Suwald (The Netherlands) (original) (raw)

This page is part of © FOTW Flags Of The World website

Tytsjerksteradiel municipality, Fryslân province

Shipmate Flagchart : http://www.flagchart.net
adopted 22 Nov 1984; design: P. Bultsma

Suwâld village (Suawoude)

Suwâld (Dutch: Suawoude) is a village with c. 600 inhabitants with a ferry for pedestrians. It is a long village along the road, west of the Wide Ee water. The yellow middle stripe symbolizes the sandy soil on which the village is built; on both sides there were marshlands, where peat was dug, colored black. The duck reminds of the duck cage which was once at the Âlde Miede, near the village.
Flagdescription: trije like lange banen fan swart, giel, swart; yn 'e hystop in swimmende ein fan sulver.
That is: Three equally wide vertical bars in black, yellow, black; in the hoist top a swimming white duck.
Source: Doarpswapens en doarpsflaggen fan de doarpen yn de gemeente Tytsjerksterdiel, 1996.
Jarig Bakker, 10 November 2000

Suwâld Coat of Arms

[ [Suwâld Coat of Arms] su.gif)](../images/n/nl-fr%29su.gif)by Jarig Bakker, 5 May 2004
adopted 22 Nov 1984; design: P. Bultsma

Description: In black a golden pale, with on each side three swimming silver ducks, placed per pale.