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As of 01-01-2001 the new municipality of Bemmel is a merger of the former municipalities of Bemmel, Gendt and Huissen. For the moment the new municipality is using the flag of the former municipality.
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Bemmel is a municipality just south of Arnhem
The flag was adopted 2 June 1961 and derived from the municipal CoA. The
chess-castles are also named 'bemmels', of which the origins seem to lie in very
early historic symbols.
Jarig Bakker, 10 September 1999
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Gendt (also named Gent) is a small old medieval town northeast of Nijmegen,
north of the Waal river. The 'd' in the placename probably added to avoid
confusion with Belgian Gent.
The flag (adopted?) contains a stylized version of the castle on the municipal
CoA, symbolizing the castle of the former lords of Gendt.
Jarig Bakker, 25 September 1999
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Huissen is a suburb southeast of Arnhem. Early Middle Ages riverport, member
of the Hansa League. The rivers changed course and Huissen became islolated. It
became part of the Netherlands in 1816 (together with Duiven, Gendt and
Zevenaar).
The flag has the CoA and was developed c. 1954/55. The old flag had the CoA
covered with a crown - unlike the official CoA. This crown had been in use since
1348, when it got its city-rights from the Duke of Cleve. That crown had four
pinnacles.
The CoA reminds of the CoA of Cleve and is related to the Lohengrin-motive. Red
and white were typical colors of Cleve and of most cities of the Hanseatic
League.
Jarig Bakker, 3 October 1999
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