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Frisia (Dutch: Groter-Friesland, lit. 'Greater Friesland'; German: Frieslande) is a cross-border cultural region in Northwestern Europe. Stretching along the Wadden Sea, it encompasses the north of the Netherlands and parts of northwestern Germany. The region is traditionally inhabited by the Frisians, a
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See moreThe names for "Frisia" in the local languages are (by direct translation):
• Dutch, German: Friesland
• Dutch Low Saxon: Fraislaand
• East Frisian Low Saxon: Fräisland...
See moreRoman era
The people, later to be known as Frisii, began settling in Frisia in the 6th century BC. According to Pliny the Elder, in Roman times, the Frisians (or rather their close neighbours, the Chauci) lived on terps, man-made hills. According to...
See moreDuring the late 19th and early 20th century, "Frisian freedom" became the slogan of a regionalist movement in Friesland, demanding equal rights for the Frisian language and culture within the Netherlands. The West Frisian language and its urban dialects are
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See moreFrisia is commonly divided into three sections:
• West Frisia in the Netherlands roughly corresponds to the...
See more• When West Friesland was conquered by the County of Holland in 1289, this was the end of a series of wars between the county of Holland and Friesland that started at the end of the 11th century. The Dutch conquest occurred immediately after the disastrous
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See moreA half-million Frisians in the province of Friesland in the Netherlands speak West Frisian. Several thousand people in Nordfriesland and Heligoland in Germany speak a collection of
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