Aa en Hunze is an municipality in the Dutch province of Drenthe, located in the eastern parts of the Netherlands. After an merger with 4 municipalities in 1998 the named the new municipality after two small rivers named the Drentsche Aa and Hunze. Naturally Aa en Hunze can divided in two parts by the Hondsrug an sand ridge. The east part is sandy and the oldest populated area of the Netherlands, 12 dolmens can be found here from the stone age. The west part is more grassy with small villages typical of this area. This make this area an ideal place for an holiday on an typical Dutch way of transportation. Aa and Hunze comprise of 35 villages and hamlets and those are Amen, Anderen, Anloo, Annen, Annerveenschekanaal, Balloërveld, Balloo, Deurze, Eext, Eexterveen, Eexterveenschekanaal, Eexterzandvoort, Ekehaar, Eldersloo, Eleveld, Gasselte, Gasselternijveen, Gasselternijveenschemond, Gasteren, Geelbroek, Gieten, Gieterveen, Grolloo, Marwijksoord, Nieuw Annerveen, Nieuwediep, Nijlande, Nooitgedacht, Oud Annerveen, Papenvoort, Rolde, Schipborg, Schoonloo, Spijkerboor en Vredenheim. But there are 18 more smaller settlements and those are Achter 't Hout, Bareveld, Bonnen, Bonnerveen, Bosje, Bovenstreek, De Hilte, Eerste Dwarsdiep, Gasselterboerveen, Gasselterboerveenschemond, Gieterzandvoort, Kostvlies, Marwijksoord, Schreierswijk, Streek, Torenveen, Tweede Dwarsdiep en Veenhof. The longest and second longest place name in Netherlands are in Aa en Hunze, can you find it? In this case there are many places but the population is low around 25 thousand. The town hall is located in the village of Gieten. So let's take an look at the flag.
The flag has an yellow Saint Andrew's Cross on an green background with on the left an yellow crown. The yellow cross stands for two roads that cross the municipality, the provincial roads N33 and N34. The 4 quarters stands for the 4 old municipalities before the merger of 1998, namely Anloo, Gasselte, Rolde and Gieten. The lily crown stands for Etstoel, the old legal practice of Drenthe before 1791 which held in Rolde an village part of Aa en Hunze. The lily is symbol for the Virgin Mary, symbol of Drenthe. Solid flag that looks ancient but is rather modern.
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