Limburg is an stretched out shaped Dutch province in an panhandle form. This province is named of the medieval Duchy of Limburg where only an very small part of that Duchy has land in the current province. The area we know as Limburg was an patchwork of of independent and dependent areas. After the creation of the kingdom of the United Netherlands in 1815, King William I give the area the name Limburg. This name quickly became established and people in Limburg became very attached to it. History wise the territory of present-day Limburg was usually divided between the Duchy of Brabant, Duchy of Gelre, Duchy of Gulik, Prince-Diocese of Liège, Prince-Bishop of Cologne and very small Duchy of Limburg as told earlier. Since 1839 the province is split in an Dutch and Belgian part. Landscape wise the river Meuse runs from south to north trough Limburg. North Limburg is mostly agriculture and nature. Central Limburg has also some nature but more cities and south of it is where the Netherlands is it narrowest. South Limburgs is the most hilly part in the Netherlands. The cities of Maastricht and Valkenburg attracted many visitors. Almost surrounded by Belgium and Germany is the feeling of being different than the rest of the Netherlands the biggest here. So let's take an look at the flag.
The flag has three horizontal stripes which the middle one is slightly narrow. The white represented North Limburg with it's flat sandy soils. The yellow represented South Limburg with it's hilly marlstone soil. The blue is the river Meuse. The red lion with double tail is taken from the medieval Duchy of Limburg. Good chosen flag that unified the north and south of Limburg.
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