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  ancestors - ancg18 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Arjen SIMONS was born in 1717 in Oosterbierum, Friesland, Netherland.
Wijbe SIPKES was born in 1717 in Winaldum, Friesland, Netherlands.
Attie Pieters WIERSMA was born in 1724 in Sexbierum, Friesland, Netherlands.
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 Dutch Genealogy - Geography
Friesland is one of the northern provinces in the Netherlands.
It borders on Friesland and Overijssel in the east, Gelderland and Utrecht in the south, Noord-Holland and the IJsselmeer in the west and the IJsselmeer in the north.
Zuid-Holland is a province in the west of the Netherlands.
www.dutchgenealogy.nl /index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=56&Itemid=79   (539 words)

  
 JH Prospectus: Frisian background
East Friesland comprised the area stretching from the Ems to the Weser rivers along the North Sea coast, Middle Friesland included the modern Dutch provinces of Friesland and coastal Groningen up to the Ems, and West Friesland covered the northern section of the modern province of Noord-Holland.
West and Middle Friesland are solidly within modern state of the Netherlands, which now includes the "heartland" of the Frisians from the North Sea coast from Alkmaar in the modern province of Noord-Holland, along the coasts of the modern provinces of Friesland and Groningen, and up to the mouth of the Ems.
While the political and administrative control of Friesland passed from Frisian to Dutch hands in the 12 th through 15 th centuries, for the most part this had little effect on daily life in the province of Friesland itself.
www.germanic.ucla.edu /grads/jharvey/prospectus/frisian.htm   (1323 words)

  
 West Friesland (region) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The contemporary region of West Friesland highlighted on a map of North Holland
West Friesland (also West Frisia; Dutch: West-Friesland; West Frisian: West-Fryslân) is a contemporary region in the northwestern Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.
The traditional dialect of the region is the West Frisian subdialect of Hollandic Dutch.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/West_Friesland_(region)   (184 words)

  
 Euromosaic - Frisian ("Frysk") in the Netherlands
Dutch West Frisian is the "giant" with 400,000 speakers, the two German Frisian groups are small "Davids", with the minuscule East Frisian group at 2000 and the North Frisians at 9000 speakers.
In Dutch Friesland Frisian is a compulsary subject at the primary and junior high school level, in the German provinces it is merely an option in primary schools, though with a much more respectable enrolment in North Friesland than in the Saterland.
Enrolments are rising in (West) Friesland and in North Friesland, falling in the Saterland.
www.uoc.edu /euromosaic/web/document/friso/an/i1/i1.html   (3133 words)

  
 Links to Micro-national and Fantasy coins: Listings F   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Friesland distinguishes itself from the other eleven Dutch provinces by having its own language, which differs considerably from Dutch and is still spoken by a sizable part of the population.
Thus, the West Lauwers portion of Friesland was incorporated in the Frankish Empire as a County.
After many struggles, West Friesland was eventually subdued (by Floris V — his son — and later Jan II) and henceforth virtually absorbed in the County of Holland, even though Middle Friesland had tried to aid their brothers.
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 algemeen onderwerp
Worth while visiting are some of the pretty old towns in the region and the "terp" hills on which the former inhabitants used to live during the age in which the area still became flooded regularly by the sea 1000-2000 years ago.
Friesland in fact was part of a large area from the north of the province of "Holland" down along the northern Dutch and German coast to Denmark some 500-1000 years ago.
Today "Friesland" in The Netherlands is considered to be part of "West Friesland" whereas the region of Niedersaksen in the north of Germany is considered to be "East Friesland".
www.ni.schule.de /~bbs3ol/Comenius/mnr21/Netherlands/nmrfriesland.htm   (666 words)

  
 A Scandinavian language | Antimoon Forum
West -Friesland is in the province of Noord Holland.
The West Frisian language (Frysk) is a language spoken mostly in the province of Fryslân in the north of the Netherlands.
West Frisian is the name by which this language is usually known outside of the Netherlands, to distinguish it from the closely related languages of East Frisian and North Frisian, which are spoken in Germany.
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 Descendants of Henner Helffrich - pafg13.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
on 17 Dec 1890 in Wonseradeel, West Friesland Province, The Netherlands.
on 29 Dec 1914 in Wonseradeel, West Friesland Province, The Netherlands.
Grietje Steenstra on 19 Dec 1896 in Wonseradeel, Friesland Province, The Netherlands.
members.shaw.ca /steeples/helferich/pafg13.htm   (593 words)

