ellum (Fries), Jellum (Dutch) used to fall under the municipality Baarderadeel,in January 1984 it came under the municipality Littenseradeel (dutch), Littenseradiel (Fries).
In Jellum was one of the last high "wieren" (it was said that"wieren" were poor man's "terpen", mounds built in case the surroundingwater threatened to overswim the villages. However wieren were steeperthan terpen, and usually had a church on top, so the difference wasprobably only in form.
Jellum Church.
The church-story of Jellum is a sad one. In 1700 the church wasrebuilt, and the saddle-roof was replaced by a real spire, by which itbecame the highest spire of Baarderadeel. In 1832 the spire was struckby lightning, and on 30 Apr 1893 again, this time the whole churchburned down; now a small, more humble church was built.
Nickname :
Roeken (rooks, heavily religious people - obviously meant as aninsult, as the local pub was more eagerly visited than the church),wynhxfbnen, (greyhounds, literally: wind-dogs, designating boasting (orskinny) people).
Jellum Coat of Arms.
Jellum CoA :
in gold a red castle, open and illuminated, standing on a greenterp issuing from base, the castle with a yellow clover on a branch; inchief per aple of 8 pieces blue and silver.
Jellum Flag..
Flag :
five horizontal stripes green - yellow - green - yellow - green; athree times embattled red hoist, the first embattlement starting at theflagtop at 2/5 flaglength, charged in the center with a yellow cloveron a branch; the embattlements coincide with the green stripes and theintervals with the yellow stripes.
The terp symbolizes the Jellum "wier".
Near the village is the Mamminga-state (fortifies stately house),where the families Botnia, Burmania, and Thoe Schwarzenberg enHohenlandsberg lived.
In the village CoA the castle reminds of that'state'. The clover on a branch reminds of the Burmania's, and thechief of the Schwarzenbergs. The flag's embattlements equally remindsof the Mamminga-state. The clover reminds of the cattle-breeding inJellum. (According to Jarrig Bakker f.o.t.w. Flags of the world).
From the year 1883 to 1938 Jellum and it's twin village Boksum had arail station on the rail line, Leeuwarden to Stavoren which was theJellum-Boksum line, which I have mentioned before when I described mywalk through the Boksum area. Jellum is a type of village which isknown in Dutch as a "lintdorp" (litterally translated,ribband-village); that is a long narrow village that was built alongthe sea dyke. This particular dyke was built to hold back the largebody of water that was known in Holland as the "middle-sea".
Knight.
We passed through Jellum on our way to Bears which is about 2kilometers from Jellum, there was also a restaurant in Jellum which iscalled 'Jonke Sikke' and I found this board of a knight veryinteresting as it was by the entrance to the terrace.Also in Jellum they host quite a few courses of various activities. Onethat I believe is mosaic, another is table arrangements and many more.What is very popular is the "pumpkin festival" that is held in Jellum.every third weekend in September and is very interesting they do allsorts of art work with pumpkins. For more information on all theseexcitings things to do look up on this web-sitewww.atelierhegedykje.nl.
The sun behind the dark clouds. Alsothe cloud cover was starting to clear and I got a good picture of thesun shining behind the cloud cover, it was absolutly beautiful.Flanking the other side of the church was this farm (Boederij).
Farm (Boerderij). Most famous people born from this village are :
A former speed skating champion : Piet de Boer.
Friese Author : Rely Jorritsma (Aurelius Hotze Theodorus Jorritsma.
kaatser : Sjirk de wal.
It had been a lovely enjoyable walk as we had also been to Bears(Beers) on this day as well. I have written about Bears (Beers) earlieron my site.This is a lovely day out to visit Jellum then walk on too Bears and dotake a picinic lunch with or even go and have tea at Jonke Sikkeresataurant in Jellum, I have heard that their appeltart is home baked and is very delicious and you can also have lunch and dinner there, as they say in Dutch 'tot ziens', good-bye.
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