Oosternijkerk village (Nijtsjerk, Easternijtsjerk)
Flag: Diagonally from hoist-bottom to fly-top of red and blue with in the
center a jumping greyhound of 3/4 flagheight.
Oosternijkerk (Frisian: Easternijtsjerk, or Nijtsjerk) had 1-1-1999
866 inhabitants. It is 8 km Northeast of Dokkum and dating from the 15th
century, that is after the first dykes around Friesland were constructed
and villages didn't have to be built on mounds. Foeke Sjoerds, a historian
of local fame, lived here in the 18th century.
Explanation: white and blue are the colors of Oostdongeradeel; red
and white of Oostergo. The greyhound is derived from the Coat of Arms of the Sjoorda
family.
Jarig Bakker, 2 November 2000
Oosternijkerk Coat of Arms
by Jarig Bakker, 3 May 2004
Description: "Per pale: I. in red a silver greyhound rampant; II. in
blue a silver organ-pipe, placed in pale and in chief with two silver roses".
The church-patron is St. Caecilia, whose symbol is the organ. The greyhound
and roses are from the arms of the Sjoorda family.
Source: "Anoniem, 1994 (Wapens en vlaggen van Dongeradeel)".
![[Oosternijkerk village flag]](../images/n/nl-fr_en.gif)
by Jarig Bakker, 3 May 2004
![[Oosternijkerk Coat of Arms]](../images/n/nl-fr)en.gif)
by Jarig Bakker, 3 May 2004
