Weststellingwerf
Encyclopedia
Weststellingwerf is a municipality
in the province of Friesland
in the northern Netherlands
.
It is one of the municipalities of Friesland, where the spoken language is not West Frisian
; instead, Stellingwerfs, a dialect of Dutch Low Saxon
, is spoken here.
, Boijl
, De Blesse
, De Hoeve
, Langelille
, Munnekeburen
, Nijeholtpade
, Nijeholtwolde
, Nijelamer
, Nijetrijne
, Noordwolde
, Oldeholtpade
, Oldeholtwolde
, Oldelamer
, Oldetrijne
, Oosterstreek
, Peperga
, Scherpenzeel
, Slijkenburg
, Sonnega
, Spanga
, Steggerda
, Ter Idzard
, Vinkega
, Wolvega
, Zandhuizen
.
, Peter Stuyvesant
.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in the province of Friesland
Friesland
Friesland is a province in the north of the Netherlands and part of the ancient region of Frisia.Until the end of 1996, the province bore Friesland as its official name. In 1997 this Dutch name lost its official status to the Frisian Fryslân...
in the northern Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
.
It is one of the municipalities of Friesland, where the spoken language is not West Frisian
West Frisian language
West Frisian is a language spoken mostly in the province of Friesland in the north of the Netherlands. West Frisian is the name by which this language is usually known outside the Netherlands, to distinguish it from the closely related Frisian languages of Saterland Frisian and North Frisian,...
; instead, Stellingwerfs, a dialect of Dutch Low Saxon
Dutch Low Saxon
Dutch Low Saxon is a group of Low Saxon, i.e. West Low German dialects spoken in the northeastern Netherlands. In comparison, the remainder of the Netherlands speak a collection of Low Franconian dialects.The class "Dutch Low Saxon" is not unanimous...
, is spoken here.
Population centres
BlesdijkeBlesdijke
Blesdijke is a small village in Weststellingwerf in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around 478 citizens ....
, Boijl
Boijl
Boijl is a small village in Weststellingwerf in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around 900 citizens ....
, De Blesse
De Blesse
De Blesse is a small village in Weststellingwerf in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around 800 citizens . The windmill De Mars was rebuilt in 1997....
, De Hoeve
De Hoeve
De Hoeve is a small village in the Dutch county of Weststellingwerf. It is located in an agriculture area between Wolvega and Noordwolde. De Hoeve has approximately 444 inhabitants .- History :...
, Langelille
Langelille
Langelille is a small village in Weststellingwerf in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around 270 citizens ....
, Munnekeburen
Munnekeburen
Munnekeburen is a small village in Weststellingwerf in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around 415 citizens ....
, Nijeholtpade
Nijeholtpade
Nijeholtpade is a small village in Weststellingwerf in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around 380 citizens ....
, Nijeholtwolde
Nijeholtwolde
Nijeholtwolde is a small village in Weststellingwerf in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around 187 citizens ....
, Nijelamer
Nijelamer
Nijelamer is a small village in Weststellingwerf in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around 160 citizens ....
, Nijetrijne
Nijetrijne
Nijetrijne is a small village in Weststellingwerf in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around 130 citizens ....
, Noordwolde
Noordwolde
Noordwolde is a village in Weststellingwerf in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around 3789 citizens .Traditionally known as the reed weaving village of the Netherlands, today Noordwolde has a lot more to offer than its rich history and the renowned National Museum of...
, Oldeholtpade
Oldeholtpade
Oldeholtpade is a small village in Weststellingwerf in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around 1072 citizens ....
, Oldeholtwolde
Oldeholtwolde
Oldeholtwolde is a small village in Weststellingwerf in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around 140 citizens ....
, Oldelamer
Oldelamer
Oldetrijne is a small village in Weststellingwerf in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around 221 citizens ....
, Oldetrijne
Oldetrijne
Oldelamer is a small village in Weststellingwerf in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around 223 citizens ....
, Oosterstreek
Oosterstreek
Oosterstreek is a small village in Weststellingwerf in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around 530 citizens ....
, Peperga
Peperga (Weststellingwerf)
Peperga is a small village in Weststellingwerf in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around 90 citizens ....
, Scherpenzeel
Scherpenzeel (Weststellingwerf)
Scherpenzeel is a small village in Weststellingwerf in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around 420 citizens ....
, Slijkenburg
Slijkenburg
Slijkenburg is a small village in Weststellingwerf in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around 37 citizens ....
, Sonnega
Sonnega
Sonnega is a small village in Weststellingwerf in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around 235 citizens ....
, Spanga
Spanga
Spanga is a small village in Weststellingwerf in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around 215 citizens ....
, Steggerda
Steggerda
Steggerda is the third largest village of the Dutch municipality of Weststellingwerf.The village consists of one long stretch with housing and is populated by ca. 1,000 inhabitants.-External links:*...
, Ter Idzard
Ter Idzard
Ter Idzard is a small village in Weststellingwerf in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around 321 citizens ....
, Vinkega
Vinkega
Vinkega is a small village in Weststellingwerf in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around 216 citizens ....
, Wolvega
Wolvega (Weststellingwerf)
Wolvega is the main town in the municipality of Weststellingwerf in the province of Friesland , in the Netherlands. It has around 12,581 citizens . It is by far the largest town of the Stellingwerven.- History :...
, Zandhuizen
Zandhuizen
Zandhuizen is a small village in Weststellingwerf in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around 339 citizens ....
.
Peperga
Peperga is the birth place of the last governor of New AmsterdamNew Amsterdam
New Amsterdam was a 17th-century Dutch colonial settlement that served as the capital of New Netherland. It later became New York City....
, Peter Stuyvesant
Peter Stuyvesant
Peter Stuyvesant , served as the last Dutch Director-General of the colony of New Netherland from 1647 until it was ceded provisionally to the English in 1664, after which it was renamed New York...
.