This article is about the cross-border cultural region. For other uses, see Frisia (disambiguation) and Friesland (disambiguation).
Frisia
Location of Frisia in the northern Netherlands and northwestern Germany
Largest city
Leeuwarden
Regional languages
Dutch
German
Low Saxon
North Frisian
Saterland Frisian
West Frisian
Dialects
Friso-Saxon
Southern Jutlandic
Stadsfries
West Frisian Dutch
Demonym(s)
Frisian
Integrated parts of Germany and the Netherlands with varying degrees of autonomy
Area
• Narrow sense
9,378.7 km2 (3,621.1 sq mi)
• Broad sense
13,482.7 km2 (5,205.7 sq mi)
Population
• Narrow sense
1,475,380 (in 2,020)
• Broad sense
2,678,792 (in 2,020)
Time zone
UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)
UTC+2 (CEST)
Frisia[a] is a cross-border cultural region in Northwestern Europe. Stretching along the Wadden Sea, it encompasses the north of the Netherlands and parts of northwestern Germany. Wider definitions of ‘Frisia’ may include the island of Rem and the other Danish Wadden Sea Islands. The region is traditionally inhabited by the Frisians, a West Germanic ethnic group.
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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...
East Frisia or East Friesland (German: Ostfriesland; East Frisian Low Saxon: Oostfreesland; Saterland Frisian: Aastfräislound) is a historic region in...
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The Seignory of Frisia or Seignory of Friesland (West Frisian: Hearlikheid Fryslân, Dutch: Heerlijkheid Friesland) was a feudal dominion in the Netherlands...
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The Frisian Kingdom (West Frisian: Fryske Keninkryk), also known as Magna Frisia, is a modern name for the post-Roman Frisian realm in Western Europe in...
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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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standard Dutch and German. Frisia highlighted on a map of Europe Frisia West and East Frisia were once connected. North Frisia was colonized by Frisians...
known as Frisians. The area was initially part of Frisia. At the end of the 9th century, West-Frisia became a separate county in the Holy Roman Empire...
Matilda of Frisia (died in 1044) was Queen of the Franks as the first wife of Henry I. Her date of birth is unknown. She was the daughter of Liudolf, Margrave...
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likely, a grandson of the earlier Gerolf, who was a count in the area of Frisia at the time of the reign of Emperor Louis the Pious (fl. 833) and who later...
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Holland (c. 1055 – 15 October 1094), also known as Berthe or Bertha of Frisia and erroneously as Berta or Bertrada, was Queen of France from 1072 until...
The County of East-Frisia (Frisian: Greefskip Eastfryslân; Dutch: Graafschap Oost-Friesland) was a county (though ruled by a prince after 1662) in the...
Leeuwarden (Dutch: [ˈleːu.ɑrdə(n)] ; West Frisian: Ljouwert [ˈljɔːʋ(ə)t]/[ˈʎɔːw(ə)t] ; Town Frisian: Liwwadden; Leeuwarder dialect: Leewarden) is a city...
The flags of Frisia are the flags that are used to represent (the subdivisions of) Frisia, a cross-border cultural region in Northwestern Europe. Some...
Donato Frisia (30 August 1883 – 13 December 1953) was an Italian painter. Frisia was born in Merate, Italy. He studied at the Brera Academy in Milan from...
annexation attempts by its stronger neighbours. It comprised territories from Frisia in the north to the Kingdom of Italy in the south. Around 850, Lothair I...
West Frisia (Latin: Frisia Occidentalis) is a term that, when used in an international context, refers to the traditionally Frisian areas that are located...
with regards to Old Frisian. Old East Frisian used to be spoken in East Frisia (Ostfriesland), the region between the Dutch river Lauwers and the German...