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Lollum (The Netherlands)

Wûnseradiel municipality, Fryslân province

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adopted 19 Apr 1955; design: Kl. Sierksma

Lollum village
Lollum Coat of Arms

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Lollum village

Lollum is a village in Wûnseradiel municipality in the province of Fryslân.
Flag: blue, a yellow fly-diagonal; at the hoist the narrowed municipal flag.
adopted 1955; design: Kl. Sierksma.
Arms: Azure a bend sinister or, charged with three clovers vert.
Clover is for meadows, cattlebreeding.
The village has c. 300 inhabitants, alternative name: Ruigelollum (Rough Lollum), with a church from 1225. It was isolated until 1870.

Nickname: "Stippers" - the "Lollemans-stip" or "Lollumerstip" is a sauce for flour diets, prepared from sheepmilk, butter and sirup, alternatively: flour, vinegar, musterd and water. The pasta was dipped in the sauce.
The name is derived from a personal name "Lolle", short for "Liudulf".

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

Lollum Coat of Arms

by Jarig Bakker, 12 Apr 2005

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