Ferwerderadiel [Friesland, Municipality] (The Netherlands)

Ferwerderadeel [Friesland, Gemeente] (Nederland)

Last modified: 2001-08-16 by franc van diest
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• Municipal flag
  • Ferwerderadiel CoA
• Ferwerd (municipal capital)
• Hallum
  • Hallum CoA

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• Friesland
• Friesland - Historical quarters
• Friesland province - the municipalities
• The Netherlands
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Ferwerderadeel/Ferwerderadiel is a municipality in North Friesland. the Netherlands. It is named after its capital, Ferwerd.

The flag was adopted 30 June 1959. Colors and stars are derived from the municipal CoA. The number of villages determined the number of elements in the municipal flag. (v. Sierksma, Nederlands vlaggenboek, 1962)

Jarig Bakker, 22 August 1999

Ferwerderadeel
Flag: "Seven stripes blue and yellow, with along the hoist a pale chequered of blue and white of 14 of which the blue bear yellow six-pointed stars." Established 30-6-1959.
The shield is: Blue seven six-pointed stars gold per pale 2 : 3 : 2.
Under Ferwerderadiel nothing is added to this. No capital is mentioned. What is mentioned is that Oude Leye, which partly belonged to Marrum, became an independent village 1-1-1975. "Partly belonged to"? And then I realized
why the name Alde Leije on our pages sounded so familiar. I occasionally cycle through there when doing an 11-cities tour. The village is (or maybe "was") the meeting-point of three municipalities! Ferwerderadeel, Leeuwarderadeel and Het Bildt.

Under Ferwerd it says: Capital place of Ferwerderadeel.

Ferwerderadeel CoA

International Civic Arms : http://www.ngw.nl/

Ferwerd

Hallum CoA

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