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Frieschepalen (The Netherlands)

Opsterland municipality, Fryslân province

by Jarig Bakker, 15 Sep 2003
Design: J.C. Terluin.

Frieschepalen village
Frieschepalen CoA

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Frieschepalen village

Frieschepalen (Frisian: Fryskepeallen) is a village in Opsterland municipality, Fryslân province, with (1958) 816; (1974) 708; (2000) 986 inhabitants. It became a village after WWII; before that it belonged to Ureterp. It was founded as a peat-digging colony after 1650 along the Drachtster Compagnievaart (canal). In 1593 the "schans" (small fort) of Frieschepalen was built on the orders of the Frisian "stadhouder" Willem Lodewijk, aka "Ús Heit". This ultimate defense against our mortal enemies, the Grunningers, was pulled down. The name of the village refers to the boundary marks separating Fryslân from Groningen province.
Nickname: none.
Frieschepalen CoA: lowered turned chevronwise divided by a "schansdwinger" (?) of green; A. in chief two silver pales each charged with two red waterlilyleaves; per pale of ten pieces gold and red.
Flag: towards the hoist five stripes of yellow and red; the "schansdwinger" is green; the fly has three stripes of bluie and yellow,
with on yellow two red peatblocks.
The main element in flag and CoA is the "schans", constructed to prevent the Spaniards to enter Fryslân. The Frisian territory is reflected in the colors of the Frisian fl;ag on the CoA. The diagonal stripes of the Frisian flag have here been put vertic