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Ghent (Municipality, Province of East Flanders, Belgium)

Gent - Gand

Municipal flag of Ghent - Image by Mark Sensen, 10 May 1999, after an official image communicated by Jan de Baets [Voorlichtingsdienst Stad Gent - Information Service of the City of Ghent)]

Flag of Ghent
Former flags of Ghent
Flag of the Guilde of Weavers of Ghent (XIVth century)
Koninklijke Gentse Watersport Vereniging
State University of Ghent (Rijksuniversiteit Gent)

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Municipal flag of Ghent

The flag of Ghent was adopted on 9 October 1990 by Decree of the Flemish Minister of Culture, after the approval by the Flemish Heraldic Counci. The picture in the Decree is different from the image shown above, so it might be that the municipal authorities have redrawn the flag so that it would be nicer.

Pascal Vagnat, 10 May 1999

Former flags of Ghent

Former municipal flags of Ghent, c. 1900 - Images by Ivan Sache, 12 June 2005

Nouveau Larousse Illustré, Dictionnaire Universel Encyclopédique (7 volumes, published in Paris, 1898-1904) shows the flags of the main Belgian cities, then based on the traditional colours of the cities.
Two flags are shown for Ghent, the first horizontally divided black and white and the second vertically divided black and white.

Jan Martens & Ivan Sache, 12 June 2005

Flag of the Guilde of Weavers of Ghent (XIVth century)

Flag of the Guilde of Weavers of Ghent - Image by Filip Van Laenen, 29 January 1997

A XIVth century drawing shows a flag with the lion of Flanders, the lion of Ghent and a third lion which has at its sides two golden netting needles. The lion is blue, on a red field, its tongue and nails painted gold. This flag probably belonged to the Guild of Weavers of Ghent.

Filip Van Laenen, 29 January 1997

Koninklijke Gentse Watersport Vereniging

Burgee of KGWV - Image by Ivan Sache, 15 June 2002

The KGWV burgee is made of two red triangles placed vertically along the hoist and a yellow lozenge. The lozenge does not reach the hoist of the burgee.

Source: KGWV website

Ivan Sache, 15 June 2002

State University of Ghent (Rijksuniversiteit Gent)

Flag of the State University of Ghent - Image by Ivan Sache, 29 January 2006

The flag of the State University of Ghent is a vertically divided blue and yellow, as shown by a photography of the campus.
The flag of the University Hospital of Ghent (Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent) has the cypher of the Hospital added on the blue-yellow flag, as shown on the Hospital website.

Jan Mertens & Ivan Sache, 24 March 2007

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