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adopted 2 Jan 2003; own design of the municipality
The merger of the former municipalities of Oss and Ravenstein resulted
into the new municipality of Oss on 1 Jan 2003.
This municipality now consists of 9 former municipalities:
1. Oss, formed in 1994 by the merger of Berghem, Megen c.a., and Oss.
Originally Oss consisted of the former "Freedom". Until 1795 this was
in the Meierij van 's-Hertogenbosch, quarter of Maassland.
2. Berghem, formed from the territory of the former Statendorp, in
the same quarter of the Meierij.
3-5. Megen, formed in 1820 from the former municipalities of Megen,
Haren and Macharen, which formed together the county of Megen until 1795.
6-9. Ravenstein, formed in 1941 by the inclusion of its territory of
the former municipality of Herpen. Earlier, in 1923, the three former municipalities
of Deursen en Dennenburg, Dieden, and Demen en Langel, as well as Huisseling
en Neerloon joined Ravenstein. The town of Ravenstein and the villages
of Demen, Dennenburg, Deursen, Huisseling and Langel belonged till 1795
to the Land of Ravenstein. Dieden was until then a village of Gelre, and
Neerloon belonged to the Land of Cuijck.
The aldermen of the Freedom of Oss used a seal with an ox under some branches; later the branches were stylized to a tree. The historical arms of os was green with a silver ox. The municipality used from 1817 till 1994 the ox under a tree on a green base, in the national colors of gold on blue. The flag, which was adopted in 1955, used these colors.
On 23 Nov 1994 a new coat of arms was granted to Oss: here was a silver ox on a geen field. A silver chief referred to Megen, and the mitre in that chied to Berghem. An antique count's crown reminded of the former county of Megen.
A new flag was adopted 2 Jan 1994 by municipal decision: quartered over 1/3 of flaglength of green, yellow, blue, and white, with on green in white the contours of a facing "emptied" ox's head.
Source: Willem van Ham: "Een leeg vak en vier lange banen in Oss",
in: Vexilla Nostra 244, 2005.
Jarig Bakker, 9 May 2005
![[Oss new Coat of Arms]](../images/n/nl-nb)o1.gif)
by
Jarig Bakker, 9 May 2005
Description: vert and ox argent; de shield surmounted by a crown or
of nine pearls.
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Oss is a merger of the former municipalities of Oss,
Berghem
and Megen, Haren en Macharen (also known as Megen
c.a.), and part of Heesch. (1 Jan 1994).
Number of inhabitants (1 Jan 2003): 76.233; area: 104,40 km². Oss
consists now of Oss (seat), Berghem, Megen, Haren, and Macharen. Since
1 Jan 2003 Ravenstein (8.466 inh, 42,68 km²)
is part of Oss, with the small town of Ravenstein, and the villages Demen,
Dennenburg, Deursen, Dieden, Herpen, Huisseling, Keent, Koolwijk, Neerlangel,
Neerloon, Overlangel.
Jarig Bakker, 23 May 2003
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Civic Arms : http://www.ngw.nl/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Oss
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International
Civic Arms : http://www.ngw.nl/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Oss
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![[Berghem Coat of Arms]](../images/n/nl-nb)bh.gif)
image from the Berghem website.
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The small town of Megen on the Maas river, together with the villages
of Haren and Macharen formed an independent county until 1800; it was sold
then for 3.000.000 Dutch Guilders to the Bataafsche Republiek (as the Netherlands
were called then). In 1810 Napoleon Bonaparte decided that Megen, Haren
and Macharen had to form one municipality. When the French left the Netherlands
in 1814 the county definitely ceased to exist.
![[Megen c.a. Coat of Arms]](../images/n/nl-nb)mm.gif)
image from the Megen website.
