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Penjum (The Netherlands)

Wûnseradiel municipality, Fryslân province

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adopted 19 Apr 1955; design: Kl. Sierksma

Penjum village
Penjum Coat of Arms

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Penjum village

Penjum (say: Pijum, Dutch: Pingjum) is a village in Wûnseradiel municipality in the province of Fryslân.
Flag: blue bordered yellow; at the hoist the narrowed municipal flag.
adopted 1955; design: Kl. Sierksma.
Arms: azure bordered or a fleur-de-lis of the same.
The fleur-de-lis is derived from from the Hiddema family, who had a stins (fortified house) in Penjum.
Penjum is a village with c. 600 inhabitants with 3 churches. It is an old settlement, on land enclosed by a dike in ancient times; on the "terp" old Germanic, Roman and Carolingian remains have been found.

Nickname: "Beanhulen" - pea-wrap, Penjumers were so poor that they had to eat that.
"Moudekrûpers" - dustcrawlers
"Ulefellen" - sweets - refers to lack of energy of the Penjumers ("suertsjes"). The Society for Village Interests has done extensive research, but was not able to find the exact meaning of this nickname; the Penjumer Kindergarten therefore was baptized "De Ulefeltsjes".
"Âlde jongens" - bachelors - The Penjumers were too afraid to ask girls, the "suertsjes".

Source: It Beaken, jrg. xxxi, # 3-4, Dec 1969
Encyclopedie van Friesland, 1958
Groot Schimpnamenboek van Nederland, by Dirk van der Heide, 1998
Jarig Bakker, 12 Apr 2005

Penjum Coat of Arms

by Jarig Bakker, 12 Apr 2005