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3 unusual facts about West Friesland


West Friesland

West Frisia, the western part of the historical region of Frisia

Occasionally, the region where the West Frisian language is spoken, i.e. mostly the Province of Friesland in the Netherlands

Willem Blaeu

Evidently, Vermeer was particularly attached to a Willem Blaeu - Balthasar Florisz van Berckenrode map of Holland and West Friesland, as he represented it as a wall decoration in three of his paintings...



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John III of Egmont

John III of Egmont (or Egmond) (Hattem, April 3, 1438 – Egmond, August 21, 1516) was first Count of Egmont, Lord of Baer, Lathum, Hoogwoude, Aarstwoude, Purmerend, Purmerland and Ilpendam, and Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland and West-Friesland.

Noorderkwartier

Noorderkwartier (a Dutch word meaning "North Quarter") is a historical term referring to the part of the former Dutch province of Holland north of the river IJ, covering the regions Kennemerland, Zaanstreek, Waterland and West-Friesland and now part of the modern province of North Holland.