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Snits city (The Netherlands)

Sneek, Fryslân province

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Sneek municipality Shipmate Flagchart : http://www.shipmate.nl/flags.htm


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Municipal flag

Sneek/Snits is one of the eleven Frisian towns; it has remained a separate municipality and it is the main center of the Frisian lakes.
The flag was adopted 13 September 1956 and is derived from the municipal CoA.
Jarig Bakker, 4 September 1999

Ysbrechtum village flag

[Ysbrechtum village flag] by Gerard van der Vaart, 15 Jul 2001

The flag and CoA of Ysbrechtum can be seen on this website; they have been designed in 1976 by the 'Fryske Rie foar Heraldyk' (Frisian Heraldic Council) on the request of the village interest council.
Jarig Bakker, 30 Jun 2001

The flag of Ysbrechtum was designed in 1976 by the Fryske Rie foar de Heraldyk, at the request of village interest societey Doarpsrounte: Red with a blue hoist triangle with a bordering yellow gaff with arms 1/4th as wide as the flag height, and on the blue a yellow fleur-de-lys.
The flag can be seen as the village map, with the three roads leading to Nijland, Scharnegoutum and Sneek, and the quarters between those roads geographically red for built-up areas, except for the noble blue to represent Epemastate between the roads to Nijland and Sneek. But in the Ysbrechtum arms the gaff also forms a 'Y' for 'Ysbrechtum', with its gold colour refering to the Burmania family. The yellow fleur-the-lys on a blue background refers to Wymbritseradiel, the municipality Ysbrechtum was part
of at the time the flag was designed.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 6 Nov 2001