Hindeloopen-Dutch, Hylpen-West Frisian, Hynljippen-Hindeloopen Frisian.
Hindeloopen falls under the municipality of Nijfurd and lies by the Ijslemeer.
It is famous for the Hindeloopen art and hindeloopen costume.
Being the summer holidays here in Friesland, we did not go onholiday this year we decided to do day trip's to places in Frieslandand today it was to Hindeloopen.
Having heard so much of this place it also being a harbour,that the inhabitants still wear the traditional clothing there on certain occassions and that sailing competitions are held there (Sk?tsjesilen) and many more interesting sights this was for my family and myself to go and see for ourselves.
Having no car we had to go by rail. We took the train from Leeuwarden to Stavoren, which is a stop train (stopping at all train stations between Leeuwarden-Stavoren), which took us about three quarters of an hour.
Not having Marja's wonderful camera I took these photograph's with my mobile phone 'sony erricson', not bad a quality i do not think.
We came to the stop Hindeloopen stepped out of the train on to the platform and it was indeed a stop with a platform, a park in ride as one would call it.
On the map it looked as if the station was near the center of Hindeloopen, but were we in for a surprise, as far as the eye could see there was only tree's and countryside and a road running close by. We saw a women out with her Nordic walking sticks and was going in the direction of Hindeloopen so we quickly took to our heels and followed.
It was very overcast and thankfully dry as we started our walk into Hindeloopen, it was a very picturesque walk. There was a road from the station lined with trees on both sides, we crossed over the main road into Hindeloopen and continued to walk on the cycle path,there were open fields and meadows, a dyke running around the harbour on our right and sheep grazing on top along the way, there was also a very quaint little house on the edge of the dyke, whether this was an old gate keepers house or a farm we did not know.
On our way we could see Hindeloopen in the distance with a very heavy overcast sky looming over it, very nice weather to go sailing in I think.
we came to a cross road and at this cross road was a statue of a skater.
Hindeloopen is one of the eleven skating towns that the well known 'Elfstedentocht','eleven cities', skating race is held.
Statue of skater.
We continued on our way and to our left were cows not the usual Fries black and white cows that we are so used to but big huge brown ones with horns.
We had to cross over a ditch (sloot), by means of a wooden stairwell which was behind a restaurant built from wood and as you rounded the corner of the restaurant you were in the main street leading into the town and you were right by the harbor with all the sailing boats moored with their tall masts reaching out high into the sky.
what had me wondering was the sailing boats they were moored like cars parked in a parking lot.
How does one maneuver the sailing boat out of the harbor? some of those sailing boats are big, it must take a lot of skill and patience.
There were some sailing boats in dry dock as well as in the harbor facing us as we entered Hindeloopen.
Top left:main street by harbor. right: side view of farm. Bottom left: front view of farm. right: poppies.
To our left was a very old town farm (stadsboerderij) which apparently was dated in the 1700's, it was small and built next to the sea dyke it was known as an 'steltype' (do not know in English what type it is) with no living quarters in the building, which was very unique in Hindeloopen.
It gave an very important overal image to the town, very characterestic and with a very big cultural historical value for Hindeloopen and it showed how in a small municipal community on sea, how the farmer functioned.
The restoration of this farm was aided by financially from the companies : N.V. Nuon, and the D.V.R. company, Delft.
There were some lovely poppies and holy hocks growing out side the farm next to the street.
Harbor.
The harbor in itself was very interesting. We came across a board with the history of the harbor on it and the layout of the harbor very informative.
Information board of Harbor. I have written the information that was on the board here below.
The old Harbor.
At the turn of the 19th century fishing had become rather important to Hindeloopen.
The fishing fleet had grown from 5 vessels in 1880 to as many as 67 vessels in 1905.
Those days they mainly fished for haring and anchovy.
In 1932 how ever, after the building of the Ijselmeer Dam, the fleet decreased dramatically and gradually recreational shipping has taken over the old fishing port's function.
Now a days there is only one professional fisherman.
The unique old port dates back to the period of growth in which the authentic features came into being, the sheet pilings of wood, the basalt pilchings on the sea walls and the characteristic long bridge.
The old ports glory has now been restored .
The port gives the ancient town of Hindeloopen its special atmosphere a splendid stage for recreation and culture.
