venen. There is no information
if there was a transitional logo flag from 2011 until 2016.
Valentin
Poposki, 12 November 2025
The flag of De Ronde Venen was adopted by the municipal council on 24
November 2016. Quartered over 1/3 of the flag's length, red and blue, across the
middle a white stripe 1/5 of the flag's height with a black serpent half the
flag's length on the breeches side; in the quarters, at equal distance from the
division line, a white Lamb of God looking back with a white banner bearing a
red cross over the shoulder, two white crossed keys, a yellow finch, and three
white columns, placed 2 and 1. New flag consists of the various heraldic
elements from the former coats of arms of the old municipalities that make up
the current De Ronde Venen. It is an initiative and design by flag enthusiast
Marco van Daalen.
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlag_van_De_Ronde_Venen
Valentin Poposki, 12 November 2025
Shipmate Flagchart : http://www.flagchart.net
From 1989 to 2011, the municipality used a flag with a logo. This logo
consists of a white background with a narrow green vertical stripe on the fly.
In the white area on the left, the text "Gemeente De Ronde Venen" is tilted,
with the "Gemeente" portion of the text in a smaller font than the rest of the
text. A visual logo is displayed in the center. In 1989 the municipality of De
Ronde Venen was formed by merging the former municipalities of Mijdrecht,
Vinkeveen en Waverveen, and Wilnis. These were possibly represented by green
blocks on the logo. On January 1, 2011, the municipality merged with Abcoude,
and the old flag fell into disuse after they changed the logo. In practice, De
Ronde Venen had to wait another five years for a new flag although there are
indications that there was another logo flag in use.
Valentin
Poposki, 12 November 2025
![[De Ronde Venen Coat of Arms]](../images/n/nl-ut-rv).gif)
image located by Valentin Poposki, 12 November 2025![[De Ronde Venen Coat of Arms]](../images/n/nl-ut)rv.jpg)
image from Ralf Hartemin's site.
Granted 17 Jul 1989.
![[Mijdrecht flag]](../images/n/nl-ut_md.gif)
image located by Valentin
Poposki, 12 November 2025
Mijdrecht was until 1 Jan 1989 a municipality; it was then merged with Vinkeveen en Waverveen, and Wilnis, to form the new municipality of De Ronde Venen, with its seat in Mijdrecht.
Description of the old Mijdrecht flag:
Three stripes white - red - white, proportioned 1:4:1; in the center
of the red stripe a turned Agnus Dei with cross-banner, all white and stepping
on the white stripe; on the white cross of the Agnus Dei is a shortened
red cross.
Instituted by the former municipal council on 17 May 1963.
I've used Ralf Hartemink's Mijdrecht
Coat of Arms for this.
Source: Derkwillem Visser's Gemeentevlaggen en wapens Koninkrijk
der Nederlanden, 2001.
Jarig Bakker, 10 July 2003
The flag of Mijdrecht was adopted by council resolution on May 17, 1963, as
the municipal flag of the Municipality of Mijdrecht: Three stripes of white,
red, and white, with a height ratio of 1:4:1; on the red stripe an Agnus Dei,
standing on the lower stripe. Since 1989 in use as village flag.
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlag_van_Mijdrecht
Valentin
Poposki, 12 November 2025
![[Mijdrecht]](../images/n/nl-ut_md).gif)
image located by Valentin
Poposki, 12 November 2025
![[Wilnis flag]](../images/n/nl-ut_wi.gif)
image located by Valentin
Poposki, 12 November 2025
The population of Wilnis was 3,600 in the settlements Wilnis (seat),
Groot-Mijdrecht, Noorden (part), Woerdens Verlaat.
br>OOn 1 Jan 1989 it became part of the new municipality of De Ronde Venen.
In 2003 it became world-famous because in a very dry summer it was hit
by flooding, caused by extreme drought.
The flag of Wilnis was adopted by council resolution on November 26, 1962, as
the municipal flag of Wilnis. The flag has seven stripes of white and green,
whose heights are in the ratio 7:4:7:4:7:4:7. From 1989 in use as village flag.
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlag_van_Wilnis
Valentin
Poposki, 12 November 2025
![[Wilnis arms]](../images/n/nl-ut_wi).gif)
image located by Valentin
Poposki, 12 November 2025