Schoonrewoerd is a former municipality in Zuid-Holland province in the
so-called "Vijf-heerenlanden"; since 1986 it is part of the municipality
of Leerdam.
A flag was adopted 16 May 1969, design by Mr. J.F. van Heyningen.
Description: Two stripes red-yellow, lengthwise proportioned 1:2; the
stripes divided by an at least 4 times embattled line, with over all a
blue stripe of 1/9 flagheight, charged with a yellow crown of five leaves.
The Coat of Arms shows in gold two red embattled and counterembattled
fesses. A flag like that had already been adopted by Leerdam. The red-yellow
stripes have been derived from the arms. The blue stripe, added by a proposal
of the "Stichting voor Banistiek en Heraldiek", represents the Huibert
"boezem" (system of reservoirs for superfluous polder-water), dug
in the Middle Ages and now filled up in the village center. The five-leaved
crown symbolizes the "Vijf Heeren" (five lords)
of the region.
Schoonrewoerd was founded in the 11th century by Jan van Arkel (there
were many nobles from that family with that name). As a lordship of the
van Arkel family Schoonrewoerd received the arms of that family.
Other (former) municipalities with similar arms are:
Ammerzoden (Ge), Arkel (Zh), Dongen
(Nb) (no relationship with the van Arkels), Hagestein
(Zh), Hoenkoop (Utr), Hoog-Blokland (Zh), Hoornaar (Zh), Kedichem (Zh),
Leerbroek (Zh), Ottoland (Zh), Renswoude (Ut),
Vuren (Ge).
Jarig Bakker, 18 Sep 2004
![[Schoonrewoerd flag]](../images/n/nl-zh_sw.gif)
by Jarig Bakker, 18 Sep 2004
![[Schoonrewoerd Coat of Arms]](../images/n/nl-zh)sw.gif)
by Jarig Bakker, 18 Sep 2004