A tourism board over the Ijselmeer.
Top left: Captains house with wooden tower on top and wooden bridge. right: Quay. Bottom left: sailing boat in harbor. right: sailing boat leaving harbor mouth into the sea.
As you walked up the main street there was a wooden draw bridge a head of us right by the sea captains house, believe it or not a captain harbor official (yes in his uniform ) and his harbor house (sluice house) was right next to the sluice gates, you would have to ask him to open, it had a wooden tower with a clock on on top of his roof, it is an very old building.
The tower I believe above the sluice house and not the sea captains house, by the sluice gates, which is still manned to day by hand turning a wheel, used to be the former Harbor building with a open'klokken (stoel) toren', dated from 1619. (open clock-chair tower).
The plaque of a sailing boat above the gable roof of the 'leugenbank',is known as 'Wonderbare visvangst', dated 1911.
The 'leugenbank' was where the locals met and discussed what ever they wanted to talk about.
Therewere restaurants flanking the main street and as far as the eye could see there was a dyke running around the town for miles and miles.
They also had a 'Reddingboat Maatschappij', 'Coast Guard Manning Station' with a life boat replica outside a blue wooden hut on a slipway.
Left: Coastguard manning station. right: sailing boats parked.
As we stood on top of the dyke you could see the sailing boats out on the sea and the sea was a green colour instead of the dark grey colour that I have usually seen by the coast.
Top left : Restaurant with view of dyke. Right : Restaurant view of church tower in distance. Bottom left : Top of dyke view of sea. Right: sailing boats/boats on sea.
Town.
We walked up a little side street which held a lot of interesting sights, like these shops.
Top left : souvenir shop. Right: book shop.
Bottom Left: advertisement of market place, Right: brick a brak, art shop.
Top left: Handspun quilting material and Hindeloopen hand painted clogs. Right. Miniature Hindeloopen hand made cupboard.
Bottom left : Hindeloopen book stand and coffee filter holder excetera.
Right: hand made quilting material.
we came across a quilting shop with their own hand made spun material, miniature hand-made Hindeloopen furniture in this shop window. This furniture is very well known.
They also make this furniture to peoples own specifications as they used to paint biblical images on their cupboards or flowers, whatever they chose to have.
It is very beautiful and it is very expensive but like all trades these old trades are dying out with the generations if not passed down they also had beautiful hand painted wooden trays really exquisite, but most of the shops were still not open when we arrived and this was 10 o'clock in the morning.
Top left : Hindeloopen miniature furniture. Right : close-up of furniture in window.
Bottom left :handmade hindeloopen tray. Right: Hindeloopen boxes. (hat boxes)?
As we walked up this street towards the church we decided to sit down and have our lunch.
As we were eating our lunch we found we were sitting by the musuem which was not open it only was going to open at 11 o clock, this was opposite the church which apparently used to be the centre of the town but today it is on the ridge of the town quite close to the dyke. Very few houses surrounding the church.
The church 'Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk' was dated from 1632.
The church was like most of the churches that I have seen on my walks through Friesland.
Top left-right: Small doors. bottom left: decorated doors. bottom right: Hindeloopen wooden door signs.
We started to walk up a street from the church and came across this beautiful house or farm on the corner, it had lovely holy hocks outside and not single headed but double headed. There were truly some beautiful sights and very characteristic buildings, some doors were indeed very low and small, makes me wonder if the building has shifted or the people were very small.
We came across a wooden bridge that we had seen from the wooden bridge by the captains house in the main street and saw that a motorized dinghy (rubber inflatable boat) was calling up to the sluice gates to let him through to the harbor. My family were standing on the bridge watching very intently i just had to take a photo.
Top left: Wooden bridge. Top right: Sluice house from bridge.
Bottom left: my husband and children watching sluice gates being opened.
Bottom right: sluice gates opening dinghy passing through.
The captains helper came and open the gates by way of turning the big wheels.
We started to walk back to the main street and it started to pour down with rain so we ducked into a restaurant and had coffee and waited for the rain to subside. When it had stopped we walked along the harbor and saw some stands and bought some chips,and as we were just finishing them it started to rain again we quickly went into a market hall which was open on the quay (which sold all sorts of fishing and sailing clothing, shoes and accessories it was very interesting. When it started to lighten up we decided it was time to walk back to the train station and go back home as the train only came back every hour so if you missed it you would have to wait another hour.
