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Donkerbroek (The Netherlands)

Ooststellingwerf municipality, Fryslân province

by Jarig Bakker, 12 Aug 2005
Design: P. Bultsma

Donkerbroek village
Donkerbroek CoA

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Donkerbroek village

Donkerbroek (meaning: dark brook) is a village in Ooststellingwerf municipality in Fryslân province, with (1958) 1946; (1974) 1582 inhabitants, with the small hamlets of Petersburg, Moskou, Leidijk, Het Hogezand, and Het Koeland. Although Ooststellingwerf has its own dialect (closely related to Low German), 86 % of the Donkerbroekers speak Frisian. The little industry of the dairy-factory and the Artificial Insemination station have been dissolved, while also the re-allotment did not promote a population-explosion.
Nickname: "Takkemigers" (branch-handwashing) - Donkerbroek is in a forested environment, and the inhabitants were known to do what they had to do in the forest.
CoA: in green a gold chevron, with lefttop a silver ramshead, and in base a square fortress of gold, surrounding a green field; the plan of the fortress is parallel to shield-top; a border of counter-ermine and a free quarter of silver, on which a red griffin facing sinister; between the feet a red ball, on which a sixpointed golden star.
Flag: Three stripes of green and yellow, proportioned 2:1:2, with a black hoisttriangle, charged with a red griffin.
The name Donkerbroe