Friesland

The settlement areas of the Frisians , which stretch along the Dutch and German North Sea coasts, have been called Friesland since ancient times . The Inter-Frisian Council , which represents the interests of all of Frisia , speaks of the Three Frisians . This refers to the Westerlauwers'sche Friesland , which essentially comprises the Dutch province of Friesland , the eastern Friesland with the Frisian settlement areas from the Ems to the mouth of the Weser, and the Schleswig-Holstein region of North Friesland including the island of Helgoland . With the exception of a few areas such as Dithmarschen, the original Friesland encompasses a stretch of coast of varying widths from the Rhine-Maas delta to the present-day German-Danish border.
Affiliation
Based on membership of the Inter-Frisian Council, the Frieslande comprises the following administrative areas today:
In the Netherlands
- the province of Friesland , the Westlauwers'sche Friesland
In Germany
Lower Saxony
- the East Frisian districts Leer , Aurich , Wittmund , the East Frisian city Emden as East Frisia in the narrower sense
- the Oldenburg district of Friesland and the independent city of Wilhelmshaven as part of the East Frisian peninsula
- municipalities Butjadingen , Nordenham and Stadland in the district Wesermarsch that on the territory of the former Gau Rüstringen are
- the communities of Saterland and Wurster North Sea Coast , which are not located on the East Frisian peninsula, but are closely linked to it historically, linguistically and culturally
Schleswig-Holstein
- the district of North Friesland (the cultural-geographical region of North Friesland makes up about two thirds of the area of today's North Friesland district, belonging to Denmark before 1864 )
- the island of Helgoland (politically part of the Pinneberg district )
See also
Web links
- Inter-Frisian Council: Information board on the Frisian language in Schleswig-Holstein ; Accessed July 20, 2015
literature
- Thomas Steensen (ed.): The Friesland. Bräist / Bredstedt 2006, ISBN 978-3-88007-333-3 .
- Hajo van Lengen (Ed.): The Frisian Freedom of the Middle Ages - Life and Legend , Aurich 2003, ISBN 3-932206-30-4 .
- Tobias Weger : Greater Silesian? Greater Frisian? Greater German! Ethnonationalism in Silesia and Friesland, 1925–1945 , Berlin and Boston 2017.
Individual evidence
- ↑ For example Conrad Wierichs: attempt of some remarks about the state of Friesland in the middle of times where the special meyings in the Frisian history, the borders and divisions of the Friesland and the privilege Caroli Magni are examined and explained , Oldenburg 1741, p. 37ff ( II. Note: Of the borders and divisions of the Friesland )
- ^ Inter-Frisian Council: The Frisians ; Accessed July 20, 2015