Hindeloopen I will be back but when the weather is a little better and then I can see all the sights.
I would really like to see this town at night I think it would be very pretty.
I would like to thank Mr Harry Lenzing, who had visited my site and told me this bit of history and has kindly allowed me to share this with you all:
Attached are photos of my maternal great-grandparents, Brugt de Boer and his wife Aafke (nee Koopmans).Brugt was born in Hindeloopen in 1832.
Aafke was born in 1836 in Fryslan but not in Hindeloopen. Their son Fokke, born in Hindeloopen in 1867, emigrated to the USA in 1888. He change his first name to "Frank".His younger brother Titte (or Tjitte), born in Hindeloopen in 1878, emigrated to the USA in 1900. He changed his first name to "Tice"; he settled in Michigan. He became a dominie of the Christian Reformed Church, serving in Michigan and in Ontario Province of Canada. Frank died in 1932, Tice died in 1943. Frank married Botje de Boer in the USA. They had many children: Benjamin, Jacob, Anna, Rose, Jenny, Edward, Hilda, Frank, Laura, Ted. My mother was Hilda - she was born in 1901, she died in 1991.
(permission granted Courtesy of FOTW).
The New Flag: "Four stripes green and yellow, with in the top hoist, at the height of the first to stripes, a Hindelooper bird of white and red with turned head." Confirmed 7-5-1958. (FOTW)
The shield is: Silver a jumping hind red on a green base. (Courtesy of
Under Hindeloopen the bird is described a "strekkend"(stretching, reaching).
Frisian name "Hynljippen", local name "Hylpen".Under Municipality flag the bird is shown to be red and white through out, with red feet, head, wings, and tail feathers, a white back, and red and white wing tips, underside, and neck.
Hylpen town (Hindelopen) [former municipality]
Hindelopen - Hylpen is one of the 11 Frisian cities, since 1984 part of the municipality of Nijefurd.
It is in southwest Friesland, a little port on the IJsselmeer with less than 1.000 inhabitants.
I have no idea what the bird of Hindeloopen might be.
Several Hindelooper's were captains in the East-Indian trade and brought home goods that inspired special decoration styles for both wood and pottery, creating an art and industry still in existence.
I could imagine the bird to be one of the motifs used in decorating Hindelooper pottery, but I really have no idea.
The old flag was depicted in Hesman's 'Vlaggenboek' of 1708.
Another flag of Hindelopen was in the Napolitan flagbook of 1667: RWB with a deer (now in the municipal CoA) and a bird (in the local dialect 'tjeunk', much to be found in local handicraft).
Former flag
The new flag was adopted 7 May 1958, abolished 1984.
It is the flag of 1708 with toward the hoist the bird 'tjeunk'.
permission granted Courtesy of FOTW : Jarig Bakker, 28 October 1999.
Nijefurd municipalityNumber of inhabitants (1 Jan 2003): 10.913; area: 289,17.
Settlements: Workum (seat), Hemelum, Hindeloopen, It Heidenskip,Koudum, Molkwerum, Nijhuizum, Stavoren, Warns.
The name Nijefurd for this municipality in southwest Friesland waschosen at the occasion of the municipal reorganisation in 1984 of the province of Friesland, the Netherlands.
The main area consists of the old municipality of Hemelumer Oldeferd (Oldeferd = old 'vrede' = peace, referring to the old judicial domain).
Added were the cities of Staveren, Hindelopen and Workum, which are really small villages with city-rights of old. Staveren was in early medieval times the capital of the Frisian nation.
Adoption date unknown.
Flag description: at the hoist three equally wide stripes green - blue - black, each containing a yellow mural crown of three pinnacles, joined red; and at the fly two equally wide horizontal stripes yellow - red.The mural crowns symbolize the three towns in the municipality.
Permission granted courtesy of FOTW : Jarig Bakker, 31 August 1999.
Hindeloopen falls under the municipality of Nijfurd and lies by the Ijslemeer.
It is famous for the Hindeloopen art and hindeloopen costume.
Being the summer holidays here in Friesland, we did not go onholiday this year we decided to do day trip's to places in Frieslandand today it was to Hindeloopen.
