Uffelte (1477 inh.) is a village in Westerveld municipality, SW Drenthe
province. Recently (start of 2008) it adopted a flag, designed by Jan and
Alja Mulderij: white with two opposing wavy horizontal stripes of red and
green, each of c. 1/4 flagheight; in center a yellow cornsheaf.
Explanation:
- white and red are the traditional Saxon colors;
- white and red are the colors of the Bishopric of Utrecht; Uffelte
was part of that Bishopric when it was founded (first mentioned in 1040)
The name Uffelte is also found in Germany, and most probably means
"Up Helte" (saxon): on the forested hill, the settelment which was founded
high and dry, an "es"-village. (an "es" is a small mound).
The bottomstripe is green, in the form of a hill.
The two bars divide the field in four parts, the four natural areas
around Uffelte (Uffelter zand, the Ooster- and Westerzand, Holtinge, Rheebruggen):
in center is the village Uffelte.
The sheaf symbolizes the fertile soil, blessed by the (yellow) sun.
Source: village
website.
Uffelte used to be part of Havelte municipality, until that merged
into Westerveld on 1 January 1998. The village is in the center of shifting
sands and forests. Northwest of it are the Wester- and Oosterzand; West
the Uffelterzand and the Holtingerzand (with the sheepherd of 250 sheep,
started in 1986), East the Manor Rheebruggen and Southwest the Uffelter
Binnenveld. In between meadows with cows, sheep, horses and the occasional
deer. One can also get to the village by the Drenthsche Hoofdvaart (canal),
and on the journey one can angle (mostly shoes and wellies).
Jarig Bakker, 23 Apr 2009
![[Uffelte village flag]](../images/n/nl-dr_uf.gif)
image by Jarig Bakker, 23 Apr 2009
