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Aldtsjerk(The Netherlands)

Tytsjerksteradiel municipality, Fryslân province

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[Âldtsjerk flag] by Jarig Bakker, 5 May 2004
adopted 22 Nov 1984; design: P. Bultsma

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Âldtsjerk village (Oudkerk)

Flagdescription: 'A white cross with an arm length of 1/4 flagheight; the fields red, green, green, red; in the hoist top in red a white double wood anemone (anemone nemorosa)".
The cross in the coat of arms and the flag of Âldtsjerk remind of the monastery of Betlehem, which was in this village from 1170 till 1580. In the parks around the manorhouses some plants are growing which can't be found elsewhere. That is part of the so-called "stinzen-flora". TheKlinze manorhouse harbours the wood anemone with the double flowers. That flower has been placed on the flag and arms. Red is the color of brickhouses, and green for the woody environment.
Âldtsjerk (Dutch: Oudkerk) is a village with c. 600 inhabitants, most famous in the Netherlands because of its hamlet Bartlehiem, where the big skating-race, the 'Elfstedentocht' passes, when it is being held.
Source: Doarpswapens en doarpsflaggen fan de doarpen yn de gemeente Tytsjerksteradiel, 1996.
Jarig Bakker, 5 Nov 2000

Âldtsjerk Coat of Arms

[Âldtsjerk Coat of Arms] by Jarig Bakker, 5 May 2004
adopted 22 Nov 1984; design: P. Bultsma

Description: in red a silver cross, over all a green erased tree, in every quarter a white double flower of the wood anemone (anemone nemorosa).
Source: Doarpswapens en doarpsflaggen fan de doarpen yn de gemeente Tytsjerksteradiel, 1996.
Jarig Bakker, 5 Nov 2000