Wjelsryp - Welsrijp.

Municipal name board with Coat of Arms on/Gemeente board met Coat of Arms op.

Today I really thought that we would not be able to go walking as itwas raining very hard and this was at 9 o' clock in the morning.  Marjawas to pick me up at 10 o'clock for our usual walk, well I thought'might as well get the umbrella out, just in case'.  Precisely at 10 o'Marja arrived, and we drove to Wjelsryp and as we got out the car, therain stopped.It is a very small village, very friendly people, and a lot of sightsto see.We entered Wjelsryp from Westerein but there is also the entrance fromOasterein.

East-end entrance. Oosterein Ingang.

Ifyou walk from west to east, and you walk out of the village you havesome very beautiful views of the surrounding countryside, below are afew pictures of this.

Pictures of the countryside when walking from West to East, walking out of village (dorp).

Wecame across this restaurant bordering the water, Being a Monday it wasnot open, as in most of Holland the shops on a Monday only open in theafternoons at 1.30pm in the afternoons especially in villages (dorpen),This can vary though in big towns like in Amsterdam etc. It had rainedso hard which we got soaked in as you can see the raindrops falling onthe water in this photograph below of the restaurant.

Restaurant on water's edge.

We came across this rabbit, I could not resist taking a foto of it, itwas so cute and let me come up close and put my fingers through thefence of the cage and stroke its nose.

Is it not cute.

The school inWjelsryp is called 'the Grunslach', 'De Grunslach', it was thechildren's break (pause), and they were playing outside.   I like theway they have their sand  pits covered like wooden pyramids, to keep the cats out.

Top Left: covers over sandpitt.Top Right:Windmill. Bottom Left:Blown up dolls. Bottom Right: Trainer and horse.

As we walked up the main road to the church, there was two hugeblown up dolls of a man and a woman outside their house, to celebratetheir 25th wedding anniversary. Outside this other persons house intheir garden this windmill.  This trainer was taking her horse out,look at its tail trimmed so straight.

'De Grunslach'.A few more pictures of Wjelsryp.

There was this funny looking boat, it reminded me of those boats thatwere used on D-day when they hit the beaches in Normandy. I couldpicture the men sitting crouched down in this boat with the spray ofwater from the waves coming over the top of the boat and spraying everyone sitting in the boat. How this boat is operated I do not know, Ithink by motor not sure, anyone else know?

Strange boat. Never seen one like this before.
Road leading to the churchView of Wjelsryp church.Path around cementary and church.A stone wall.Clock on church spire.This church dates from the 11th Century and built with a sadle roof,(zadeldaktoren), which collapsed in 1892 and a new one was built.The interior and the pulpit (preekstoel) was completely restored around1760.In the cemetery you will find the graves of the family 'Postma', whowere killed in the year 1960, due to a plane that crashed onto theirfarm house, which also killed the pilot, very sad indeed.

(Courtesy of FOTW).

Wjelsryp (Fries).  Welsrijp (Dutch), is a village in Littenseradiel municipality, Fryslxe2n province; it used to be in the former municipality of Hennaarderadeel.

Nickname: Fjurkemigers (people who pee in the fire, (disgusting I think); Smoarpotten (pots with grease).

The location and the territory of Wjelsryp determined the division of the village-C.o.A.

Wjelsryp C.o.A.

A"vairklok" (vairxe9 bell) fills the shield and the top reaches the top ofthe shield, while the bell bottom is not straight, but fills the shieldbottom.

Wjelsryp is in the northern tip of Hennaarderadeel.

The silver ring with the golden star symbolizes the village itselfand is the highest possible position on the shield, like it is thenorthernmost village of the municipality.

The church of Wjelsryp dates from the 11th century and had a saddleroof. In 1892 the spire collapsed of old age. After that on the westerngable a small spire was built. In the blue part one discerns thesilhouette  part of the church and spire.

The silver flanks are the hamlets of the village: the Westerein and  Easterein.

The colors blue and silver are derived from the arms of Westergo and Hennaarderadeel.

The blue part is also a reminder of the old bell, cast in 1545. In1909 the bell was recast. But in the 2nd World War the Germanstransported it to Germany and it never returned. Now there is a newbell in the little spire.

The silver ring with the golden star is derived from the legend connected with the church. In "De historie gaat door het eigen dorp" by A. Algra, (The history goes on in own village). part VI, p. 36 it goes like this:

Once upon a time there was a wild man in Wjelsryp,who was very much feared. Even his own wife was afraid of him, becausehe beat her often. When he was about to return one time she was soafraid that she simulated a grave illness. The priest was even called,who was about to help her when the wild man entered the house, andsaid: "What's going on here?" He pulled the box with Hosts out of the priest's hand and threw it on the floor.In the darkness the priest was unable to find them again, but suddenlyon each Host was a small illuminating six-pointed star, so that he could easily collect all.The punishment for this evil deed was that storms and floods hit the regionaround Wjelsryp. The wild man repented his evil deedsand went on a crusade, and on the place where the Hosts were thrown onthe ground a church was built devoted to St. Ursula.

On the dark floor the Hosts couldn't be seen. The lighting starilluminated the rim of the Host. A Host is round and white. Gold onsilver (yellow on white) is not allowed in heraldry, so the star had tobe on a blue field.

The disk with star symbolizes the foundation of the medieval village church.

In the base of the shield is a golden fleur-de-lis, derived from the arms of the Galama family. Otto Galesz van Galama, from a very noblefamily of southwest Fryslxe2n, owned a lot in the village, and was buriedin the church in 1586. His tombstone is in the church spire.

The clovers symbolize the agricultural character ofthe village. There is mixed farming, but cattle-breeding prevails. Redwas chosen to have a fresh and warm element against the "cold" whiteand blue colors.

The flag shows the same elements as the C.o.A.

We then started to walk back to where we parked the car and here issome more sites to see. I love the way every one advertises theirgoods.  Look at these two boards below.

Advertisement boards.




Flowers.

 

To round it off some lovely flowers and delicious pears.