The coat of arms of North Frisia and the motto "Lever duad as Slav" (Better dead than slave!). The coat of arms of North Frisia is not identical with that of the district of Nordfriesland.The North Frisian flag has like the coat of arms of North Frisia, the Friisk Gesäts, official status.
North Frisians (German: Nordfriesen; Danish: Nordfrisere; North Frisian: Nuurdfresen) are the inhabitants of the district of Nordfriesland in the north German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Used in a narrower sense, the term also refers to an ethnic sub-group of the 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 west coast of Schleswig-Holstein – from the German-Danish border region in the north to the south of North Friesland. The North Frisian language area also includes the offshore islands of Sylt, Föhr, Amrum and Heligoland (in the district of Pinneberg) and a number of smaller islands, the Halligen.[1]
The North Frisians still to some extent use the different dialects of the North Frisian language and Low German language which form parts of the group of the Northseegermanic languages. The North Frisian language is specially protected by the Schleswig-Holstein state constitution and by the Friisk Gesäts (German: Friesisch-Gesetz) or "Frisian Law".
Around 800 AD, the Frisians migrated into what later became Uthlande in the Duchy of Schleswig. Initially they only settled the offshore islands but, in a second wave of immigration around 1100, also populated the adjacent coastal strip between the rivers Eider and Vidå (German: Wiedau) on the Germano-Danish border.[2]
The colours gold, red and blue, like the coat of arms of North Frisia (which are not the same as those of the district of Nordfriesland), have been accorded official status by the Friisk Gesäts.[3]
^"Language Diversity – English | the North Frisians in Germany".
^North Frisian Society Archived 2010-10-13 at the Wayback Machine
Gesäts. Saterland Frisians East Frisians West Frisians "Language Diversity – English | the NorthFrisians in Germany". NorthFrisian Society Archived 2010-10-13...
century when Frisians arrived along the coastline of Kent. Frisians principally settled in modern-day Kent, East Anglia, the East Midlands, North East England...
recognises the NorthFrisian language for official use in the Nordfriesland district and on Heligoland. Frisian languages North Frisia FrisiansFrisian Islands...
East Frisia were once connected. North Frisia was colonized by Frisians via the North Sea and they first settled on Sylt, Amrum and Föhr. The languages...
Uthlande. The NorthFrisians in the Uthlande were ruled directly by the Danish king and were known as Königsfriesen or "King's Frisians". Only later did...
On the NorthFrisian islands, for instance, "Frisia" and "Frisians" refer to (the inhabitants of) mainland North Frisia. In Saterland Frisian, the term...
medieval 'Frisians' from whom modern Frisians descend. In the Middle Ages, these Frisians formed the Kingdom of Frisia and later the Frisian freedom confederation...
the NorthFrisian Islands and Heligoland. The region is traditionally inhabited by the NorthFrisians. The geestland islands along the NorthFrisian coastline...
Sylt Frisian, or Söl'ring, is the dialect of the NorthFrisian language spoken on the island of Sylt in the German region of North Frisia. Söl'ring refers...
The West Frisians or, more precisely, the Westlauwers Frisians (Dutch: Friezen or Westerlauwerse Friezen, West Frisian: Friezen or Westerlauwerske Friezen)...
of the NorthFrisians around 1000 A.D. brought a modest influence of Christian and biblical names. In the Age of Sail, Dutch and West Frisian forms became...
exists a tripartite division of the original Frisians; namely the NorthFrisians, East Frisians and West Frisian, caused by the Frisia's constant loss of...
of the villages Marum (West Frisian: Mearum), De Wilp (De Wylp), and Opende (De Grinzer Pein). Also, many West Frisians have left their province in the...
portal Saterland Frisian edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Frisia Frisian Islands Frisian languages Frisians Saterland Frisians A number of 6,370...
Westlauwers Frisians. Sometimes all Frisians from the eastern Frisian regions (East Frisians, Saterland Frisians, Oldenburg Frisians, Rüstringen Frisians, Wurtfrisians)...
were seldom contracted with East Frisians for some ages. East Frisian at Ethnologue (21st ed., 2018) Saterland Frisian at Ethnologue (21st ed., 2018) Versloot...
Eiderstedt Frisian (German: Eiderstedter Friesisch, Danish: Ejderstedfrisisk) was a dialect of the NorthFrisian language which was originally spoken...
belonging to the seven Frisian coastal lands. The Saterland Frisians are one of the few Frisians who are traditionally Catholic. During the Reformation, they...
Strand Frisian was a dialect of the NorthFrisian language which was originally spoken on Strand island, Duchy of Schleswig. Strand was destroyed in the...
Wiedingharde Frisian (NorthFrisian: Wiringhiirder freesk, Danish: Vidingherredfrisisk) is a dialect of the NorthFrisian language spoken in the German...
King of the Frisians. While Aldgisl had welcomed Christianity into his realm, Redbad attempted to extirpate the religion and free the Frisians from subjugation...
related to the insular NorthFrisian dialects of Fering and Öömrang because medieval fishery around Heligoland attracted Frisians from Föhr and Amrum, and...
The Frisian Islands, also known as the Wadden Islands or the Wadden Sea Islands, form an archipelago at the eastern edge of the North Sea in northwestern...
Halligen Frisian (NorthFrisian: Halifreesk) is the dialect of the NorthFrisian language spoken on the Halligen islands, primarily Langeneß and Hooge...
River (the Frisians mentioned by Tacitus) is attested in only a few personal names and place-names. Old Frisian evolved into Middle Frisian, spoken from...
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