  
 Amazon.com: West-Friesland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Mighty Lords the Council of West Friesland and the North- ern Quarter...
The 20th of June, WEST FRIESLAND was fallen in with :...
States of Holland and of West Friesland," 11 The By-laws of Amsterdam,"...
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 Fryslân
Friesland is a province in the North of the Netherlands.
Friesland originally included a larger area, of which parts are now in Noord Holland, Groningen and Germany.
Friesland has a area of 5740 km divided into 31 communes and a total of 612.016 inhabitants.
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 Province of Fryslân/Friesland (Fr)
Although in most of the Netherlands known as Friesland, Fryslân, as it is called in the Frisian language, is the official name for this northern province.
The remaining Friesland managed to withstand every invasion, until in 1524 Charles V added the province to his empire.
Up to this day Friesland is still largely agricultural, albeit with eleven towns and cities, of which the capital Leeuwarden is the biggest.
frieslandchurches.tripod.com /friesland.html   (356 words)

  
 Westfriesisch - Exeter German Dialects Linklist
A map of West Friesland as a cultural region.
An introduction to the orthography of West Frisian.
The homepage of the Friesian education institution and commission that is repsonsible for West Friesian.
www.ex.ac.uk /~pjoyce/dialects/frieswest.html   (724 words)

  
 Dontent
Friesland would fall under a Roman sphere of influence, but it would no longer be occupied.
In the heart of the Frisian land, on the river Boorne ('Middelsea'), the decisive battle was waged, with Poppo (in full Hrodbad) at the head of the Frisian land- and sea-forces.
Friesland, uptill the Lauwers, was incorporated in the Frankish Empire.
www.boudicca.de /frisian1.htm   (2464 words)

  
 Friesland Province (The Netherlands)
During the festivities of the 40th and 50th reigning jubilee of Queen Wilhelmina in 1938 and 1948 it was used by each municipality with the municipal arms in the canton.
In 1957 the flag with the "pompebledden" (waterlily-leaves) was officially declared to be the Flag of the province Fryslân.
According to [ped80] Pedersen 1980 the Provincial States of Friesland adopted the national Frisian flag as provincial flag, so that it's possible for Frisians in Germany to recognize the flag.
www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/nl-fr.html   (1614 words)

  
 Dontent
The two main duties of a count were: to maintain the rule of law, and to organize the conscripts for the Frankish armies.
West Lauwers Friesland became a Frankish county in 734 A.D. The entire Frisian Empire came under Frankish rule in 785 A.D. The Christianization of Friesland started in 688 A.D. when Wigbert preached in Friesland and was completed in 800 A.D. when Friesland was firmly in the grip of Frankish ruler Charlemange.
In 885 the last Scandinavian ruler of Friesland, Godfried the Norwegian, is murdered and the ruling Danes are evicted from Friesland by the Frisians.
www.boudicca.de /frisian2.htm   (1923 words)

  
 Westfriesisch - Exeter German Dialects Linklist   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
A map of West Friesland as a cultural region.
An introduction to the orthography of West Frisian.
The homepage of the Friesian education institution and commission that is repsonsible for West Friesian.
www.people.ex.ac.uk /pjoyce/dialects/frieswest.html   (724 words)

  
 Dutch - aqwg85
Fokje OPPERSMA [Parents] was born 21 Apr 1965 in West'werf, Friesland, Netherlands.
Jessica VAN DER MARK was born 7 Dec 1994 in Smallingerland, Friesland, Netherlands.
Andre OPPERSMA [Parents] was born 3 Jul 1970 in Heerenveen, Friesland, Netherlands.
www.dutchtree.homestead.com /files/aqwg85.htm   (126 words)

  
 Breeds of Livestock - Friesian Milk Sheep
The origin of the Friesian sheep breeds is the region of Friesland extending along the North Sea coast westward from the Weser River in the northeast of Germany along the north coast of the Netherlands and south to the Schelde (Scheldt) River at the border of the Netherlands and Belgium.
Offshore is a fringe of islands including the West "Frisian" Islands belonging to the Netherlands, the "East Frisian" Islands belonging to Germany, and, to the north, the North "Frisian" Islands divided between Germany and Denmark.
The family of Friesian sheep breeds are of the marsh-type including the East Friesian Milk Sheep (Deutsches Friesisches Milchschaf) from East Friesland, Germany, and, from the Netherlands, the Dutch Friesian Milk Sheep (Fries Melkschaap) from West Friesland, and to the south, the Zeeland Milk Sheep (Zeeuwes Melkschaap) from the Zeeland island.
www.ansi.okstate.edu /breeds/sheep/friesianmilk/index.htm   (801 words)

  
 Nederlandse Provinciewapens/Dutch Provincial Arms-Noord Holland
Het wapen van West Friesland was oorspronkelijk identiek aan het Friese wapen.
The arms of Noord-Holland are a combination of the arms of Holland and West Friesland.
The arms of West Friesland differ from Friesland, in that the lions are different and the number of rectangles is reduced to five.
www.ngw.nl /n/noordhol.htm   (418 words)

