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adopted 6 Oct 1971; design: Stichting Banistiek & Heraldiek
![[Hontenisse Coat of Arms]](../images/n/nl-ze)hn.jpg)
image from the Hulst municipal website.
Granted 20 Sep 1970.
![[Hontenisse flagproposal (c.1970)]](../images/n/nl-ze!hn.gif)
by Jarig Bakker, 23 Oct 2004
Hontenisse flagproposal: a green fruit-bearing orangetree in a white
hoist-triangle reaching the fly on a blue field.
The orangetree is derived from the municipal arms and points at the
possessions of the House of Orange in this region.
The white triangle symbolizes the sharp angle ("nisse") formed
by the Honte river (=Westerschelde) at that place.
The (orange)-tree symbolizes the House of Orange; the Agnus Dei (Lamb
of God) represents the monastery at Kloosterzande, the seat of Hontenisse.
The dog is an attempt to make the arms canting: "hond" = dog.
Although this area was already inhabited in the 12th century it was
continually devastated by inundations and French armies. The final blow
came in 2003, when Hontenisse completely disappeared from the map by the
merger with Hulst.
Note: the oranges on Coat of Arms and flagproposal are red (as well as on the
new 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, 23 Oct 2004
![[Hontenisse old Coat of Arms]](../images/n/nl-ze}hn.gif)
by Jarig Bakker, 23 Oct 2004, after image in the Koffie Hag album.
Description: per pale: I azure a turned Agnus Dei argent on a terrace vert; 2 argent a turned dog (?) or, rampant against a tree vert with apples gules; the tree standing in a tub vert with three bands noir, all on a terrace vert.