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![[Horst aan de Maas flag]](../images/n/nl-li-hm.gif)
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![[Horst aan de Maas Coat of Arms]](../images/n/nl-li)hm.jpg)
image from the Horst aan de Maas
website.
By Royal Resolution of 6 May 2002 the municipality was granted a Coat of Arms.
Description:
Or three fesses noir bordered argent with five medlar flowers gules,
budded or. Surmonté a crown or of three leaves and two pearls.
The arms belonged to the extinct family Van Mirlaer (van Meerlo) with
some additions. Jacob van Mirlaer was in 1345 Lord of Horst, and as far
is known the first "Heer van Horst". The silver border symbolizes the Maas
river, which flows as a silver ribbon along the eastern border of the municipality.
The medlar flowers symbolize the historical connection with the former
Duchy of Gelre, while the number of five refer to the five "schepenbanken"
(courts of aldermen) within the present municipality: Broekhuizen, Ooyen,
Lottum, Grubbenvorst and Horst.
The heraldic drawings of Coat of Arms and flag have been made by Piet Bultsma,
after a design by René Vroomen.
Souce: the Horst aan de
Maas website.
Jarig Bakker, 31 May 2003
![[Horst former flag]](../images/n/nl-li-ho.gif)
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On 1 Jan 2001 Grubbenvorst, Broekhuizen
and Horst merged to form the new municipality of Horst aan
de Maas.
Horst is in north Limburg between Venlo and Nijmegen, with one of the
world's best kept secrets: here lies America! Well, that is one of the
villages in that municipality, an old peat-diggery. It forms part of the
former marshy region of 'De Peel', which is now transformed in a major
agricultural region. Some heather-fields have remained there.
Before the flag was officially adopted it was used at special occasions.
It was derived from the municipal Coat of Arms, which was derived from 14th century
family-Coats of Arms.
Jarig Bakker, 3 December 1999
![[Horst former unofficial flag]](../images/n/nl-li_ho.gif)
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Flagdescription: seven equally wide horizontal stripes of yellow and
black.
This flag was not officially adopted, but was used for appropriate
occasions. The image is the same as the municipal arms.
Source: Sierksma's Nederlands Vlaggenboek, 1962 [sie62]
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