Flag of Dutch Limburg

Flag ratio: 2:3

The flag of Dutch Limburg is a flag with the height:width ratio of 2:3. It consists of 3 rows of colors in a size ratio of 2:1:2. The colors used are (from top to bottom) white, blue and gold (yellow).

Flag of Limburg

In the flag there is a symbol of the red Limburgian lion with a double tail, facing the flagpole. The smaller blue middle row is symbolizing the Meuse River.

This flag is not used in Belgian Limburg, which has its own, different, flag.

Flag of the new Duchy of Limburg (1839-1866) was very similar to that of the present-day Dutch Province.

Flags within the Kingdom of the Netherlands

National

Subnational

Countries	Aruba Curaçao Netherlands Sint Maarten

Provinces	Drenthe Flevoland Friesland/Fryslân Gelderland Groningen Limburg North Brabant North Holland Overijssel South Holland Utrecht Zeeland

Public bodies	Bonaire Saba Sint Eustatius

European municipalities	Amsterdam The Hague Scheveningen Maastricht Rotterdam

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