Flagdescription: red with a green hoist chevron reaching the cross with
a yellow acorn in green.
On the site of this village was formerly the Burgumerheide (heath of
Burgum), also known as the "grutte Stateheide", north of Burgum. In the
19th century the heath was transformed into arable land, at the instigation
of Nicolaas Ypey (1794-1869). In 1930 all small settlements from
the heath ground to the village were united in one village, named Noardburgum
(Dutch: Noordbergum). The red field represents the heath, and the lion
is from the arms of Fryslân province. The acorn and clover are from
the arms of the Ypey family. The last too represent fertile soil. The apex
of the chevron symbolizes the destruction of the heath by the green arable
land. In Noardburgum is the most important drinking-water installation
in Fryslân - that is why the green chevron is charged with two white
wavy bars.
Source: Doarpswapens en doarpsflaggen fan de doarpen yn de gemeente
Tytsjerksteradiel, 1996.
Jarig Bakker, 6 May 2004
Noardburgum coat of arms
Jarig
Bakker, 6 May 2004
adopted 22 Nov 1984; design: P. Bultsma
Description: per chevron: I. in red a lion passant with below right
an acorn and below left a clover-leaf; II. in green two wavy bars of silver.
Source: Doarpswapens en doarpsflaggen fan de doarpen yn de gemeente
Tytsjerksteradiel, 1996.
Jarig Bakker, 6 May 2004
![Noardburgum flag]](../images/n/nl-fr_nb.gif)
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by Jarig Bakker, 6 May 2004
![[Noardburgum Coat of Arms]](../images/n/nl-fr)nb.gif)
Jarig
Bakker, 6 May 2004
