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W e t s e n s






    Guided Tours

All buildings on the map are numbered.
For a visit you only have to click on them.
But not all are ready for a visit yet.

  1  church
  2  school
  3  schoolhouse (farmhouse)
      home of www.wetsens.info,
      home of www.wetsens.org
      and home of www.padrepardo.org
      (Ancient Churches)
  4  old shop
  5  ruins
  6, 8, 12a, 14  farms
  9, 10, 12b  farmhouses
15  musical society (farmhouse)
17 labyrinth of Wetsens
(see also www.padrepardo.eu )


For info on coat of arms or frisian flag : click on these at top of page

Click here for map of Dongeradeel district and for Wetsens from the air

Visited the Crypt yet ?   Use the mouse to get out.




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Keep mousepointer on flag to hear Frisian National Anthem

Frysk bloed tsjoch op!
wol no ris brūze en siede,
En būnzje troch śs ieren om!
Flean op! Wy sjonge it bźste lān fan d'ierde,
It Fryske lān fol eare en rom.
Klink dan en daverje fier yn it rūn,
Dyn ālde eare, o Fryske grūn!
Klink dan en daverje fier yn it rūn,
Dyn ālde eare, o Fryske grūn!




























The wings of the eagle come from the coat of arms of the Jarla family.
The blue bar symbolizes the canal through Wetsens named Jellegat (Jarla's gat).
The red pot is the pot of Saint Vitus.

Vitus is the patron Saint of Wetsens.
Vitus is said to be born in Sicily and became a christian against the will of his parents.   At the age of fourteen he fled with his wet nurse and her husband who was also his teacher, to Southern Italy.   There the three were taken prisoner and taken to Rome.   Vitus is said to have healed the little son of Diocletianus what did not have any influence on the emperor.   After a courageous testimony of his Faith the boy was thrown in boiling oil and when he had survived, he was thrown before the lions.   These kneeled for the boy and licked his feet.   Then the emperor had him and his companions killed by the sword.   A god-fearing woman buried them.


























The Frisian Flag


The Frisian flag is founded at the end of the 19th century inspired by a blue tabard with three silver coloured bars whereupon seven red leaves of water lilies.   The tabard comes from Scandinavia.
In 1957 the flag with the leaves of the waterlily has become the official flag of Friesland.

The three white bars on the flag denote the three rural districts named Oostergo, Westergo and Zevenwouden.
The blue bars denote the frisian rivers.
The seven leaves of the water lily denote the the former seven sea lands as they existed between the 8th and 14th century.

1. Frisia between the river Reker and river Vlie (West-Friesland, now in North-Holland)
2. Frisia between river Vlie and Middelsea (Westergo, the western part of Friesland)
3. Frisia between Middelsea en the river Lauwers (Oostergo, the eastern part of Friesland)
4. Zevenwouden (the southern part of Friesland)
5. Frisia between river Lauwers and river Eems (Ommelanden, now in the province of Groningen)
6. Frisia between river Eems and river Jade (Ostfriesland, in Germany)
7. Frisia between Jade and Weser (Nordfriesland, in Germany)




Ostfriesland

Nordfriesland


























L a t e s t   N e w s
datum onderwerp
 20 Aug    2002


 10 Sep    2002
 26 Dec    2002
 29 Dec    2002
 12 Mar    2004
 16 Apr    2004
 20 Apr    2004
     May    2004

     June    2004



     July    2004

     August    2004


   addition birds, Larus argentatus - herring gull
  addition birds, Larus marinus - great black-backed gull
  addition birds, Larus melanocephalus - mediteranian gull
  the labyrinth of Wetsens, site nr 17
  historical finds in the mound of Wetsens
  story of the skating rink in Wetsens, summertour part 3
  addition labyrinth of Wetsens
  addition birds - Phyloscopus collybita - chifchaf
  addition birds - Gallinula chloropus - moorhen
  addition birds - Anthus pratensis - meadow pipit
  addition birds - Anthus trivialis - tree pipit
  addition birds - Branta Canadensis - Canada goose
  addition birds - Larus graellsii (Larus fuscus) - lesser black-backed gull
  addition in the house of Father Christmas (Winter Tour)
  addition to the Crypt
  adaptation to screen sizes 1280x800 and 1280x1024
  Did the train ever stop in Wetsens ?
  addition birds - Turdus viscivoruss - Mistle thrush
  Daily life in Wetsens, some great pictures.