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Nij Beets (The Netherlands)

Opsterland municipality, Fryslân province

imagebyJarig Bakker, 16 Sep 2003
Design: J.C. Terluin.

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Nij Beets village

Nij Beets is a village in Opsterland municipality, Fryslân province,with (1954) 1801; (1973) 1428, and (2001) 1611 inhabitants. It is a separatevillage since WWII, originally built on the territory of the former villageof (Oud-) Beets - now Beetsterzwaag for peat-diggers. In Nij Beets wasthe seat of the "polderboard" Grote Veenpolder. In the village weremany admirers of Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis (1846-1919), a Lutheran vicar,who became a socialist activist, and later an anarchist. In Nij Beets astreet was named after him (and in the Amsterdam city ward Westerpark isa huge statue).
Nickname: "Turfkloeten", "Turftrapers" (peat-lumps, -walkers)- in 1863 peat-digging was started here. The mayor of Opsterland was the first to put a spade in the soil.
Nij Beets coat of arms: Wavy divided of gold and black with over all a "steekijzer"(peat-cutter) countercharged; in gold with two red cloverleaves; and inblack three silver peat blocks placed 2:1.
Flag: three horizontal stripes of black and yellow, of which the centralstripes is wavy with three waves, proportioned 1:2:1; the yellow stripecharged with a black peat block, a red clover, and a black peat block.
Peat is represented by the black color, and by the peat-blocks, andthe peat-cutter. After the peat-digging finished agriculture became important,symbolized by the red cloverleaves.
Design: J.C. Terluin
Source:Genealogysk Jierboekje 1994.
De Woudklank (local newspaper), 3 Sep 1998.
Encyclopedie van Friesland, 1958.
Groot Schimpnamenboek van Nederland, by Dirk van der Heide, 1998.
Jarig Bakker, 16 Sep 2003

Nij Beets coat of arms

fromDe Woudklank (local newspaper), 3 Sep 1998.

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