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Blauwhuis (The Netherlands)

Wymbritseradiel municipality, Fryslân province

by Jarig Bakker, 23 Sep 2003

Blauwhuis village (Blauhûs)
Blauwhuis CoA

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Blauwhuis village (Blauhûs)

Blauwhuis (Frisian: Blauh?s, meaning Blue House) is a village in Wymbritseradiel municipality, Fryslân province, with (1958) 543; (1974) 502 inhabitants. It is named after the formerly quite rare blue tiled roofs. Until 1949 it was a hamlet under the village of Westhem. It is a Roman Catholic enclave in a predominantly protestant environment, totally dominated by the home for the elderly "St. Theresia". (a huge concrete building surrounded by tiny houses). In the polder-house of the Sensmeer (made dry 1632) a priest settled himself in 1651. The village is now worldfamous in Fryslân by the "Blauhúster Dakkapel", which produces a helluvalotofnoise during speedskating matches and matches of the soccerclub Heerenveen, armed with one (or two) bottles of Sonnema Beerenburg (for medicinal purposes).
Nickname: "Blaumiggen" (blue midges), derived from the placename, referring to insects thriving on dungheaps and carrion; in Fryslân also used to honor the strong arm of the law, aka "plysjes".
Blauwhuis CoA: per fess blue and silver; a. in blue a golden fishingboat fully rigged; b. in silver three red waterlilyleaves, placed 2-1.
Flag: Two equally wide horizontal stripes of blue and white, with in blue towards the hoist a yellow fishingboa