Having heard so much of this place it also being a harbour,that the inhabitants still wear the traditional clothing there on certain occassions and that sailing competitions are held there (Sk?tsjesilen) and many more interesting sights this was for my family and myself to go and see for ourselves.
Having no car we had to go by rail. We took the train from Leeuwarden to Stavoren, which is a stop train (stopping at all train stations between Leeuwarden-Stavoren), which took us about three quarters of an hour.
Not having Marja's wonderful camera I took these photograph's with my mobile phone 'sony erricson', not bad a quality i do not think.
Hindeloopen Train Station.
We came to the stop Hindeloopen stepped out of the train on to the platform and it was indeed a stop with a platform, a park in ride as one would call it.
On the map it looked as if the station was near the center of Hindeloopen, but were we in for a surprise, as far as the eye could see there was only tree's and countryside and a road running close by. We saw a women out with her Nordic walking sticks and was going in the direction of Hindeloopen so we quickly took to our heels and followed.
Lane lined by trees.
It was very overcast and thankfully dry as we started our walk into Hindeloopen, it was a very picturesque walk. There was a road from the station lined with trees on both sides, we crossed over the main road into Hindeloopen and continued to walk on the cycle path,there were open fields and meadows, a dyke running around the harbour on our right and sheep grazing on top along the way, there was also a very quaint little house on the edge of the dyke, whether this was an old gate keepers house or a farm we did not know.
Gate keepers house or farm.
Meadows and fields.
On our way into Hindeloopen on the cycle track/foot path.
On our way we could see Hindeloopen in the distance with a very heavy overcast sky looming over it, very nice weather to go sailing in I think.
we came to a cross road and at this cross road was a statue of a skater.
Hindeloopen is one of the eleven skating towns that the well known 'Elfstedentocht','eleven cities', skating race is held.
Statue of skater.
We continued on our way and to our left were cows not the usual Fries black and white cows that we are so used to but big huge brown ones with horns.
Brown Cows.
View of Hindeloopen with heavy overcast skies.
As you approach Hineloopen by foot, which by the way was about a 20 minute walk from the station, not bad, you walked on a cycle/foot path along side the main road into the town, Hindeloopen has town rights, like Leeuwarden it is not a village.
Bridge over Ditch.
We had to cross over a ditch (sloot), by means of a wooden stairwell which was behind a restaurant built from wood and as you rounded the corner of the restaurant you were in the main street leading into the town and you were right by the harbor with all the sailing boats moored with their tall masts reaching out high into the sky.
Masts stretching into the sky.
what had me wondering was the sailing boats they were moored like cars parked in a parking lot.
How does one maneuver the sailing boat out of the harbor? some of those sailing boats are big, it must take a lot of skill and patience.
There were some sailing boats in dry dock as well as in the harbor facing us as we entered Hindeloopen.
Sailing boats in dry docks as well.
Top left:main street by harbor. right: side view of farm. Bottom left: front view of farm. right: poppies.
To our left was a very old town farm (stadsboerderij) which apparently was dated in the 1700's, it was small and built next to the sea dyke it was known as an 'steltype' (do not know in English what type it is) with no living quarters in the building, which was very unique in Hindeloopen.
It gave an very important overal image to the town, very characterestic and with a very big cultural historical value for Hindeloopen and it showed how in a small municipal community on sea, how the farmer functioned.
The restoration of this farm was aided by financially from the companies : N.V. Nuon, and the D.V.R. company, Delft.
There were some lovely poppies and holy hocks growing out side the farm next to the street.
Harbor.
The harbor in itself was very interesting. We came across a board with the history of the harbor on it and the layout of the harbor very informative.
Information board of Harbor. I have written the information that was on the board here below.
The old Harbor.
At the turn of the 19th century fishing had become rather important to Hindeloopen.
The fishing fleet had grown from 5 vessels in 1880 to as many as 67 vessels in 1905.
Those days they mainly fished for haring and anchovy.
In 1932 how ever, after the building of the Ijselmeer Dam, the fleet decreased dramatically and gradually recreational shipping has taken over the old fishing port's function.
Now a days there is only one professional fisherman.
The unique old port dates back to the period of growth in which the authentic features came into being, the sheet pilings of wood, the basalt pilchings on the sea walls and the characteristic long bridge.
