Stefan Lambregts sent via the Benevex-list the link
to the new villageflag of Wormerveer, now in Zaanstad municipality, Noord-Holland.
It has a photo and a story (reinterpreted by me)
Wormerveer was a separate municipality until 1974, with a flag quartered
white and red. When the municipality was dissolved the flag became obsolete,
but on the occasion of the celebrations of 500 years of Wormerveer it has
been restored as villageflag, with the addition in the canton of elements
of the old Coat of Arms.
The old Coat of Arms was: quartered: the first and fourth gules with a lion
argent; the second and third argent, with a lion gules.
On the new flag two red and two black lions have been put in a white
canton - a red lion opposite a black, and a black opposite a red one.
Jarig Bakker, 24 Jul 2003
On the Benevex-list Gerard Kuipers remarked that it was a pity that
the old flag of the municipal council had not been restored.
Description: quartered of white and red, with in the center a lion
countercharged.
This flag was used by the municipal council or by special citizens,
such as honorary citizens, jubilating industries, etc.
Source: Sierksma's Nederlands vlaggenboek, 1962 [sie62}
Jarig Bakker, 24 Jul 2003
Wormerveer old unofficial flag
by Jarig Bakker, 24 Jul 2003
Before the old simple quartered flag was adopted (30 Jan 1962) a red
over white flag was used.
Source: Sierksma's Nederlands vlaggenboek, 1962 [sie62}
Jarig Bakker, 24 Jul 2003
![[Wormerveer villageflag]](../images/n/nl-nh1wv.gif)
by Jarig Bakker, 24 Jul 2003
Shipmate Flagchart : http://www.flagchart.net
![[Wormerveer councilflag]](../images/n/nl-nh_w2.gif)
by Jarig Bakker, 2 Sep 2003
![[Wormerveer old unofficial flag]](../images/n/nl-nh0wv.gif)
by Jarig Bakker, 24 Jul 2003
