Veldhoven is an town and municipality located in the Dutch province of North Brabant in the Netherlands. Just southwest at the outskirts of Eindhoven the largest city of the province, the town acts as an suburb. Once there were four villages that merged into one new town, namely Veldhoven Dorp, Meerveldhoven, Zeelst and Oerle and this happend in 1921. Not much can be seen of the four villages anymore, only the streetplans in the form of winding village roads. The churches and football(soccer) clubs of each village still there. Maybe the Oerle part has something left from the past, but between Veldhoven Dorp and Zeelst an whole new city center is erected. Big chunks of the municipality are annexed by Eindhoven to build an regional airport, but on the other hand the largest hospital in the region can be found in Veldhoven. So lets take an look at the flag.
Light blue background with two rows of white and red squares. Those rows are inspired by the checkered white and red flag of North Brabant. De shield comes from the coat of arms, with different colors and again colors of North Brabant. The lions with one tail represented Brabant and traditionally the lion is white on an black field. The other lions with two tails represented Limburg and traditionally the lion is red on an white field. The crown is from an duke, the duke of Brabant and the duke of Limburg owned land in the area. The four diamond shape represented the four villages that merge together to the municipality of Veldhoven. For the colors of the shield below an picture of the coat of arms. The flag works well only the shield in the center is debatable, everything comes in fours.
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