Oost Gelre - the Netherlands

Oost Gelre is an municipality which located in the Achterhoek, an region in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It's comprises of the city of Groenlo, the town of Lichtenvoorde and the parishes of Harreveld, Lievelde, Mariënvelde, Vragender, Zieuwent and finally two hamlets Zwolle and Eefsele. The municipality have an population of around 30 thousand. Groenlo may have the city hall but the council will gather in Lichtenvoorde. Before 2005 Groenlo and Lichtenvoorde where own municipalities until the merger happened. The name Oost Gelre can be translated as "East Gelderland", Gelre is the old spelling Gelderland. The area is an excellent place for holiday, for relaxation, cycling, walking and history. So let's take an look at the flag. 

The flag has an purple background with lot of logo's on it which forms an butterfly figure logo, this is an modern logo flag. Let's try sum up the logo's and it can be hard to identify them all, to be honest i copy paste it from other site. 

Ball (sports, games, clubs) 

Flowers (flower parade, creativity, strong bonds) 

Farmhouse (country life)

Tree (green, nature, shelter) 

English sconce (historical richness) 

Cyclist (recreation and recreatieve facilities)

Corn & grass (barley/beer history, growth, harvest)Industry (employment, favorable climate) Canon (Groenlo)

Four-leaved clover (luck, prosperity)

Clinking wine-glasses (Burgundian lifestyle, cosiness)

Cow (agrarian landscape) - Ring of people (co-operation, societies)

Cross (religion, parishes)

Lion on rock (Lichtenvoorde)

Dragon-fly (wealth of natural regions)

Midwinterhorn (music, societies, cultural history)

Three-cornered hat (carnival, creativity, strong connections)

The butterfly itself stands for for the development that the old municipalities of Lichtenvoorde and Groenlo have experienced. Also it's stands for beauty, friendliness, independence and nature. The color purple and the have also an red version flag and those colors stand for Burgundian living environment, but is also surprising, active, friendly and clear. In the end a lot is going on with this flag, normally i would say it's too busy but this one works on an modern manner. And it's also an puzzle.