When we went to Baard (Dutch), Baerd (Fries), it was a very cold windy day.
There was quite a thick mist, and you could see that the grass growing on the side of the ditches (sloot) were frozen and looked very pretty.
Baard is a very pretty village and it used to formely belong to the municiaplity of Baarderadeel but now falls under the municipality of Littenseradiel.
Apparently (according to Wikipedia) Juw Dekema (born 1449/1450, died Oct. 24, 1523) was a Frisian chieftain and Schieringer in Weidum and Baard, who was elected potestate of Friesland in 1494 at the diet of Sneek.
In 1498 he asked Albrecht of Saxony to rule the land. Juw served as a councilor at the Court of Friesland (1500-1515) and magistrate of Baarderadeel (1510-1512).
As we walked through Baard, there was quite a few interesting things we came across, for instance this old iron grinder (I think), in some ones garden (strange) to have in ones garden, dont you think.
Continuing our journey through the village we came across this statue of a cat.
Nickname : Katten" (cats, referring to feline qualities of the baerded ladies).
we continued walking through the village we came across a cafe called "It Skipperke" on the corner (the white building) by the river with a bridge spanning it with a sign on the bridge 'Baard' on its railing, the cafe keeper I believe (to have been told) turns a handle on the bridge to raise it for the boats to pass through.
This cafe has history, in earlier years the 'Boalserter Feart', was important as all imports and exports were transported over water and the 'Boalserter Feart' was an connection to Easterlittens and the cafe was a place where one could get rest and their breath back so to speak to break the journey.
(translated by myself from information on wikipedia).
The sign board hanging outside the cafe in shape of a ship.
The primary school the 'De Stjelp',has been replaced by an monumental farm, but the school has been moved brick by brick and is now at the Zuiderzeemuseum in Enkhuizen.
Harmen Sytstra was from 1852-1864 school master by the 'Baarder primary school'; he was a friese'taalstrider' in other words he campaigned for recognition of the Fries culture and language and is buried in Baard.
sign to follow on walking routes for 'santiago de compostela'.
We found a bicycle/walking path and found out it was once again the route for 'Santiago de Compostela', that I have mentioned quite a few times on my other stories on this site, (Rieds for instance).
It was such a raw cold day that there was a very cold mist hanging as you can see in this picture below of the scenery surrounding 'Baard'.
we saw a windmill in the distance, we had also been to Leons a while back, which was not so far and we could see the church spire and the village from a distance.
The church spire of the Nederlands Hervormde church (Baard) we could see behind the houses and farms in the distance.
Leons church in the distance witha thick cold mist hanging over it with the car lights shining through.
It used to be in the former municipality of Baarderadeel,of which it was till 1700 the municipal seat.
Population (1958): 252; (1974): 200.
In the Middel Ages the village was dominated by the Dekama family.
In 1494 Juw Dekema was chosen as "potestaat",regent of Fryslan (a title used in Italian cities (podesta),here used as first noble among equals); in 1498 he was deposed, and in 1514 the Geldersen burnt his "state" in Baerd.
Nickname:
"Katten" (cats, referring to feline qualities ofthe baerded ladies).
Baard CoA:
divided I. in blue in chief a golden six-pointed mullet; II. inred in chief a golden six-pointed mullet and over all a silverfleur-de-lis and a walking silver lamb, placed under each other.
Flag:
five diagonal stripes of blue and red; on the third stripe two six-pointed yellow stars.
Baard is one of the oldest municipal centers of Baarderadeel.
For these old villages the colors blue and red are chosen.
The blue color is from the old municipal arms; the red from the arms of the Dekema family, from which the fleur-de-lis was also taken.
The golden stars are from the arms of Baarderadeel.
The lamb is a symbol of the baptists (Menisten), and also an oldChristian symbol.
In Baerd the oldest Baptist parish of Fryslan was founded (together with the one in Ameland).
The lamb also represents the cattle-breeding in the village.
The division of the flag points at the old Baarderadeel municipal flag with two stars.
Design: J.C. Terluin and R.J.Broersma.
Source: Genealogysk Jierboekje, 2001.
