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Society of Heraldry

Fryske Rie foar Heraldyk

Events

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News

Aim

The Fryske Rie foar Heraldyk (The Frisian Heraldry Board) advises on flags, flag-proceedings, ribbands, banners en standards.

The Rie also deals with coats of arms of the government, the province, the municipalities, the water districts, town, townlet and village arms and family arms.

In addition, the Rie advises on new Friesland-related arms and flags concerning schools, societies and corporations.

Foundation

The Fryske Rie foar Heraldyk was founded in 1956 and is the oldest provincial heraldic board in The Netherlands.

Members of the Fryske Rie foar Heraldyk are appointed on the basis of their expertise; it isn't like a wurkferbân (working group), which you can freely join.

Flag protocol

Activities

Over the years, the Rie has occupied itself with:

the improvement of the municipal arms of Terschelling (1963) and Wymbritseradeel (1975);
composing new coats of arms after the reorganisation of municipalities (1984);
composing the new flags and banners of the municipalities mentioned above;
composing the arms, flags and banners for the new district water boards (since 1997);
composing new arms and flags for the villages in all municipalities of Fryslân (for about 212 villages since 1965; overview);
composing and registering new family arms for families from Fryslân en for Frisians abroad; these arms have been published in several Genealogyske Jierboeken;
Registration of arms, found on graves, memorial stones or accompanying research in archives.

Municipality arms

Boarnsterhim

District water board

Sevenwolden

Staind windows and mourning shields

The Rie also advises concerning the restoration of objects like the stained glass windows of the Jacobijner church in Ljouwert/Leeuwarden and the mourning shields in the churches of Friens, Ysbrechtum/IJsbrechtum and Ingwierrum/Engwierum.

**The Rie also advises concerning**

the colours of the shutters of the Chancellery and the arms of the lions on the platform,
the colours and replacement of the gable blocks of the former Amelandhuis in Leeuwarden/Ljouwert,
the colours of the arms, the lions and the shutters of the Waag (weigh-house) in Leeuwarden/Ljouwert,
the colours of arms on gentleman's seats and gable blocks in various churches in Fryslân and
recently the replacing of various gable blocks in the municipality Leeuwarden.

At this moment the Rie is prepararing a book about the development of the Frisian government arms. The book will appear on the occasion of the celebration the 50th anniversary of the Rie in 2006.

The platform of the Chancellery
[larger photo]

Overview

Overview townlet and village arms in Fryslân

Publication

Bibliografyske fynplakken

Names and addresses of other members

For the names and addresses of other members of the Frisian Society of Heraldry, please click here.

Mail can be addressed to

Mr R.H. Postma,

De Wygeast 49,

9249 KR Oudwoude.

Fryske Akademy

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