  
 Friesland Netherlands Europe Regional
NETHERLANDS: Friesland cuts jobs and focuses on Hungary plantjust-food.com (subscription), UK - Dec 4, 2006Friesland said it will invest EUR10m (US$13.3m) in capacity expansion and modernisation at the Debrecen location, in order to improve efficiency,...
Danuta Hübner in North NetherlandsEUROPA (press release), Belgium - Dec 1, 2006Regional policy Commissioner Danuta Hübner is visiting the three northern Dutch provinces Drenthe, Friesland and Groningen and meeting the Governors of the...
Nigeria: Gemma Frisius, the Astronomical ExpertAllAfrica.com, Washington - Dec 13, 2006Regnier Gemma Frisius was a native of Friesland, a coastal province in northern Netherlands, which explains why he gave himself the name of Frisius.
www.iaswww.com /ODP/Regional/Europe/Netherlands/Friesland   (546 words)

  
 www.hotels-world.com : Hotels in Friesland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The 4-star Hotel Resort Amelander Kaap is situated on the west coast of the magnificent Wadden Island of Ameland.
Golden Tulip Tjaarda Oranjewoud is situated in a picturesque village near Heerenveen in the province of Friesland.
The Eden Oranje Hotel is situated in the heart of the historical capital city of Friesland: Leeuwarden.
www.hotels-world.com /tp.hotels/geo.6193.Europe.Netherlands.Friesland/Friesland.htm   (2963 words)

  
 Alkmaar travel guide - Wikitravel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
On the west and south, the old bastions are planted with trees, and there is a footpath along the waters edge.
West of the old city, Alkmaar station is located just north of the Bergerweg, the relocated road to Bergen.
West of Schoorl, the 'Schoorlse Duinen' are a dune nature reserve open to the public, [46] run by the official forest agency Staatsbosbeheer.
wikitravel.org /en/Alkmaar   (8959 words)

  
 Euromosaic - Frisian in Germany: North Frisian ("Friisk")
The use of NF in education has been expanding since 1976 due to efforts by the ethnic Frisian leadership and by school officials rather than by parents, who after some early opposition are now more in agreement with the policy.
There is regular exchange with Dutch West Friesland during the International Frisian Congress, the Philological Congress, farmers' reunions, and meetings of local administrators and legislators.
In Dutch Friesland Frisian is a compulsary subject at the primary and junior high school level, in the German provinces it is merely an elective in primary schools, though with a much more respectable enrolment in North Friesland than in the Saterland.
www.uoc.edu /euromosaic/web/document/friso/an/i3/i3.html   (2024 words)

  
 Han's Homepage - Chapter Genealogy, Holland
This ended the Viking rule in Friesland, and on 4-8-889 Arnulf of Carinthia, King of the East-Frisians, gave him Kennemerland, a coastal area in the present-day Dutch province of Noord-Holland.
In 1061 he was victorious in a battle against Ecbert I of Friesland near Nederhemert, but afterwards Count Floris was killed there while resting under a tree, probably on orders from Emperor Heinrich IV of Germany.
It reaffirmed Flanders' rights concerning Zeeland west of the Scheldt river (which would have been out of the question if King Willem had still been alive); the condominium in the rest of Zeeland was ended; Flanders had to pay compensation for damages caused by the war; and Margaretha's sons returned home.
home.planet.nl /~voort359/home3hllnd.html   (5000 words)

  
 The Bailey Family   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Dirk II Count Of HOLLAND and WEST FRIESLAND was born in 938 in Egmond-Binnen, Noord Holland, Netherlands.
Parents: Dirk II Count Of HOLLAND and WEST FRIESLAND and Hildegard, Countess Of FLANDERS.
Children were: Dirk III Count Of HOLLAND and WEST FRIESLAND, Aleida Countess Of HOLLAND [COUNTESS OF PONTHIEU].
bailey.aros.net /jsbailey/d109.htm   (1578 words)

  
 All Friesland hotels
Oudeschouw 6, Akkrum, Friesland 8491 MP Hotel Restaurant De Oude Schouw is situated on the crossing of the Princes Margrietcanal and the river de Boarne.
Langestreek 94, Schiermonnikoog, Friesland 9166 LG Hotel de Tjattel is a 2 star Hotel in the center of the village on the island Schiermonnikoog.
Wijde Noorderhorne 2, Sneek, Friesland 8601 EB The family Hanenburg runs Hotel Hanenburg with a fine restaurant that is is very cosy, local and international dishes are served and a pub serving meals.
www.openroads.com /?id=friesland_hotels   (686 words)

  
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