This page is part of © FOTW Flags Of The World website
Tiel (The Netherlands)
Gelderland province
Last modified: 2006-12-09 by jarig bakker
Keywords: tiel | flipje |
Links: FOTW homepage |
search |
disclaimer and copyright |
write us |
mirrors
Shipmate Flagchart : http://www.flagchart.net
adopted 9 June 1954
See also:
Tiel municipality
Population (1 Jan 2003): 40.190; area: 34,81 km². Settlements: Tiel
(seat), Kapel-Avezaath, Wadenoijen.
Tiel is in the heart of the Betuwe, West Gelderland, famous for jam
making. The city is one of the oldest Dutch cities, founded between 850-1100.
The flag was adopted 9 June 1954, derived from the municipal CoA; as
an old Hansa town it had the right to put the double imperial eagle on
the flag, but someone forgot to do so. In the Carolingian time Tiel was
a 'Villa Regis' (a royal town) - so it had more more than one reason.
Jarig Bakker, 13 October 1999
This Fotw.net
mirror is sponsored by MrFlag.com
(for flag
and bunting
). Web
design and eCommerce for MrFlag.com by Wired Media .