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Aalburg (The Netherlands)
Noord-Brabant province
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Municipal flag
This flag was approved by the municipal council on 25 Oct 1974. For the
presence of the wheel: see Aalburg Coat of Arms. In the flag
the colors of the prsent municipal arms, the arms of former municipalities
and the red color of the Lords of Heusden have been combined, while the
diagonal division reminds of the image of St. Martin in the arms of the
former municipality of Eethen.
The municipality of Aalburg is located in Noord-Brabant in the “Land
van Heusden en Altena” and consists of seven villages: Babylonienbroek,
Drongelen, Eethen, Genderen, Meeuwen, Veen and Wijk en Aalburg.
The municipality was founded 1 Jan 1973 by the murger of the municipalities
of Eethen, Veen and Wijk en Aalburg and has (1 Jan 2003) 12.081 inhabitants
on an area of 5.316 ha.
The former municipality of Wijk en Aalburg contained the villages of
Wijk en Aalburg (seat), Biesheuvel and Spijk.
The former municipality of Eethen contained Eethen (seat), Babylonienbroek,
Doeveren (now in Heusden), Drongelen, Genderen,
Heesbeen (now in Heusden), and Meeuwen.
Jarig Bakker, 6 May 2003
Aalburg Coat of Arms
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International
Civic Arms : http://www.ngw.nl/
The coat of arms was granted by Royal Resolution of 25 July 1973. Description:
"In sable three wheels or, a chief or with a lion passant gules. The shield
is covered by a crown or with three leaves and two pearls".
The Coat of Arms is a combination of the arms of (Veen - the lion, see Ralf
Hartemink's site), with the wheels from the arms of Eethen and Wijk
en Aalburg. Originally the wheels came from the arms of Heusden,
since 1260. The following story explains the presence of the wheel:
Boudewijn, second Lord of Heusden, served King Edmond of England, and
abducted between 875 and 890 the King's daughter Sophia. A reconciliation
could only be realized if Boudewijn would replace his old arms with arms
with a wheel. (the story doesn't mention why...). Another chronicle tells
that Edmond's envoys found Sophia spinning yarn on a round spinning-wheel.
The only truth in this story is the fact that the Lords of Heusden
used a Coat of Arms with a wheel in very ancient times; however the use of Coats
of Arms in the Netherlands started only in the beginning of the 12th century.
King Edmond might have been Edmund, king of East Anglia (854-869).
Info from Ralf Hartemink's site.
Jarig Bakker, 6 May 2003
Eethen en Veen Coat of Arms
See International Civic Arms : http://www.ngw.nl/
Drongelen Coat of Arms
See International Civic Arms : http://www.ngw.nl/
Meeuwen Coat of Arms
See International Civic Arms : http://www.ngw.nl/
Veen Coat of Arms
See International Civic Arms : http://www.ngw.nl/
Wijk en Aalburg Coat of Arms
See International Civic Arms : http://www.ngw.nl/