Flagdescription: Twa like hege banen fan blau en giel, in griene hysgear
oant krús mei in giele ikel deryn.
That is: Two equally wide horizontal stripes of blue and yellow; a
green hoist-triangle at the cross in which a yellow acorn.
Explanation: The villagers themselves were mainly responsible for the
design of flag and Coat of Arms. Since centuries people have been sailing on the
Bergumermeer (lake of Bergum). Quite a few "skûtsjes" (old
Frian flat-beames sailing ships) were based in Eastermar. Two wharfs built
every year one "tsjalk" (another flatbeamed ship) and had a lot
of repair-work. As a reminder of that a fishing boat has been placed on
the village arms. It also refers to the old municipal (or grietey-) arms,
which consisted of a ship with sprit-rigging. The horse in de arms symbolizes
the horse-markets held here in the past, which were famous far beyond the
Frisian lands. The three peat-blocks remind of the peat-digging in the
"Wytfean", and the "Swartfean" (white and black peat-lands) since the 16th
century. The village consisted then of two parts: the old farming village
and the peat-digging colony around the little harbour of the Lits river,
where until 1750 peat-trade and shipping brought prosperity.
The acorn in the flag reminds of tree-fences (mostly oaks) surrounding
the village, which had some economic significance.
Eastermar (Dutch: Oostermeer) is a village with over 1000 inhabitants
south of the Bergumermeer (lake). In c. 1975 the whole village was awakened
by the arrival of a sailing boat: 'Finally we have become a watersport-resort!'
Alas, so far not really...
Source: Doarpswapens en doarpsflaggen fan de doarpen yn de gemeente
Tytsjerksterdiel, 1996.
Jarig Bakker, 6 November 2000
Eastermar Coat of Arms
by Jarig Bakker, 5 May 2004
adopted 22 Nov 1984; design: P. Bultsma
Description: per fess: I. in blue a sailing Frisian scow with sprit-rigging
of silver; II. per pale: a. in gold a black rearing horse; 2. in green
three peat-blocks of gold.
Source: Doarpswapens en doarpsflaggen fan de doarpen yn de gemeente
Tytsjerksterdiel, 1996.
Jarig Bakker, 6 November 2000
by Jarig Bakker, 5 May 2004
![[Eastermar Coat of Arms]](../images/n/nl-fr)em.gif)
by Jarig Bakker, 5 May 2004
