Weststellingwerf
Template:Infobox settlement Weststellingwerf (Template:IPA; Stellingwarfs: Template:Lang or Template:Lang) 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.
Population centres
[edit]A small part of the village Willemsoord lays within Weststellingwerf and Noordwolde-Zuid is also mainly named as a village, but stated by municipality as a hamlet.
The other hamlets are: Boekelte, Gracht, Munnekezeel, Overburen, Rijsberkampen, Rode Dorp, Schoterzijl (partially) and Zuid (partially)
Topography
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Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Weststellingwerf, 2013.
Wolvega
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Wolvega is the capital city of Weststellingwerf.
Transportation
[edit]Railway Station: Wolvega
Notable people
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- Peter Stuyvesant (1592–1672) last governor of New Amsterdam<ref>Template:Cite EB1911</ref>
- Johan Eilerts de Haan (1865-1910) Dutch explorer and soldier
- Johan van Minnen (1932–2016) journalist and politician.
- Johan Veenstra (born 1946) an author, poet and columnist
- Sijtje van der Lende (born 1950) former speed skater, competed at the 1976 and 1980 Winter Olympics
- Gerard van Klaveren (born 1951) politician, Mayor of Weststellingwerf 2005-2017
- Monique Knol (born 1964) former racing cyclist, won gold and bronze medals in two consecutive Summer Olympics
Gallery
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Kerk Boijl
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Molen Windlust in Noordwolde
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Keersluis in de Linde
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Noardwâlde, PKN-tsjerke
References
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