North Frisia (German: Nordfriesland; North Frisian: Nordfraschlönj; Danish: Nordfrisland, Low German: Noordfreesland) is the northernmost portion of Frisia...
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Frisia is a cross-border cultural region in Northwestern Europe. Stretching along the Wadden Sea, it encompasses the north of the Netherlands and parts...
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East Frisia or East Friesland (German: Ostfriesland; East Frisian Low Saxon: Oostfräisland; Saterland Frisian: Aastfräislound) is a historic region in...
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sea level, the Stollberg is the fourth highest hill in the district of North Frisia in northern Germany, after the Sandesberg near Ostenfeld (53.3 m), the...
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North Frisian is a minority language of Germany, spoken by about 10,000 people in North Frisia. The language is part of the larger group of the West Germanic...
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Frisia is a small region in the north of the modern day country known as the Netherlands. In the Iron Age, the ancestors of the modern Frisians first...
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North Frisia may refer to the historical region of North Frisia the district of Nordfriesland (German: Landkreis Nord-Friesland) the Northern part of...
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present-day Netherlands). Along with East Frisia and North Frisia, it is one of the most commonly used subdivisions of Frisia. In its narrowest sense, the term...
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of North Frisia Flag of North Frisia with coat of arms Flag of Kreis Nordfriesland Flag of Heligoland Variant flag of North Frisia The flags of North, East...
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Frisian nationalism (category Frisia)
Latin names Magna Frisia (Greater Frisia) and Tota Frisia (Whole Frisia). Frisia is usually divided into three parts: West Frisia in the northern Netherlands...
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Frisians from the region of North Frisia, which lies primarily on the German North Sea coast, and on the island of Heligoland. The North Frisians live on the...
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area known as Frisia and are concentrated in the Dutch provinces of Friesland and Groningen and, in Germany, East Frisia and North Frisia (which was a...
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the Jade Bight. Along with West Frisia and North Frisia, it is one of the most commonly used subdivisions of Frisia. It is distinct from Ostfriesland...
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Frisian languages (category Articles containing North Frisian-language text)
German. Frisia highlighted on a map of Europe Frisia West and East Frisia were once connected. North Frisia was colonized by Frisians via the North Sea and...
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Mooring, is a dialect of the North Frisian language spoken in Niebüll and the amt of Bökingharde in the German region of North Frisia. The dialect forms part...
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Nordfriesische Inseln) are the Frisian Islands off the coast of North Frisia. The term covers both the North Frisian Islands in the narrow sense (in Schleswig-Holstein...
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Frisian cuisine (category Frisia)
ingredients. Especially in West Frisia, the food resembles that of the Dutch Cuisine, though East Frisia and North Frisia present dishes that are very much...
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Jutland (section Subregions (from south to north))
and North Frisia on the North Sea side, and the peninsulas of Danish Wahld, Schwansen, and Anglia on the Baltic side. There is a considerable North Frisian...
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Nordfriesland (district) (category North Frisia)
; Danish: Nordfrisland; North Frisian: Nordfraschlönj [nɔʀdˈfʀaʃlœɲ] Low German: Noordfreesland), also known as North Frisia, is the northernmost district...
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February flood of 1825 (category History of East Frisia)
Limfjord got its western opening to the sea. Henceforth, North Jutland has been an island. In North Frisia, the unprotected islets, known as Halligen, were hit...
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settlement area already in neolithic times, Föhr had been part of mainland North Frisia until 1362. Then the coastline was destroyed by a heavy storm flood known...
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Söl'ring, is the dialect of the North Frisian language spoken on the island of Sylt in the German region of North Frisia. Söl'ring refers to the Söl'ring...
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Rungholt was a low-lying settlement in North Frisia, in what was then the Danish Duchy of Schleswig. The area today lies in Germany. Rungholt was flooded...
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with whipped cream, puff pastry and plum jam. A specialty of North Frisia and East Frisia. Gugelhupf A marble cake or Bundt cake. Germknödel A fluffy yeast...
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Biikebrennen (category Culture of Frisia)
North Frisian) or Pers Awten (meaning "Saint Peter's Eve" in South Jutish) is an annual bonfire night celebration held on 21 February in North Frisia...
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Frisian, or Fering, is the dialect of North Frisian spoken on the island of Föhr in the German region of North Frisia. Fering refers to the Fering Frisian...
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Nordfriesland – Dithmarschen Nord (redirect from North Frisia – Dithmarschen North)
Nordfriesland – Dithmarschen Nord (English: North Frisia – Dithmarschen North) is an electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) represented in the Bundestag...
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was the king (or duke) of Frisia from c. 680 until his death. He is often considered the last independent ruler of Frisia before Frankish domination...
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The Rider on the White Horse (category North Frisia)
related to the narrator by a schoolmaster in a small town in Northern Frisia. Hauke is the son of a farmer and licensed surveyor and does his best to...
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Saint Marcellus's flood (category Storm tides of the North Sea)
included Rungholt, said to have been located on the island of Strand in North Frisia, Ravenser Odd in East Yorkshire, and the harbour of Dunwich in Suffolk...
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