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Leeuwarden municipality (The Netherlands)

Provincial capital, Fryslân province

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adopted 1 August 1947

Leeuwarden municipality
Goutum
Hempens (Himpens)
Huizum (Huzum)
Swichum
Teerns (Tearns)
Wijtgaard (Wytgaard)
Wirdum (Wurdum)

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Leeuwarden municipality

Number of inhabitants (1 Jan 2003): 90.516; area: 84,11 km². Settlements: Leeuwarden (seat), Goutum, Hempens/Teerns, Lekkum, Miedum, Snakkerburen, Wirdum/Swichum, Wytgaard.
Leeuwarden/Ljouwert (Ljout, locally: Luwarden) is the capital of the Dutch province Friesland/Fryslân.
This flag was readopted 1 August 1947 after an image from a flagbook of 1708. Before that the citizens used a flag of two bars of Blue and Yellow. But no less than 21 sources depict for Leeuwarden a flag with a yellow lion; in 16 cases on a green field, in 5 cases on a blue field.
Source: Sierksma, Nederlands Vlaggenboek, 1962.[sie62]
Jarig Bakker, 28 August 1999

Leeuwarden CoA

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Granted 25 Mar 1818.

Goutum village

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adopted 1994; Design: Rudolf J. Broersma

Goutum, municipality Leeuwarden/Ljouwert, Friesland/Fryslân, the Netherlands. It was till 1944 part of Leeuwarderadeel.
The battlements on the flag refer to the Wiarda State, one of the last 'stinzen' (castles) in Friesland (demolished 1882).
Jarig Bakker, 18 January 2001

The flag of Goutum is an abstraction of the arms, which include a.o. three goblets. These refer to the jocular nickname for the former "states" (fortified houses) near the village: Emingastate was "Drinkuitsmastate" (drink me), Burmaniastate was "Putsmastate" (draw me), and Wiardastate "Schenkinsmastate" (pour me). These "states" are represented in the flag by the three red embattlements in white (colors of Oostergo). The blue stripe symbolizes the Van Harinxmakanaal, on which the village lies.
Rudolf J. Broersma, 1 Sep 2006

Huizum (Huzum) village

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adopted 1994; Design: Rudolf J. Broersma

The flag of Huizum is based on Leeuwarden's flag, the colors blue and white refer to the colors of the municipality of Leeuwarderadeel, to which Huizum belonged until WWII - it was even its seat, hence the star. Blue and ahite are also the colors of Huizum's main claim to fame, the soccerclub Blauw-Wit '34.
Rudolf J. Broersma, 1 Sep 2006

Swichum village

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adopted 1994; Design: Fryske Rie foar Heraldyk

The flag of Swichum has an opposite and elegant diagonal division compared with the flag of Wirdum; from that division emanates one of the cloves from the coat of arms. The clover was chosen because Swichum was a purely grass-village ("greidedoarp"), where no corn was cultivated, so that the sheaf from the Aytta-arms didn't qualify for placement on the flag.
Rudolf J. Broersma, 1 Sep 2006

Wijtgaard (Wytgaard) village

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adopted 1994; Design: Rudolf J. Broersma

The flag of Wytgaard contains two elements, namely the eagle's head, referring to the many noble families in this area, and the blue wavy stripe, wymbolizing the small harbourm which the village used to have, and the Swette, a remnant of the old Middelzee.
Rudolf J. Broersma, 1 Sep 2006

Wirdum (Wurdum) village

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adopted 1994; Design: Fryske Rie foar Heraldyk

The flag of Wirdum has a so-called St. Martin's division, referring to the Martinie-church of the village. From the diagonal division, but in the opposite direction from Swichum emanates the horse from the village arms (that is not the old village arms of Wirdum, but of the Werdum-family, with probably an issuing horse in the heraldic left half. The arms was "launched" some time ago as beiung the village arms, but it occurs in the second part of family arms of Andries Schoemaker).
Rudolf J. Broersma, 1 Sep 2006