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Wuns (The Netherlands)

Wûnseradiel municipality, Fryslân province

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adopted 19 Apr 1955; design: Kl. Sierksma

Wûns village
Wûns Coat of Arms

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Wûns village

Wûns (Dutch: Wons) is a village in Wûnseradiel municipality in the province of Fryslân.
Flag: per hoistdiagonal green - white - green - white; at the hoist the narrowed municipal flag.
adopted 1955; design: Kl. Sierksma.
Arms: vert a deer passant argent.
Green is the color of the meadows around Wûns; the deer has been caught here, after its antlers were broken in de Middle Ages according to legend. On the churchspire is a windvane with that deer.

Wûns is a village with c. 300 inhabitants between Bolsward city and the Ofslútdyk (enclosuredam), with two churches. Here was the old court of law in open air ("Wonzer weerstal") of Wûnseradiel.

Nickname: "Theebussen" - teatins: the Wûnser church looks like one.

Source: It Beaken, jrg. xxxi, # 3-4, Dec 1969
Encyclopedie van Friesland, 1958
Groot Schimpnamenboek van Nederland, by Dirk van der Heide, 1998

Jarig Bakker, 12 Apr 2005

Wûns Coat of Arms

by Jarig Bakker, 12 Apr 2005

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