Ermelo [Municipality] (The Netherlands)

Ermelo [Gemeente] (Nederland)

Last modified: 2000-11-03 by franc van diest
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Municipal flag

Ermelo is a popular holiday resort on the fringe of the west-Veluwe bordering on the IJsselmeer.

The flag has a peacock, referring to the old town of Staverden which had to provide the count of Gelre with peacock-feathers and a Maltese Cross, a sign a foundation of Maltese Knights here in 1406, and now for several sanatoria in the municipality.

The old flag is described by Sierksma (Nederlands Vlaggenboek, 1962): Two horizontal bars YB, with on the hoist a vertical white bar (Madagascar-style) with the (old) municipal CoA, topped by a crown with five leaves and five pearls.
That flag was unofficial, but in general use.

Jarig Bakker, 22 September 1999