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• Burum village (Boerum)
• Burum coat of arms See also:
• Friesland
• Friesland province - the municipalities
• Kollumerland en Nieuw Kruisland
• Alphabetical list of Dutch municipalities
• The Netherlands - Index of all pages

Burum village (Boerum)

Burum / Boerum - "Flag: Chequy, red and yellow of nine rectangles on three horizontal stripes; the central rectangle is black.
Colors: clear-red, princes-yellow and black.
The black color refers to the times when the abbot of Gerkesklooster held jurisdiction over Burum; his symbol was a black cross. Nickname: poepen (because they forgot their Frisian language and spoke Poeps - Grunnings or Groningers) and bollen (bulls, also grumpy people).
Source: information from Kollumerland municipality.

Burum Coat of Arms

[bm.jpg)](../images/n/nl-fr%29bm.jpg) image from Ralf Hartemink's website.

Coat of Arms registered in the Genealogysk Jierboek 1976.