Encyclopedie van Friesland, 1958.
Baerderadiel: inGeakunde, 1977.
Jarig Bakker, 8 Sep 2003
"Podesta" (from Latin "potestas",power) was the title borne by the first magistrate in the Italiancities in the XIII-XIVth centuries. The "commune libre"(free city) of Marseilles (1221-1252) was also ruled by a "podestat"appointed by the merchant oligarchy which had taken control of thecity for that short period.
I seem to remember that the title of"podesta" was recreated by Mussolini. My source isCarlo Levi's "Christ stopped at Eboli", but thiswould need verification.
Ivan Sache, 9 Sep 2003
There were two churches in Baard, the 'Nederlands Hervormde Kerk', which is in the center of the village and this one (picture below),which I think looks more like it is now occupied than being used as a church, (I am not sure), it could also be the Bapist church that has been mentioned above in the information from 'Flags Of The World', (FOTW).
We then started to walk back to the car in Baard and here a more photographs of the surrounding area and of Baard.
This picture of grass and branches together I thought was very pretty.
Some more scenery surrounding Baard.
I just love this decorative frame work on these windows and doors of this house.
It was so cold that your eyes watered and even though you had gloves on your hands still froze.
Was I glad to get back to the car, but I did enjoy myself very much.
There was quite a thick mist, and you could see that the grass growing on the side of the ditches (sloot) were frozen and looked very pretty.
Baard is a very pretty village and it used to formely belong to the municiaplity of Baarderadeel but now falls under the municipality of Littenseradiel.
Apparently (according to Wikipedia) Juw Dekema (born 1449/1450, died Oct. 24, 1523) was a Frisian chieftain and Schieringer in Weidum and Baard, who was elected potestate of Friesland in 1494 at the diet of Sneek.
In 1498 he asked Albrecht of Saxony to rule the land. Juw served as a councilor at the Court of Friesland (1500-1515) and magistrate of Baarderadeel (1510-1512).
As we walked through Baard, there was quite a few interesting things we came across, for instance this old iron grinder (I think), in some ones garden (strange) to have in ones garden, dont you think.
Continuing our journey through the village we came across this statue of a cat.
Nickname : Katten" (cats, referring to feline qualities of the baerded ladies).
we continued walking through the village we came across a cafe called "It Skipperke" on the corner (the white building) by the river with a bridge spanning it with a sign on the bridge 'Baard' on its railing, the cafe keeper I believe (to have been told) turns a handle on the bridge to raise it for the boats to pass through.
This cafe has history, in earlier years the 'Boalserter Feart', was important as all imports and exports were transported over water and the 'Boalserter Feart' was an connection to Easterlittens and the cafe was a place where one could get rest and their breath back so to speak to break the journey.
(translated by myself from information on wikipedia).
"It Skipperke"cafe.
The sign board hanging outside the cafe in shape of a ship.
The primary school the 'De Stjelp',has been replaced by an monumental farm, but the school has been moved brick by brick and is now at the Zuiderzeemuseum in Enkhuizen.
Harmen Sytstra was from 1852-1864 school master by the 'Baarder primary school'; he was a friese'taalstrider' in other words he campaigned for recognition of the Fries culture and language and is buried in Baard.
Also some very unusual painting on the side of a house.
sign to follow on walking routes for 'santiago de compostela'.
We found a bicycle/walking path and found out it was once again the route for 'Santiago de Compostela', that I have mentioned quite a few times on my other stories on this site, (Rieds for instance).
It was such a raw cold day that there was a very cold mist hanging as you can see in this picture below of the scenery surrounding 'Baard'.
we saw a windmill in the distance, we had also been to Leons a while back, which was not so far and we could see the church spire and the village from a distance.
The church spire of the Nederlands Hervormde church (Baard) we could see behind the houses and farms in the distance.
Leons church in the distance witha thick cold mist hanging over it with the car lights shining through.
Baard village. (Courtesy of FOTW).
Baard (older spelling: Baerd), village in Littenseradielmunicipality, Fryslan province.It used to be in the former municipality of Baarderadeel,of which it was till 1700 the municipal seat.
Population (1958): 252; (1974): 200.
