Franeker (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈfraːnəkər] ; West Frisian: Frjentsjer [ˈfrjɛntsjər]) is one of the eleven historical cities of Friesland and capital of...
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The University of Franeker (1585–1811) was a university in Franeker, Friesland, the Netherlands. It was the second oldest university of the Netherlands...
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amateur astronomer who built the Eise Eisinga Planetarium in his house in Franeker, Dutch Republic. The orrery still exists and is the oldest functioning...
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It is located southwest of Schalsum and on the direct northeast side of Franeker, of which it is a part administratively. The habitation consists of several...
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(1615, Franeker – 1658, Groningen), was a Dutch Golden Age portrait painter. According to the RKD he was the son of a burgemeester of Franeker and became...
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Franeker City Hall (Dutch: Stadhuis van Franeker) is the city hall of the municipality of Franeker, Netherlands, one of the eleven historical cities of...
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municipality. The largest population centre (2018 population, 12,793) is Franeker. The residents speak Dutch, West Frisian or Bildts (a dialect in the former...
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Franeker is a railway station located in Franeker, Netherlands. The station was opened on 27 October 1863 and is located on the Harlingen–Nieuweschans...
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hamlet is located southeast of Herbaijum and west of Franeker, adjacent to an industrial estate in Franeker. Kiesterzijl has a number of houses, a swing bridge...
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the P.C. (short for Permanent Committee), has been held in the city of Franeker since 1854 and is considered the oldest regular sports tournament in the...
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a Catholic priest at first. In 1572 he appears as Reformed preacher in Franeker. In the following, he worked for several years in Alkmaar and Bolsward...
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and the asteroid 1691 Oort were all named after him. Oort was born in Franeker, a small town in the Dutch province of Friesland, on April 28, 1900. He...
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"Biking the Boulevards with Jeffery Baer". WTTV. Retrieved 19 March 2024. "Franeker". gevelstenen.net. Archived from the original on 27 January 2018. Retrieved...
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Murk van Phelsum (category University of Franeker alumni)
Phelsum started his medical studies on 17 November 1754 at the university of Franeker (Netherlands), where he later earned his doctorate. He settled down as...
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Arkens is a Hollow Post mill in Franeker, Friesland, Netherlands which has been restored to working order. The mill is listed as a Rijksmonument, number...
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Eise Eisinga Planetarium (category Franeker)
(Dutch: Koninklijk Eise Eisinga Planetarium) is an 18th-century orrery in Franeker, Friesland, Netherlands. It is currently a museum and open to the public...
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University, he was appointed professor of theology in 1840 at Franeker. From Franeker in 1843 he went to Leiden as professor extraordinarius, and in...
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Martenastate (section Martenahuis in Franeker)
additional properties besides their estate in Cornjum. The Martenahuis in Franeker was built in 1506, on the order of Hessel van Martena, and his family lived...
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served as the Dutch Cocoa House. It is a close copy of the Franeker City Hall in Franeker, Netherlands. The door frame, embellished with stone animals...
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1984 by combining an earlier Franekeradeel municipality with the city of Franeker and parts of the former municipality of Barradeel. On 1 January 2018 it...
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tetragrammato (1628) Sixtinus Amama was a Professor of Hebrew in the University of Franeker and a pupil of Drusius. Louis Cappel (1585–1658) De nomine tetragrammato...
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the Dutch Republic in 1628. In April 1629, he joined the University of Franeker, studying under Adriaan Metius, either living with a Catholic family or...
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Martenahuis (category Franeker)
Frisian: Martenahûs) is a stins (estate) in the centre of the Dutch city of Franeker, Friesland. The building is located on the Voorstraat. The Martenahuis...
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Johannes Cocceius (category University of Franeker alumni)
theologian born in Bremen. After studying at Hamburg and the University of Franeker, where Sixtinus Amama was one of his teachers, he became in 1630 professor...
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186639; 5.537972 Sjaerdemaslot was a Frisian castle, a so-called "state", in Franeker, the Netherlands. In 1446 the construction of the castle was started and...
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favourite airports in the world by Travel + Leisure. On 12 July 1949, Franeker, a Lockheed L-749-79-33 Constellation (registered PH-TDF) crashed into...
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Friesland. It is located east of Hitzum, southeast of Kie and south of Franeker. The Doijumervaart flows through the hamlet. The residential area of the...
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located northwest of Hitzum, southeast of Herbaijum and just southwest of Franeker, of which it is a part administratively. The settlement of the hamlet is...
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lawyer, a town burgomaster, and one of the founders of the University of Franeker. Saskia (called Saske in Friesland) was orphaned by age 12, as her mother...
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February 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2022. Ryan, P. G.; Moore, C. J.; Van Franeker, J. A.; Moloney, C. L. (2009). "Monitoring the abundance of plastic debris...
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