Today was the perfect day for walking, not like last week with all thatrain, and marja was in top form again and none the worse for gettingwet last week.We first decided to go to Stiens but somewhere along the line landed upin vrouwbuurt and walked through to Oude Leije and back.
Images of Oude Leije.
What delights met our eyes, first of all vrouwbuurt had a lovely oldfashioned dutch windmill called "vrouwbuurtstermolen" (not many left today of its kind, only a handful).
They are not sure what year this windmill was built, but it is a wheat mill, and they have once a year mill day (molen dag), where people can come and watch how the mill works.
This mill is run by miller Jan Braaksma.
Most of the old mills are run and renovated by volunteer workers, Ithink this is beautiful idea and it is so wonderful that people todaystill value old traditions.
Vrouwbuurt is a very small village and you can alsotake a boat ride along the canal right by the windmill and they have arestaurant, not only is this a historical place of interest but itholds a lovely walking and cycling route, and from there you can take ascenic walking route through to Oude Leije.
Talking about scenic walking route, we were happily walking along and to our right was a farm just before we entered Oude Leije and they had two geese, (now I am not partial to geese), as we once came across two geese in South Africa where I lived when I moved from Rhodesia, and these two geese whenever they saw me would flap their wings, start hissing and chase me, well I can tell you I never hung around to see what they had in mind for me.
So when Marja and I spotted these two on this farm I said to Marja "you go ahead and take photo's, I'll just stand here by the gate and wait for you and she did here they are.
Geese make very good watch dogs if you need any instead of a dog believe you me.
We enteredOude Leije (xc2ldeleie.) this village lies on the border of three municipalities, Ferwerderadiel, Het Bildt and Leeuwarden.
since 1975 it has been assigned to Leeuwarderadeel.
The "Elfstedentocht"(eleven province skating marathon), when it is being held, skatesthrough this village.There is also a iron statue of a skater in honor for the women who havewon next to the canal where they skate through in Oude Leije.
Along this canal there are very old houses, one of these houses caught my interest not only did it used to be a national monument of the village, it was bought and is being slowly renovated by the people living in it, it used to be a farm and was built in 1702.
There was a most unusual tree which sort of had a knob at the end of the trunk and small branches protruded from it and I believe they make baskets from this tree, I always thought they only used bambo, well one does learn.
As we walked along we came across a orange gooseberry plant which iscalled lamp light (lampion bloem), as it was Halloween this would makea very nice decoration to use on ones table if they celebratedhalloween, I do, and I bought my pumpkin once again in St Annaporochiewith Marja.
Walking back to the car in Vrouwbuurt we came across a beautiful path which was called "Spoordyk" and walking through the beginning of the path which was covered by trees and shrubberries on both sides it was absolutely breath taking, and was surprised when we came to a wooden bridge. what met our eyes but the windmill "Vrouwbuurstemolen", what delights one finds, beauty,the sky, overcast and sunny, and the windmill itself was typically adutch scene backed by the shadows and its reflection shimmering on thewater of the canal an ideal picture for a artist to paint.
Vrouwbuurtstermolen.
Then back to the car and home.
COURTESY OF FLAGS OF THE WORLD (FOTW).
In olden days Oude Leije had a little harbour (before the enclosureof Het Bildt), and its sea-going ships had this flag, as observed by Hesman, who drew it in his manuscript of 1708. The colors were later used for the new municipal flag of Het Bildt
Source: Sierksma's Nederlands Vlaggenboek, 1962 [sie62].Jarig Bakker, 21 May 1999.
Oude Leije Flag-First mentioned 1708.Description of the flag: three equally wide horizontal stripes red - yellow - blue.
I sent this village flag to the list based on the book of Mr.Sierksma (Nederlands Vlaggenboek, 1962), without knowing whether it wasreally in use.
According to the Genealogysk Jierboekje 2001 it has been readopted.
Oude Leije (Frisian: xc2ldeleie) is a village in Leeuwarderadeel municipality, Fryslxe2n.
In 1958 it was a hamlet, belonging to the villages of Finkum and Hallum (Ferwerderadiel), but oriented on Vrouwenparochie (Het Bildt), on the border of three municipalities: Ferwerderadiel, Leeuwarderadeel, and Het Bildt.
The parts of the village in Ferwerderadiel and Leeuwarderadeel received village-status on 1 Jan 1974 and 1 Jan 1975.
Nickname: "Hier troch de pet" - hair through the cap.
xc2ldlaaie (very long a according to my cousin) was once the Gehenna" of Fryslxe2n.There were many pubs, and quite a few skirmishes.
In c. 1800 the village was used as an exile for orphans, widows, andoutcasts. In the beginning of the 20th century the village added newdimensions to the fur-industry.Someone saw a cat walking on the street and called "Poes, Poes!",whereupon he was immediately arrested, as many cats were caught andtheir skins sold to some fur-industrialist. My dad was born in xc4ldleie"onder Vrouwbuurt" - in the part in Het Bildt.At present all of the village seems to belong to Leeuwarderadeel (but Iwouldn't be surprised if some parts were simply forgotten).
CoA: in blue a knife with a silver blade and a redhandle; with a golden knob and dividing piece; and a golden sheath,both placed per fess.Oude Leije originally was considered as a part of HetBildt; at the same time as the other villages of Het Bildt this villagereceived a CoA.
This was based on the old rime: "In mes mei in skai, is 't wapen fan de Ouwe Lai". (A knife and a sheath, is the arms of Oude Leije).Mr. K. Sierskma, who designed the village arms of Het Bildt, drew here a blue shield with a silver knife and sheath. To make it a bit more canting and to use the flag-colors, the Fryske Rie foar Heraldyk,in consultation with the Society for village interests, decided to makethe handle red and to use the yellow color for other elements.
The flag is old; it occurs in the book of flags and arms of G.Hesman (1708).Because the CoA and flag have been used for a long time in the village(see Leeuwarder Courant of 20 Dec 1973), they are now official, withthe definition of the colors.Design CoA: K. Sierksma, adapted by the Fryske Rie foar Heraldyk.
Source: Genealogysk Jierboekje 2001.Groot Schimpnamenboek van Nederland, by Dirk van der Heide, 1998.Jarig Bakker, 24 Aug 2003
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