The old ports glory has now been restored .
The port gives the ancient town of Hindeloopen its special atmosphere a splendid stage for recreation and culture.
Top left: Captains house with wooden tower on top and wooden bridge. right: Quay. Bottom left: sailing boat in harbor. right: sailing boat leaving harbor mouth into the sea.
Top Left : Captains house. Right : Wheel to open sluice gates.
Bottom Left : 'Leugenbank', dated 1785 adjoined to captains house with a plaque of a sailing boat above the roof. Right : plaque of building dated 1619.
As you walked up the main street there was a wooden draw bridge a head of us right by the sea captains house, believe it or not a captain harbor official (yes in his uniform ) and his harbor house (sluice house) was right next to the sluice gates, you would have to ask him to open, it had a wooden tower with a clock on on top of his roof, it is an very old building.
The tower I believe above the sluice house and not the sea captains house, by the sluice gates, which is still manned to day by hand turning a wheel, used to be the former Harbor building with a open'klokken (stoel) toren', dated from 1619. (open clock-chair tower).
The plaque of a sailing boat above the gable roof of the 'leugenbank',is known as 'Wonderbare visvangst', dated 1911.
The 'leugenbank' was where the locals met and discussed what ever they wanted to talk about.
Therewere restaurants flanking the main street and as far as the eye could see there was a dyke running around the town for miles and miles.
They also had a 'Reddingboat Maatschappij', 'Coast Guard Manning Station' with a life boat replica outside a blue wooden hut on a slipway.
As we stood on top of the dyke you could see the sailing boats out on the sea and the sea was a green colour instead of the dark grey colour that I have usually seen by the coast.
Top left : Restaurant with view of dyke. Right : Restaurant view of church tower in distance. Bottom left : Top of dyke view of sea. Right: sailing boats/boats on sea.
Town.
We walked up a little side street which held a lot of interesting sights, like these shops.
Top left : souvenir shop. Right: book shop.
Bottom Left: advertisement of market place, Right: brick a brak, art shop.
Top left: Handspun quilting material and Hindeloopen hand painted clogs. Right. Miniature Hindeloopen hand made cupboard.
Bottom left : Hindeloopen book stand and coffee filter holder excetera.
Right: hand made quilting material.
we came across a quilting shop with their own hand made spun material, miniature hand-made Hindeloopen furniture in this shop window. This furniture is very well known.
They also make this furniture to peoples own specifications as they used to paint biblical images on their cupboards or flowers, whatever they chose to have.
It is very beautiful and it is very expensive but like all trades these old trades are dying out with the generations if not passed down they also had beautiful hand painted wooden trays really exquisite, but most of the shops were still not open when we arrived and this was 10 o'clock in the morning.
Top left : Hindeloopen miniature furniture. Right : close-up of furniture in window.
Bottom left :handmade hindeloopen tray. Right: Hindeloopen boxes. (hat boxes)?
As we walked up this street towards the church we decided to sit down and have our lunch.
As we were eating our lunch we found we were sitting by the musuem which was not open it only was going to open at 11 o clock, this was opposite the church which apparently used to be the centre of the town but today it is on the ridge of the town quite close to the dyke. Very few houses surrounding the church.
The church 'Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk' was dated from 1632.
Different views of the church.
The church was like most of the churches that I have seen on my walks through Friesland.
Redhouse or farm, holy hocks, pretty view.
We started to walk up a street from the church and came across this beautiful house or farm on the corner, it had lovely holy hocks outside and not single headed but double headed. There were truly some beautiful sights and very characteristic buildings, some doors were indeed very low and small, makes me wonder if the building has shifted or the people were very small.
We came across a wooden bridge that we had seen from the wooden bridge by the captains house in the main street and saw that a motorized dinghy (rubber inflatable boat) was calling up to the sluice gates to let him through to the harbor. My family were standing on the bridge watching very intently i just had to take a photo.
Top left: Wooden bridge. Top right: Sluice house from bridge.
Bottom left: my husband and children watching sluice gates being opened.
Bottom right: sluice gates opening dinghy passing through.
The captains helper came and open the gates by way of turning the big wheels.