In the Middel Ages the village was dominated by the Dekama family.
In 1494 Juw Dekema was chosen as "potestaat",regent of Fryslan (a title used in Italian cities (podesta),here used as first noble among equals); in 1498 he was deposed, and in 1514 the Geldersen burnt his "state" in Baerd.
Nickname:
"Katten" (cats, referring to feline qualities ofthe baerded ladies).
Baard CoA.
Baard CoA:
divided I. in blue in chief a golden six-pointed mullet; II. inred in chief a golden six-pointed mullet and over all a silverfleur-de-lis and a walking silver lamb, placed under each other.
Baard Flag.
five diagonal stripes of blue and red; on the third stripe two six-pointed yellow stars.
Baard is one of the oldest municipal centers of Baarderadeel.
For these old villages the colors blue and red are chosen.
The blue color is from the old municipal arms; the red from the arms of the Dekema family, from which the fleur-de-lis was also taken.
The golden stars are from the arms of Baarderadeel.
The lamb is a symbol of the baptists (Menisten), and also an oldChristian symbol.
In Baerd the oldest Baptist parish of Fryslan was founded (together with the one in Ameland).
The lamb also represents the cattle-breeding in the village.
The division of the flag points at the old Baarderadeel municipal flag with two stars.
Design: J.C. Terluin and R.J.Broersma.
Source: Genealogysk Jierboekje, 2001.
Encyclopedie van Friesland, 1958.
Baerderadiel: inGeakunde, 1977.
Jarig Bakker, 8 Sep 2003
"Podesta" (from Latin "potestas",power) was the title borne by the first magistrate in the Italiancities in the XIII-XIVth centuries. The "commune libre"(free city) of Marseilles (1221-1252) was also ruled by a "podestat"appointed by the merchant oligarchy which had taken control of thecity for that short period.
I seem to remember that the title of"podesta" was recreated by Mussolini. My source isCarlo Levi's "Christ stopped at Eboli", but thiswould need verification.
Ivan Sache, 9 Sep 2003
The Nederlands Hervormde church.
There were two churches in Baard, the 'Nederlands Hervormde Kerk', which is in the center of the village and this one (picture below),which I think looks more like it is now occupied than being used as a church, (I am not sure), it could also be the Bapist church that has been mentioned above in the information from 'Flags Of The World', (FOTW).
Baptist Church, though looks occupied.
First stone laid by Klaas D Joustra. Built in 1856.
This picture of grass and branches together I thought was very pretty.
Some more scenery surrounding Baard.
A house with a Mansard Roof.
Blinds home made with crocheted edges.
Close up of blind. Beautiful and a lot of work.
I just love this decorative frame work on these windows and doors of this house.
A wooden rain barrell on the side of the house.
Main street through Baard.
It was so cold that your eyes watered and even though you had gloves on your hands still froze.
Was I glad to get back to the car, but I did enjoy myself very much.
Thanks for introducing me to my ancestral village. I'm a native New Yorker, but my grandfather came here illegally, as a stowaway on a ship. His name was Rickert, with his mother's family name, Van den Baard. He found his uncle Dirk Van den Baard and lived with that family. His cousin, who became an adopted sister, became briefly famous in NYC as the "Tugboat Minnie, the Blue Collar Debutante." We all dropped the "Van den" from our names, and some changed their names to Bard. My grandfather became Dick Baard, and I'm Erik Baard. Here's a video of my grandaunt, Wilhelmina Van den Baard (aka Wilma Bard): http://www.britishpathe.com/video/tugboat-minnie/query/wildcard
ReplyDeleteAnyway, again, thank you for the look at our roots. I visited Fryslan as a child, but never Baard, and hope to return one day.
Dear Erik,
DeleteI am so sorry it has taken me this long to reply to your comment (had lost 3 years work) which I am still trying to recover).Please accept my apologies.
I am glad I could share my trip through your ancestral village, Baard with you. Your family does certainly have a very interesting history. Thank you for sharing your grandaunt's story with me, I found it very interesting and enjoyed it thoroughly. I do hope one day you do revisit your roots. Kind regards, Grace Lee.