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Adopted 31 Jan 1977
The present coat of arms was awarded to Woudrichem by Royal Decree on
23 March 1974. It is a composition of the coats of arms of the surrounding
villages, which in 1993 were combined into one borough. The coat of arms
is a shield of gold with two opposite-facing salmons in gules [heraldic
colour of red]; a chief of sable [heraldic colour of dark grey/blue] with
five broad-armed crosslets in gold; and for the crest, a golden crown of
three leaves and two pearls. The salmons on the shield are a reference
to the salmon-fishing that was an integral part of Woudrichem for many
centuries. Nowadays unfortunately, there are no salmons left in Dutch rivers.
Giessen had a flag: white with a red. at least four times wavy hoist
diagonal stripe of 1/3 flagheight.
Adopted 16 Jul 1970 by municipal resolution.
Woudrichem and the other former municipalities are at the point where
the Waal flows into the Boven-Merwede, as well as the "Afgedamde Maas"
(Dammed Maas (2 M's!), and where also three provincial boundaries meet
(Zuid-Holland, Gelderland, and Noord-Brabant) - 3 rivers is a rather good
excuse to use a wavy diagonal on a flag...
Source: Derkwillem Visser's Gemeentewapens en vlaggen Koninkrijk
der Nederlanden, 2001.
Jarig Bakker, 11 Nov 2003
Rijswijk had a flag: a yellow fly and a white hoist, divided by a green
hoist-diagonal at least four times wavy stripe of 1/3 flagheight.
Adopted 8 May 1970 by municipal resolution.
As stated above: a good excuse for even two wavy flags...
This Rijswijk is not to be confused with Rijswijk
near Den Haag (Zuid-Holland). Good thing that Woudrichem kept its old name,
as it is also colloquially known as Wo(e)rkum and then could easily be
confused with Warkum in Fryslân...
Source: Derkwillem Visser's Gemeentewapens en vlaggen Koninkrijk
der Nederlanden, 2001.
Jarig Bakker, 11 Nov 2003