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Hilversum (The Netherlands)

Noord-Holland province

Shipmate Flagchart : http://www.flagchart.net
adopted 4 Mar 1958

Hilversum municipality
Hilversum Coat of Arms

See also:

North Holland
The Netherlands
North Holland Province - The municipalities.
Alphabetical list of Dutch municipalities
The Netherlands - Index of all pages

Hilversum municipality

Number of inhabitants (1 Jan 2003): 83.096; area: 46,19 km². Settlements: Hilversum (seat).
The yellow items on the flag are grains of buckwheat. In olden times this was heather-country, in which many sheep grazed. On sheep-dung buckwheat is florishing, and that was the staple food of the old Hilversumers. Since the beginning of the 20th century no buckwheat, heather or sheep can be found here, except perhaps in radio- and TV-studios. See also Bussum.
The Coat of Arms was already known in the 17th century.

Hilversum Coat of Arms

image from Ralf Hartemink's site.

Granted 22 Oct 1817.