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Vollenhove (Netherlands)

Steenwijkerland municipality, Overijssel province

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[Vollenhove flag] Shipmate Flagchart : http://www.flagchart.net
adopted 17 Jun 1958 See also:

Vollenhove [former municipality]

Vollenhove is a small town in Overijssel, part of the new municipality of Steenwijkerland. Its name is derived from the old "Gouw" (shire) of Fulnaho (= foal's hill; mentioned in 944 - the place is still known locally as Volnáo). Here Bishop Godfried van Reenen (of Utrecht) built a castle in 1165, from where the Utrecht Bishops ruled the "Oversticht" (Overijssel). In 1354 Vollenhove received city-rights and many nobles had stately houses built here. Now it's a sleepy little town, closed off from the IJsselmeer after the "inpoldering" of the Noordoostpolder..
Vollenhove became part of Brederwiede in 1973, and since 1 Jan 2001 is a part of Steenwijkerland.
The flag of Vollenhove has four equally wide horizontal stripes red - white - yellow - green, adopted by municipal resolution on 17 Jun 1958.
Jarig Bakker, 31 May 2003

Vollenhove (unofficial) town flag

[Vollenhove (unofficial) town flag] by Jarig Bakker, 3 Oct 2004

At this website another (unofficial flag) is presented: red with a white cross; each quarter with a white six-pointed star; in the center of the cross a yellow 6-pointed star.
Until 1 Feb 1942 there were two separate municipalities: Stad Vollenhove (the town), and Ambt Vollenhove (the countryside). Stad Vollenhove had a coat of arms: in red a cross of silver, charged with a sixpointed star of gold; in each of the top quarters a five-pointed white star; in each of the bottom quarters a white six-pointed star. On the mentioned site is a drawing from Ralf Hartemink's site with four white six-pointed stars, (which Ralf has removed, without replacing it with the correct one), but drs. Jos Mooijweer, on behalf of the "Belangenvereniging Stad Vollenhove" in 2002 made a design as described above.
The white cross of red is from the Bishops of Utrecht, overlords of Overijssel (and Vollenhove) in the Middle Ages. The origin of the stars is not known.
The Ambt Vollenhove had nearly identical arms, without the white stars.
Jarig Bakker, 3 Oct 2004

Vollenhove town Coat of Arms

[Vollenhove town Coat of Arms] by Jarig Bakker, 3 Oct 2004, after image in the Koffie Hag Album.