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Last modified: 2005-04-23 by jarig bakker
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Laak, Den Haag

[Laak burgee] by Jarig Bakker, 10 Sep 2004

The Yearbook of the "Rotterdamsch Nieuwsblad" - Wie, Wat, Waar 1941 has two pages with burgees.
Roeivereniging "De Laak", Den Haag - green burgee; a yellow canton charged with a black cross.
Its homepage mentions that De Laak was founded in 1911. It still has a flag with a green field and a black cross in a yellow canton.
Jarig Bakker, 10 Sep 2004


Laga, Delft

[Laga burgee] by Jarig Bakker, 23 Mar 2005

The Yearbook of the "Rotterdamsch Nieuwsblad" - Wie, Wat, Waar 1941 has two pages with burgees.
Delftsche Studenten Roeivereniging "Laga", Delft (Zuid-Holland). A white flag with seven narrow red stripes; a white
canton charges with a black saltire.
Laga is the rowing club of the Delft Polytechnic University since 1876.
Jarig Bakker, 6 Sep 2004

"Laga", Delft: the flag has six red and five white stripes with a white rectangular canton with a black saltire. The design must have been chosen for esthetical reasons. Red and white are the colors of the Technical University of Delft and of the Delftsch student society. White and black are the colors of Delft. (see also De Delftsche Sport).
Jeroen van Leeuwen, 23 Mar 2005


Leede, Warmond

[De Leede burgee] by Jarig Bakker, 14 Aug 2004

The Yearbook of the "Rotterdamsch Nieuwsblad" - Wie, Wat, Waar 1941 has two pages with burgees.
Watersport Vereniging "De Leede", Warmond (near Leiden, Zuid-Holland) - blue burgee with in the center a red triangle charged
with a white Scandinavian cross.
At its homepage one can read that it was founded in 1921; in the 1930's it was moved to the Vennemeer, in the Kager Plassen lake-area; now it is called WSV Vennemeer, with the same burgee, and a very stylish logo..
Jarig Bakker, 14 Aug 2004


Leeuwarder W.S.

[Leeuwarder W.S. burgee] by Jarig Bakker, 7 Sep 2004

The Yearbook of the "Rotterdamsch Nieuwsblad" - Wie, Wat, Waar 1941 has two pages with burgees.
Leeuwarder W.S. (= Vereniging Leeuwarder Watersport), Leeuwarden (Fryslân) - a burgee yellow over blue; in the center a white disk charged with letters LWS.
Jarig Bakker, 7 Sep 2004


Lelystad WV

[Lelystad burgee] by Jarig Bakker, 3 Dec 2004

Watersportvereniging Lelystad, Flevoland province, after image on this website: blue burgee, charged with a stylized white letter L. This club is located in the Houtribhaven, near the impressive Houtribsluizen, at the end of the road/enclosuredam Enkhuizen - Lelystad.
Jarig Bakker, 3 Dec 2004


Lelystad-Haven

[Lelystad-Haven burgee] by Jarig Bakker, 3 Dec 2004

Watersportvereniging Lelystad-Haven, Flevoland province, after image on this website: a yellow trapezoid at the hoist; topfly blue, bottomfly green. An unusual pattern, but used plentyful on that page. Apparently they're sailing a lot in the Oostvaarder plassen.
Jarig Bakker, 3 Dec 2004


Leythe, Leiden

[Die Leythe burgee] by Jarig Bakker, 7 Sep 2004

The Yearbook of the "Rotterdamsch Nieuwsblad" - Wie, Wat, Waar 1941 has two pages with burgees.
Leidsche Roei en Zeilvereniging "Die Leythe", Leiden - orange burgee with a black sic-pointed star.
The club's homepage contains only the blade-colors, six stripes of orange and black. It was founded in 1914.
Jarig Bakker, 7 Sep 2004


Loosdrecht

[Loosdrecht burgee] by Jarig Bakker, 14 Aug 2004

The Yearbook of the "Rotterdamsch Nieuwsblad" - Wie, Wat, Waar 1941 has two pages with burgees.
WatersportVereniging "Loosdrecht", Loosdrecht (then Utrecht, now Noord-Holland province. A burgee horizontal green - yellow
- green; on yellow a stylized CoA of Loosdrecht.
At this webpage one can read that it is now royal, and it has a new (similar) burgee: on yellow a green diamond charged with a yellow crown. (it is a flash-object).
Jarig Bakker, 14 Aug 2004


Loosdrecht (royal)

[Loosdrecht royal burgee] by Jarig Bakker, 14 Aug 2004

At this webpage one can read that it is now royal (Koninklijke Watersport Vereeniging "Loosdrecht"), and it has a new (similar) burgee: on yellow a green diamond charged with a yellow crown. (it is a flash-object).
Jarig Bakker, 14 Aug 2004


Lunegat WV

[Lunegat burgee] by Jarig Bakker, 3 Dec 2004

Watersportvereniging Lunegat, Dokkumer Nieuwe Zijlen, Dongeradeel municipality, Fryslân province, after image on this site - a yellow burgee charged with blue letter WSV Lunegat in all kinds of sizes; the A has been treated in an unspeakable way, and has on top of it a blue spade. Dokkumer Nieuwe Zijlen (Frisian: De Syl) is part of the great metropole of Engwierum. In 1477 Bennert van Donia, a notorious highwayman, assisted by Eastern European "Droezen" was taken prisoner in the castle known as "it Heech"; he was transported to Kollum; on the way he fell several times voluntarily from his horse; his custodians were so fed up with him that they killed him in Ter Lune (a km away from DNZ). Ter Lune is also the place where the Zwemmer river/canal flows into the Dokkumer Grootdiep canal.
Jarig Bakker, 3 Dec 2004