Flagdescription: 'A white cross with an arm length of 1/4 flagheight; the
fields red, green, green, red; in the hoist top in red a white double wood
anemone (anemone nemorosa)".
The cross in the coat of arms and the flag of Âldtsjerk remind
of the monastery of Betlehem, which was in this village from 1170 till
1580. In the parks around the manorhouses some plants are growing which
can't be found elsewhere. That is part of the so-called "stinzen-flora".
TheKlinze manorhouse harbours the wood anemone with the double flowers.
That flower has been placed on the flag and arms. Red is the color of brickhouses,
and green for the woody environment.
Âldtsjerk (Dutch: Oudkerk) is a village with c. 600 inhabitants,
most famous in the Netherlands because of its hamlet Bartlehiem, where
the big skating-race, the 'Elfstedentocht' passes, when it is being
held.
Source: Doarpswapens en doarpsflaggen fan de doarpen yn de gemeente
Tytsjerksteradiel, 1996.
Jarig Bakker, 5 Nov 2000
Âldtsjerk Coat of Arms
by Jarig Bakker, 5 May 2004
adopted 22 Nov 1984; design: P. Bultsma
Description: in red a silver cross, over all a green erased tree, in
every quarter a white double flower of the wood anemone (anemone nemorosa).
Source: Doarpswapens en doarpsflaggen fan de doarpen yn de gemeente
Tytsjerksteradiel, 1996.
Jarig Bakker, 5 Nov 2000
![[Âldtsjerk flag]](../images/n/nl-fr_as.gif)
by Jarig Bakker, 5 May 2004
![[Âldtsjerk Coat of Arms]](../images/n/nl-fr)as.gif)
by Jarig Bakker, 5 May 2004
