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Hoogezand-Sappemeer (The Netherlands)

Groningen province

Shipmate Flagchart : http://www.shipmate.nl/flags.htm
adopted 19 October 1956

Hoogezand-Sappemeer municipality
Hoogezand-Sappemeer CoA
De Vooruitgang Zeemanscollege, Sappemeer

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Hoogezand-Sappemeer municipality

Number of inhabitants (1 Jan 2003): 33.658; area: 73,05 km². Settlements: Hoogezand (seat), Achterdiep, Borgercompagnie (ged), Borgweg, Foxham, Foxhol, Foxholsterbosch, Jagerswijk, Kalkwijk, Kiel-Windeweer, Kleinemeer, Kropswolde, Lula, Martenshoek, Meerwijck, Nieuwe Compagnie, Sappemeer, Tripscompagnie (ged), Waterhuizen, Westerbroek, Wolfsbarge
Hoogezand and Sappemeer merged on April 1, 1949, being in fact one long village along the 'Winschoterdiep', the canal from Groningen city to Winschoten. This was part of the big moorland region of East Groningen/Drenthe, where peat was dug. After that it became an industrial region, where shipbuilding is the main feature.
The flag was adopted 19 October 1956. The BRB refers to the old flag of Sappemeer, still in use by the Zeemanscollege in that place. The tools (a riveting-hammer, a cog-wheel and a carpenter's hammer) refer to the industrial aspect of the community.
Jarig Bakker, 8 November 1999

Hoogezand-Sappemeer CoA

image from the municipal website.

Granted 28 Nov 1951.

De Vooruitgang Zeemanscollege, Sappemeer

by Jarig Bakker, 29 Jun 2003

Collegie "De Vooruitgang" (College "The Progress"), established 1827 in Sappemeer. It appears that neighbouring Hoogezand did not have its own Zeemanscollege, as several Hoogezand captains are registered as members of the Sappemeer college. Leen Smit pictures number 12. By 1979 this college had disappeared.
Flag: Red with blue flywise edges, and a white number centered on the red. (Drawn as appr. 1:4:1.).
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 6 Dec 2001

In "De geschiedenis van het College Zeemanshoop 1822-1972", by Mr. J.H.van den Hoek-Ostende is a plate with 13 flags of Zeemans Collegiën in Nederland. For "De Vooruitgang" te Sappemeer the flag is hor. blue - red - blue, with a white cipher 1 in the center. Stripes proportioned 1:2:1.
Jarig Bakker, 29 Jun 2003