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Friesland (/ ˈ f r iː z l ə n d / FREEZ-lənd, Dutch: [ˈfrislɑnt] ⓘ; official West Frisian: Fryslân [ˈfrislɔ̃ːn] ⓘ), historically and traditionally known as Frisia, named after the Frisians, is a province of the Netherlands located in the country's northern part.
Statue of Pier Gerlofs Donia, the Frisian folk hero and freedom fighter. Frisia is a small region in the north of the modern day country known as the Netherlands.In the Iron Age, the ancestors of the modern Frisians first migrated south out of modern day Scandinavia to the south west where they began to settle along the coast.
Pages in category "History of Friesland" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Admiralty of ...
In West Friesland, West Frisian Dutch – a Hollandic dialect with strong Frisian influences – is spoken. East Frisia in Lower Saxony , Germany roughly corresponds to the historical regions of East Frisia ( Aurich , Leer , Wittmund and Emden ) and Oldenburger Friesland ( Friesland and Wilhelmshaven ), and the municipality of Saterland .
It lay mainly in what is now the Netherlands and – according to some 19th century authors – extended from the Zwin near Bruges in Belgium to the Weser in Germany. The center of power was the city of Utrecht. In medieval writings, the region is designated by the Latin term Frisia. There is a dispute among historians about the extent of this ...
The States of Friesland were the sovereign body that governed the province of Friesland under the Dutch Republic. They were formed in 1580 after the former Lordship of Frisia (a part of the Habsburg Netherlands ) acceded to the Union of Utrecht and became one of the Seven United Netherlands.
The history of the Netherlands extends back long before the founding of the modern Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1815 after the ... Holland, Zeeland, Friesland, ...
The Dutch West Frisian and the German East Frisian Islands are barrier islands. [1] They arose along the breakers' edge where the water surge piled up sediment, and behind which sediment was carried away by the breaking waves. Over time, shoals arose, which ultimately were only covered by infrequent storm floods. [1]