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Schiermonnikoog (The Netherlands)

Fryslân province

Shipmate Flagchart : http://www.flagchart.net

Schiermonnikoog municipality
Schiermonnikoog Coat of Arms
Zeemanscollege De Herkenning
Zeemanscollege De Herkenning - variant

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Schiermonnikoog municipality

Population (1 Jan 2003): 1.001; area: 168,89 km². Settlements: Schiermonnikoog (official seat).
Schiermonnikoog (Frisian: Skiermuontseach) is an island in the Waddenzee, belonging to Fryslân (Friesland) province. Most of the island consists of wildlife reserves, although some parts are reserved for bathing beauties. The only village is Oosterburen.
The historical flag (already reported in 1708) was confirmed for use by the municipality on 19 April 1949. It has seven horizontal stripes: red, white, blue, green, red, white and blue. The color of the island is green, on the flag surrounded by the colors of the Dutch national flag.
Mark Sensen, 25 April 1998

Schiermonnikoog recently has been a thorn in the thigh of small Zuid-Holland municipalities, because the sparcely populated island is steadfastly winning the contest of "which municipality is the first to have counted the votes?" When all of Fryslân was liberated by Canadians and Poles after the second worldwar the Germans held on to Schiermonnikoog and threatened to shell Metslawier, the seat of our municipality of Oostdongeradeel. My dad and others always had the opinion that Metslawier was a lousy village, but were severly let down by the Germans, when they lamely surrendered.
What we didn't know was that as a result of the fighting many brave soldiers died on Schiermonnikoog. All soldiers were buried on the same graveyard in the only village on the island, Oosterburen. Later on it was suggested to separate the dead, but the island council decided against it, and it has remained so until now. The "Nieuwe Dockumer Courant" has monitored the meetings between the relatives of the former enemies and made some moving articles, recently edited into a book.
Jarig Bakker, 11 Aug 2003

Schiermonnikoog Coat of Arms

from the Schiermonnikoog website.

Granted 19 Oct 1954. The monk has a grey (schier) habit, making the Coat of Arms canting.

Zeemanscollege De Herkenning

by Jarig Bakker, 11 Aug 2003

Somewhere between 1851 and 1878 the "Zeemanscollege De Herkenning" (the Recognition) was founded on Schiermonnikoog. Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg wrote 6 Dec 2001: Collegie Schiermonnikoog, at Schiermonnikoog. Leen Smit pictures number X. By 1979 this college had disappeared.
Flag: Dutch flag with on the white a black bal and a number in Roman numerals.
In "College Zeemanshoop 1822-1972" is a flagplate with said flag (#1)
The undoing of this college has probably to do with the centralization of the whaling-trade into the huge "Willem Barendsz" whaler.
Jarig Bakker, 11 Aug 2003

De Herkenning was founded in 1859.
Ron van Staveren, 15 Aug 2005

Zeemanscollege De Herkenning - variant

by Jaume Ollé, 15 Nov 2003

#246 in Steenbergen's Vlaggen van alle Natiën, 1870 - Schiermonnikoog, island of the Netherlands, Navigation society.
Jaume Ollé, 15 Nov 2003