Flags of provinces of the Netherlands

provinces of the Netherlands

This list contains all twelve official flags of provinces of the Netherlands, including the pennons.

Province	Coat of arms	Flag	Pennon	Description	Adoption
Drenthe				White and red are the colors of a former leader, the Bishop of Utrecht. The black castle and red stars are a memory of Coevorden standing up against the Bisshop. See Flag of Drenthe.	February 19, 1947
Flevoland				Blue is the symbol of IJsselmeer, from which the land of this province was taken. Green is standing for vegetation, yellow for the cornfields. The lily refers to Cornelis Lely, who designed the plans for the new land taken from IJsselmeer. See Flag of Flevoland	February 19, 1989
Friesland				The flag is based on the kings of Frysia in 15th century. The colors are the same as of the national flag of The Netherlands. . The stripes and leaves of the yellow water-lily, represent the 7 districts of Friesland. See Flag of Friesland	February 11, 1958
Gelderland				The colors are taken from the coat of arms, in which the lions from former ducheses are combined. See Flag of Gelderland	April 15, 1953
Groningen				The flag combines the colors of the city of Groningen with red and blue of the area around this town . See Flag of Groningen	February 17, 1950
Limburg				See Flag of Limburg	June 28, 1953
Noord-Brabant				The flag is based on the colors of the Duchy of Brabant and refers to the design with more colors of the Belgian province of Antwerpen . See Flag of North Brabant	January 21st, 1959
Noord-Holland				The colors of the flag are similar to the colors of the coat of arms, which is a combination of the coat of arms from Holland and Westfriesland . see Flag of North Holland	October 22, 1958
Overijssel				The yellow and red stripes are a reference to the former association of this province with Holland. The blue source in the middle stands for the river IJssel, which gave the province its name. See Flag of Overijssel	August 20, 1948
Zuid-Holland				The flag is a banner of the coat of arms of Holland. See Flag of South Holland	October 15, 1985
Utrecht				The bishop of Utrecht used from 1528 a red flag with a white cross. This flag is still seen in the upper canton. See Flag of Utrecht	1952
Zeeland				In the middle of the flag, the coat of arms of the province is seen. The blue waves stand for the sea, and efforts to subdue its strength. The lion is a symbol for the winner of this battle between man and sea. See Flag of Zeeland	January 14, 1949

See also

• Coats of arms of provinces of the Netherlands
• List of Dutch flags