We started to walk back to the main street and it started to pour down with rain so we ducked into a restaurant and had coffee and waited for the rain to subside. When it had stopped we walked along the harbor and saw some stands and bought some chips,and as we were just finishing them it started to rain again we quickly went into a market hall which was open on the quay (which sold all sorts of fishing and sailing clothing, shoes and accessories it was very interesting. When it started to lighten up we decided it was time to walk back to the train station and go back home as the train only came back every hour so if you missed it you would have to wait another hour.
Hindeloopen I will be back but when the weather is a little better and then I can see all the sights.
I would really like to see this town at night I think it would be very pretty.
I would like to thank Mr Harry Lenzing, who had visited my site and told me this bit of history and has kindly allowed me to share this with you all:
Attached are photos of my maternal great-grandparents, Brugt de Boer and his wife Aafke (nee Koopmans).Brugt was born in Hindeloopen in 1832.
Aafke was born in 1836 in Fryslan but not in Hindeloopen. Their son Fokke, born in Hindeloopen in 1867, emigrated to the USA in 1888. He change his first name to "Frank".His younger brother Titte (or Tjitte), born in Hindeloopen in 1878, emigrated to the USA in 1900. He changed his first name to "Tice"; he settled in Michigan. He became a dominie of the Christian Reformed Church, serving in Michigan and in Ontario Province of Canada. Frank died in 1932, Tice died in 1943. Frank married Botje de Boer in the USA. They had many children: Benjamin, Jacob, Anna, Rose, Jenny, Edward, Hilda, Frank, Laura, Ted. My mother was Hilda - she was born in 1901, she died in 1991.
(permission granted Courtesy of FOTW).
Hylpen (The Netherlands)
Hindelopen, Nijefurd municipality, Fryslxe2n province
The New Flag: "Four stripes green and yellow, with in the top hoist, at the height of the first to stripes, a Hindelooper bird of white and red with turned head." Confirmed 7-5-1958. (FOTW)
The shield is: Silver a jumping hind red on a green base. (Courtesy of
Under Hindeloopen the bird is described a "strekkend"(stretching, reaching).
Frisian name "Hynljippen", local name "Hylpen".Under Municipality flag the bird is shown to be red and white through out, with red feet, head, wings, and tail feathers, a white back, and red and white wing tips, underside, and neck.
Hylpen town (Hindelopen) [former municipality]
Hindelopen - Hylpen is one of the 11 Frisian cities, since 1984 part of the municipality of Nijefurd.
It is in southwest Friesland, a little port on the IJsselmeer with less than 1.000 inhabitants.
I have no idea what the bird of Hindeloopen might be.
Several Hindelooper's were captains in the East-Indian trade and brought home goods that inspired special decoration styles for both wood and pottery, creating an art and industry still in existence.
I could imagine the bird to be one of the motifs used in decorating Hindelooper pottery, but I really have no idea.
The old flag was depicted in Hesman's 'Vlaggenboek' of 1708.
Another flag of Hindelopen was in the Napolitan flagbook of 1667: RWB with a deer (now in the municipal CoA) and a bird (in the local dialect 'tjeunk', much to be found in local handicraft).
Former flag
The new flag was adopted 7 May 1958, abolished 1984.
It is the flag of 1708 with toward the hoist the bird 'tjeunk'.
permission granted Courtesy of FOTW : Jarig Bakker, 28 October 1999.
Nijefurd municipalityNumber of inhabitants (1 Jan 2003): 10.913; area: 289,17.
Settlements: Workum (seat), Hemelum, Hindeloopen, It Heidenskip,Koudum, Molkwerum, Nijhuizum, Stavoren, Warns.
The name Nijefurd for this municipality in southwest Friesland waschosen at the occasion of the municipal reorganisation in 1984 of the province of Friesland, the Netherlands.
The main area consists of the old municipality of Hemelumer Oldeferd (Oldeferd = old 'vrede' = peace, referring to the old judicial domain).
Added were the cities of Staveren, Hindelopen and Workum, which are really small villages with city-rights of old. Staveren was in early medieval times the capital of the Frisian nation.
Adoption date unknown.
Flag description: at the hoist three equally wide stripes green - blue - black, each containing a yellow mural crown of three pinnacles, joined red; and at the fly two equally wide horizontal stripes yellow - red.The mural crowns symbolize the three towns in the municipality.
Permission granted courtesy of FOTW : Jarig Bakker, 31 August 1999.
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