Oude Bildtzijl village (xc2ldsyl) : (COUTRSEY of FOTW).
Oude Bildtzijl is a village in the municipality of Het Bildt, Fryslxe2n province.
It was founded in the 16th century after the "Oude Bildtdijk" was built, which enclosed the old Middelzee.
The village is just inside Het Bildt, bordering on Ferwerderadiel.
At first it was a little harbor, but after a new dyke was built it was completely inland.
Until 1948 it was a hamlet, in 1948 it was promoted to village rank.
In the Bilker language the village is named Ouwesyl; in colloquial Frisian: xc2ldsyl.
Nickname: Flaekshaeltsjes (flax-stems) - in the 19th and beginning of the 20th century flax-cultivation was important for this village.
In Sierksma's Nederlands Vlaggenboek, 1962, [sie62] is this:
first mentioned 1708.
"Flagdescription: Three equally wide horizontal stripes red - white - green.
This village flag is found in the manuscript of Gerrit Hesman (1708), who must have seen the actual flag flying.
The colors have been used for the new flag of Het Bildt."This flag is also in Crampton's Flags of the World, 1990, p. 148.
In Flags of the World 1669-1679, a manuscript re-edited by Sierksma, 1966 [sie66] a red - white - green flag is found, ascribed to (possibly) xc2lde Biltsyl (the Frisian name for Oude Bildtzijl).
Jarig Bakker, 27 Jun 2003
Oude Bildtzijl old (?) flag
Shipmate Flagchart : http://www.flagchart.netmentioned 1669/1670.
We began our walk from Oudebildtzijl, through Nieuwebildtzijl, and then on to the inner dijk, by the water sluis which is known as the inner polder.There used to be a wind mill in Oudebildzijl in the year 1857, but due to a very bad storm in 1927 it was taken down and stands no more, what a pity I love the wind mills.
As we walked from Oudebildzijl, there was this dairy farm to our right, we just loved the idea of the wooden bridge and the very old fashioned post box next to it. you had to cross the bridge as there was a ditch or little sluis running along the border of the farm, (reminds you of a moat actually).
In the winter I reckon it could be quite treacherous with the snow and ice to cross, they must be constantly salting it to keep it free from ice and snow, if it was me I would just lock myself in and never go out and have enough food supply how heavenly, just come out in spring, summer, autumn.
We started in Oudebildtzijl, and came across a building which used to be a church, called the Juliana Toren (Juliana tower). It is now used as the "Bildt Culture Tourest Information Centre", (Het Bildt Kultuur Toerrismeinformatie Centrum).
This building has been recently renovated back to its older glorie.As we continued our walk we could not beleive it but there happend to be three churches in one street, this to me was most unusual, I have never seen so many churches built so close together, as this street is not very long. I wonder why, there was no one around that we could ask.
As we walked out of Ouderbildtzijl we came across a little house on a corner and it had a red terracotta tiled roof with a sun roof window in (typical in dutch houses), but it had a lovely overgrown garden surrounding it, with apple, pear trees and bramberry bushes growing what an abundance of fruit, what delights one could make, bottled pears, apple sauce, bramberry jam etc; how the mind boggles. This is what I love about holland you find things growing all over the place and nature just takes it course.
Here is a photo of me walking along (which I think Is) "the red path" (the Rood Pad),as it used to be known). The soil used to be red and there used to be a factory on the side of this path around the year 1876, it was run by two bothers and they made red buck stain bricks (rode bakstenen).
We then came to a inner dijk which was called "Nieuwebildtzijl Dyk", with the sheep grazing on the dyk and to our right a farm.
We then came to the bildtpollen (reclaimed land), there was a flight of steps and very steep I might add, once you got to the top and got your breath back the view was well worth while, on the horizon as we stood on the dyk you could see the sea, the sky was clear and you could see the inner polders stretching towards the sea and sheep grazing in the grass, the wind was very strong but lovely. With this peaceful feeling we turned around and headed back to Oudebildtzijl.
Here in between the polders and the sea you can see the water sluis works that were built to help channel the waters from Oudebildtzil and Nieuwebildtzijl to the sea, therefore to help against storms and floodings (i think).Please feel free to let me know what you think of my site. You can re-act by leaving a message on the reageer button (comment button).
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