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Sint Jansteen (The Netherlands)

Hulst municipality, Zeeland province

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former St. Jansteen Shipmate Flagchart : http://www.shipmate.nl/flags.htm
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Sint Jansteen [former municipality]

Flagdescription: two equally wide horizontal stripes of white and black.
This flag was not official, but was frequently used. The colors are derived from (some of) the CoA.
Source: Sierksma's Nederlands Vlaggenboek (1962).
Sint Jansteen was a municipality with 4.000 inhabitants in Eastern Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, south of Hulst. Settlements: Sint Jansteen (seat), Absdale, Drie Hoefijzers, Heikant (part), Hoekje and Kapellebrug (part). It is named after "de Steen", the castle of Jan van Namen, count of Vlaanderen, c. 1300.

Sint Jansteen CoA

[Sint Jansteen CoA] from the Koffie Hag-Album.
Granted 31 Jul 1817.

This is a representation of "de Steen", the house of the free lords of Sint-Jan-ten-Steene and Inghlosenberghe.