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    The Ommelanden (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɔməˌlɑndə(n)]; Surrounding Lands) are the parts of Groningen province that surround Groningen city. Usually mentioned...
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    Groningen. A distinction must be made between the City of Groningen and the surrounding countryside, known as the Ommelanden. The city of Groningen had...
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    an initiative taken by the Regional Assembly of the city of Groningen and the Ommelanden, or surrounding region. There were four faculties – Theology...
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    border between Groningen and Friesland. The province of Groningen is also called Stad en Ommelanden, which means the city of Groningen and its surrounding...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    (Flevoland) Oldambt (Groningen) Ommelanden (Groningen) Oostelijk Flevoland (Flevoland) Oostelijke Mijnstreek (Limburg) Oosterambt (Groningen) Oostergo (Friesland)...
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  • 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...
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    the Ommelanden of Groningen and the untitled lord of the majestic manor at Slochteren, the Fraeylemaborg. Piccardt hailed from Stad en Ommelanden – the...
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    sometimes referred to as Westerlauwers Friesland The Ommelanden in the province of Groningen West Frisians West Frisian Dutch West Frisian Islands "JMD-T-446...
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    Westerwolde (region) (category Regions of Groningen (province))
    Westerwolds. Historically, the region is one of the Ommelanden, which are the regions around the city of Groningen. Media related to Westerwolde at Wikimedia Commons...
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    Gronings dialect (category Culture of Groningen (province))
    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...
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    Fivelingo (category Regions of Groningen (province))
    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...
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    Zoutkamp (category Populated places in Groningen (province))
    production. During the Dutch Revolt, the city of Groningen sided with Spain. Most of the Ommelanden (country side) and the province of Friesland opted...
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    villages in the Ommelanden, which dragged Fivelingo, Hunsingo, Groningen, and several others into the conflict. When the villages in the Ommelanden made peace...
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  • Treaty of Grave (category History of Groningen (city))
    Emperor. In the treaty, Charles of Guelders handed over the City of Groningen, the Ommelanden and Drenthe to Emperor Charles. This was a confirmation of the...
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    arose; the region of Friesland and Ommelanden had fully supported the uprising, but the strategic location of Groningen seriously affected the position of...
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    Onstaborg (Sauwerd) (category Borgs in Groningen (province))
    family belonged to one of the oldest and most prominent families of the Ommelanden. The Onsta family also owned an Onstaborg in Wetsinge. List of castles...
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  • Saxon feud (category History of Groningen (province))
    crossed the river Lauwers in 1514, entering the Ommelanden and laying siege to the city of Groningen, which called in the help of Edzard of East Frisia...
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  • Battle of Heiligerlee (1536) (category History of Groningen (province))
    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...
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    called the Seven United Provinces. They were: the Lordship of Groningen and of the Ommelanden the Lordship of Friesland the Lordship of Overijssel the Duchy...
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  • Vivat Omlandia: Wapen en vlag van de Ommelanden, 2004. Brief van Gedeputeerde Staten aan Provinciale Staten van Groningen, 19 december 2017. van Westerhoven...
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    Saxony, allied with the Habsburgs, tried to subdue Frisia, the Ommelanden, and Groningen. The Frisians under the leadership of Jancko Douwama resisted...
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    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...
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    Hunsingo (category Regions of Groningen (province))
    region in the province of Groningen, Netherlands, between the Reitdiep and Maarvliet. Hunsingo was one of three Ommelanden. It is bordered to the north...
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    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...
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    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...
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