Flags of the provinces of the Netherlands

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

Province	Coat of arms	Flag	Pennon	Description	Adoption
Drenthe				White and red are the colours of a former leader, the Bishop of Utrecht. The black castle and red stars are a memory of Coevorden standing up against the Bisshop.[1] See Flag of Drenthe	19 February 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.[2] See Flag of Flevoland	9 January 1986
Friesland				The flag is based on the kings of Frysia in 15th century. The colours are the same as those 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	11 February 1958
Gelderland				The colours are taken from the coat of arms, in which the lions from former duchesses are combined. See Flag of Gelderland	15 April 1953
Groningen				The flag combines the colours of the city of Flag of Groningen	17 February 1950
Limburg				Two horizontal bands of equal height; above silver (white), below gold (golden yellow), separated by a narrower band of blue; over all, placed on the breeches side (mast side) and facing it, a crowned, red lion with double tail. See Flag of Limburg	28 June 1953
North Brabant				The North Brabantian flag dates from the Middle Ages and has the highest seniority among all Dutch province flags. The colours gules and argent have been used in Brabant standards, flags and pennants since the proclamation of the County of Louvain (942 CE) during the Lotharingian period. Later, the Duchy of Brabant continued using these colours. During the Middle Ages and the centuries after, the red and white would often be used. At the end of the 18th century, the flag fell into disuse. Since 1959, the red and white checkered flag has become the official flag of the province of North Brabant. See Flag of North Brabant	21 January 1959
North Holland				The colours of the flag are similar to the colours of the coat of arms, which is a combination of the coat of arms from Holland and West Friesland . see Flag of North Holland	22 October 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	20 August 1948
South Holland				The flag is a banner of the coat of arms of Holland. See Flag of South Holland	24 October 1985
Utrecht				From 1528, the bishop of Utrecht used a red flag with a white cross. This flag is still seen in the upper canton. See Flag of Utrecht	15 January 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	14 January 1949

Historical flags

Province	Coat of arms	Flag	Pennon	Description	Adoption
South Holland				A yellow flag with a red horizontal stripe through the middle.	22 July 1948

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flags of provinces of the Netherlands.

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

References