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Sint Jansteen (The Netherlands)

Hulst municipality, Zeeland province

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unofficial

Sint Jansteen former municipality
Sint Jansteen Coat of Arms
Sint Jansteen flagproposal (c. 1970)

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Sint Jansteen former municipality

Flagdescription: two equally wide horizontal stripes of white and black.
This flag was not official, but was frequently used. The colors are derived from (some of) the Coat of Arms.
Source: Sierksma's Nederlands Vlaggenboek (1962).
Sint Jansteen was a municipality with 4.000 inhabitants in Eastern Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, south of Hulst. Settlements: Sint Jansteen (seat), Absdale, Drie Hoefijzers, Heikant (part), Hoekje and Kapellebrug (part).
In 1170 Zeger, free lord of Gent, built a castle ("steen") with a chapel devoted to St. John the baptist, from which originated the name St. Jan ten Steene -> St. Jansteen. For centuries it belonged to the lords of Gent; in recent times (c.18th c.) it became the domain of the van Hogendorp family. It is close to the Belgian border.

Sint Jansteen Coat of Arms

by Jarig Bakker, 29 Oct 2004, after image in from the Koffie Hag-Album.
Granted 31 Jul 1817.

Description: argent a building of natural colors and a base or charged with a chain and stone noir.
This is a representation of "de Steen", the house of the free lords of Sint-Jan-ten-Steene and Inghlosenberghe.

Sint Jansteen flagproposal (c. 1970)

by Jarig Bakker, 29 Oct 2004
proposal by Ir. A.J. Beenhakker (c.1970)

Flagproposal: add to the white field of the existing flag the castle from the municipal arms.
<I've used the castle from the Koffie Hag Album Coat of arms>
Source: Anton Jansen's "Vlaggen"-magazine, #71, 1991, with proposals for Zeeuws-Vlaanderen municipal flags by Ir. A.J. Beenhakker, courtesy of Mr. Hans van Heijningen.
Jarig Bakker, 29 Oct 2004