The Ommelanden (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɔməˌlɑndə(n)]; Surrounding Lands) are the parts of Groningen province that surround Groningen city. Usually mentioned...

border between Groningen and Friesland. The province of Groningen is also called Stad en Ommelanden, which means the city of Groningen and its surrounding...

decorated with the shields of the city of Groningen and of the Ommelanden. In 1595, the city of Groningen and the Ommelanden or surrounding regions come to an...

an initiative taken by the Regional Assembly of the city of Groningen and the Ommelanden, or surrounding region. There were four faculties – Theology...

Groningen. A distinction must be made between the City of Groningen and the surrounding countryside, known as the Ommelanden. The city of Groningen had...

includes West Friesland in northern North Holland and the Ommelanden in the province of Groningen, though the West Frisian language is only spoken in Friesland...

colours of the arms of Ommelanden (red, white and blue) and the city of Groningen (green and white). It is no coincidence that Groningen's city colours form...

(Flevoland) Oldambt (Groningen) Ommelanden (Groningen) Oostelijk Flevoland (Flevoland) Oostelijke Mijnstreek (Limburg) Oosterambt (Groningen) Oostergo (Friesland)...

and towards the end of the 14th century comes to rule over the Ommelanden. Groningen joined the other six provinces in Februari 1595 and formed the seventh...

the Ommelanden of Groningen and the untitled lord of the majestic manor at Slochteren, the Fraeylemaborg. Piccardt hailed from Stad en Ommelanden – the...

Groningen Treaty of Reduction unites city and Ommelanden 17 February 1595: City of Groningen and the Ommelanden admitted to the Republic of the United Netherlands...

the city of Groningen to the west of the Ommelanden. In early June 1417, a strong Skieringer army set out to conquer the city of Groningen. From Middle...

sometimes referred to as Westerlauwers Friesland The Ommelanden in the province of Groningen West Frisians West Frisian Dutch West Frisian Islands "JMD-T-446...

Vivat Omlandia: Wapen en vlag van de Ommelanden, 2004. Brief van Gedeputeerde Staten aan Provinciale Staten van Groningen, 19 december 2017. van Westerhoven...

Saxony, allied with the Habsburgs, tried to subdue Frisia, the Ommelanden, and Groningen. The Frisians under the leadership of Jancko Douwama resisted...

are used in other related flags such as the flag of the Ommelanden in neighbouring Groningen Province, a historically Frisian area, and for a proposed...

Canon of Groningen is a list of 40 hallmarks and 52 icons that provides a chronological summary of the history of the city and province of Groningen. The...

settling in the north-eastern part of the Netherlands (de Ommelanden), the current province of Groningen, in the 13th century. The name Ripperda is a patronymic...

of Groningen which is a grouping of the former Ommelanden, which seceded to form part of the United Provinces in 1579, and the City of Groningen, which...

Middle Low German. East Frisian was spoken in the Ommelanden (surrounding lands of the city of Groningen), while the city, the surrounding rural area called...

Friesland and the Groninger Ommelanden. In 1506 Edzard broke his allegiance to George, forming an alliance with Groningen instead. Edzard was now recognised...

Lauwerzee and the Westerkwartier of the Ommelanden (the western portion of the today's province of Groningen). The whole of this area belonged to Wininge...

arose; the region of Friesland and Ommelanden had fully supported the uprising, but the strategic location of Groningen seriously affected the position of...

Lion, Alberda van Ekenstein served on the Provincial Executive of Groningen and Ommelanden and as a delegate to the audit office of the Dutch Republic. Besides...

Niedersachsen in Germany) and the Frisian Oldambt, in the Groninger Ommelanden (now part of Groningen in the Netherlands). The family prided itself on its direct...

oldest and most powerful noble families in the Ommelanden, nowadays known as the province of Groningen in The Netherlands. Focko and Clara Ripperda had...

Fivelingo or Fivelgo is a historical region and one of the Ommelanden (shires) in the province of Groningen. It was located southeast of Hunsingo, northeast of...

region in the province of Groningen, Netherlands, between the Reitdiep and Maarvliet. Hunsingo was one of three Ommelanden. It is bordered to the north...

Saxon army also occupied the monastery of Aduard. The chieftains of the Ommelanden negotiated with Fox to avoid further destruction and paid ransom. In July...

to Groningen to eliminate the threat of the enemy troops there. Schenck van Toutenburg was allowed by the citizens to occupy the City of Groningen and...