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Anjum (The Netherlands)

Dongeradeel municipality, Fryslân province

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Anjum village (Aenjum)
Anjum CoA
Esonstad wardflag
Esonstad CoA

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Anjum village (Aenjum)

Flag: Diagonally divided from top-fly to hoist-bottom in two; top-hoist white with three green bulrushes, bound with a red ribbon; the fly with eight equally wide horizontal stripes of white and blue.
Anjum (Frisian: Aenjum, is in the northeast of Dongeradeel, traditionally the largest village of East Dongeradeel. To indicate that this village belonged to that former municipality the flag has a diagonal running from the bottom of the hoist to the fly-top. The bound stalks are bullrush, or as we used to call them: 'bollepiesten'. In the description they have been derived from some CoA, but it is well known that Anjum was separated from the rest of the municipality by marshy lands, de Kolken, which only recently were transformed in luscious meadows. I should mention, that at present there is an important asylum for birds, the Fûgelpits.
Jarig Bakker, 26 October 2000

Anjum CoA

by Jarig Bakker, 2 May 2004

Description: "Per fess: I. in silver three crossed green bulrushes, bound with a red ribbon; II. per pale of blue and silver of eight pieces.
The bulrushes (Frisian: tuorrebouten) are derived from the arms of the Holdinga family. The vertical stripes are from the arms of the family of Schwartzenberg Thoe Hohenlansberg.
Source: "Anoniem, 1994 (Wapens en vlaggen van Dongeradeel)"

Esonstad wardflag

by Jarig Bakker, 17 Aug 2003

Esonstad's former existence is rather doubtful, although traces have been found of remnants of houses and cultural items, the remains can be admired in the little museum of Veenklooster. The town is said to have been east of the present hamlet of Ezumazijl / Iesumasyl, part of Anjum village.
CoA and flag of Oostmahorn-Esonstad in the municipality of Dongeradeel / Dongeradiel.
CoA: divided: I in red a turned strained handbow of silver, with a golden arrow; II. in blue a "kogge" ship with sail and wimpel, hoist triangle of gold charged with a black Saint James-shell.
Flag: five wavy stripes red and white, and towards the hoist a vertical blue stripe of 1/3 flaglength, charged with a yellow "kogge" ship with sail and wimpel, with a height of 3/5 flagheight.

Oostmahorn / Eastmahorn is a neighbourhood, belonging to the village of Anjum, on the coast of the former Lauwerszee and used to be the place, where the ferry to Schiermonnikoog departed. Since the drymaking of the Lauwerszee the hamlet is concentrating on tourism (=project development). The plan of "Esonstad" is part of that new development.
The bow and arrow have been adopted to remind of the entrenchment which existed here until the 19th century (Oostmahorn is locally known as "de Skâns"). It also reminds of the family Toxopeus, which was mostly known because they rescued many sailors with the rescuing boat "Insulinde", and is derived from the family's CoA. The arrow is aimed at the east - the direction from where the enemy always came. (except for the French, who are still remembered in the books of Siebe van Aengium about "De Smokkelaars van de Schans".)
The colors are the Oostergo-colors - red and silver. The "kogge" refers to the legendary trading town of Esonstad / Esonst?d, which is supposed to have drowned in the 13th century. It is gold, referring to the gold which was earned by the trade. The triangle points at the "horn"-corner. The yellow color is for the sand on the beach and the cockle-shells are still collected from the bottom of the Waddenzee. The flag is based on the flag of Oostergo; the white stripes are wavy as they symbolize the sea. Towards the hoist the kogge from the CoA has been placed.

Because Oostmahorn does not have the status of a village, and the CoA and flag have been designed mostly for the "historic" expansion, CoA and flag were registered without the status of village CoA and -flag.
Design: J.C. Terluin, member Fryske Rie foar Heraldyk
Source: Genealogysk Jierboekje 2002.
Encyclopedie van Friesland. Leeuwarden, 1958.
Jarig Bakker, 17 Aug 2003

Esonstad CoA

from this site, reported by Stefan Lambrechts, 18 Aug 2003