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Haelen is in north Limburg, just north of Roermond. It is a rural
municipality with small meandering rivulets and several watermills.
The horns on the flag are derived from the CoA of the lords of Buggenum, the
family Horne. - Buggenum became part of Haelen in 1942.
Jarig Bakker, 29 November 1999
On 1 January 1991 the new municipality of Haelen was formed by the merger of
the municipalities of Horn and Haelen. This is reflected in the flag adopted on
22 June 1982, designed by Hans van Heyningen. The upper half represents Horn,
which used the old CoA of the County of Horne. Most of central Limburg west of
the river Meuse belonged to this county, and the Count of Horne was also Lord of
Weert, and also of Nederweert. The CoA were canting, and had a golden field with
three red horns garnished of silver, placed 2:1. On 3 May 1963 the Municipality
of Horn adopted a flag like this.
These horns also represents the former county or its family in other municipal
flags, eg. Heel, Heythuysen, Hunsel, Roggel en Neer, and Weert. They also appear
in the provincial CoA/flag of the Belgian province Liege. The three stripes in
the lower part stand for the municipalities which merged in 1942 to form Haelen:
Haelen, Nunhem and Buggenum.
Sources: Jos Poels, "De Leudal-vlaggen: Horn", in "Rondom het
Leudal", nr. 52, december 1988.
Jos Poels, "De vlag van de nieuwe gemeente Haelen", in "Rondom
het Leudal", nr. 72, winter 1993.
Jarig Bakker, 2 December 1999
Shipmate Flagchart : http://www.shipmate.nl/flags.htm
Reported in use from 1982 - 1991
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