Ooststellingwerf (; Stellingwarfs: ) is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the province of

Friesland Friesland (, ; official fry, Fryslân ), historically and traditionally known as Frisia, is a province of the Netherlands located in the country's northern part. It is situated west of Groningen, northwest of Drenthe and Overijssel, north of ...

in the northern

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. It is one of the municipalities of Friesland where the spoken language is not West Frisian; instead,

Stellingwerfs Stellingwarfs ( nl, Stellingwerfs) is a Westphalian and Friso-Saxon dialect spoken in Ooststellingwerf and Weststellingwerf in the Dutch province of Friesland, and also in Steenwijkerland and Westerveld in the Dutch province of Overijssel and ...

, a dialect of

Dutch Low Saxon Dutch Low Saxon ( or ''Nederlaands Nedersaksies''; nl, Nederlands Nedersaksisch) are the Low Saxon dialects of the Low German language that are spoken in the northeastern Netherlands and are written there with local, unstandardised orthographi ...

, is spoken here.

Population centres

Hamlets

The hamlets within the municipality are: 't Hoogezand, Aekinga, Bekhof, Bentemaden, Boekhorst, Bovenveld, Bûterheideveld, Buttinga,

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, De Bult, De Knolle, De Koelanden, De Monden (partially), De Riete, Deddingabuurt, Drie Tolhekken, Elleboog, Egypte, Frankrijk, Hoogeduurswoude, Janssenstichting, Jardinga, Konijnenbuurt, Koudenburg, Klazinga, Laagduurswoude, Medhuizen, Moskou (partially), Nanninga,

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Oude Willem Oude Willem ( Low Saxon: Olde Willem) is a hamlet in the Dutch provinces of Drenthe and Friesland. It lays within in municipalities of Westerveld and Ooststellingwerf. Oude Willem lies about 21 km southwest of Assen Assen () is a munici ...

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, Zuid (partially) and

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Topography

''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Ooststellingwerf, June 2015''

Notable people

Anne Vondeling Anne Vondeling (2 March 1916 – 22 November 1979) was a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and agronomist. Vondeling studied Agronomy at the Wageningen Agricultural College obtaining a Master of Science in Engineering degree and work ...

(1916 in Appelscha – 1979) a Dutch politician * Prof

Dirk ter Haar Dirk ter Haar FRSE FIP DSc (; Oosterwolde, 19 April 1919 – Drachten, 3 September 2002) was an Anglo-Dutch physicist. Life Dirk ter Haar was born at Oosterwolde in the province Friesland in the north of the Netherlands on 19 April 1919. He s ...

FRSE FIP (1919 in Oosterwolde – 2002) an Anglo-Dutch physicist *

Piet Bergveld Piet Bergveld (; born 26 January 1940) is a Dutch electrical engineer. He was professor of biosensors at the University of Twente between 1983 and 2003. He is the inventor of the ion-sensitive field-effect transistor (ISFET) sensor. Bergveld's ...

(born 1940 in Oosterwolde) a Dutch emeritus professor of

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, invented

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Sport

Joop Alberda Joop Alberda (born 25 October 1952 in Oosterwolde, Friesland) is a retired volleyball coach from the Netherlands. In 1996, under his directions, the Dutch Men's National Team won the gold medal in Atlanta, Georgia by defeating Italy in the f ...

(born 1952 in Oosterwolde) a retired volleyball coach *

Halbe Zijlstra Halbe Zijlstra (; born 21 January 1969) is a retired Dutch politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 26 October 2017 to 13 February 2018 in the Third Rutte cabinet. He is a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy ( ...

(born 1969 in Oosterwolde) a retired Dutch politician *

Jan Kromkamp Jan Kromkamp (born 17 August 1980) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a right-back. He currently manages CSV Apeldoorn. Kromkamp played a total of 201 games in the Eredivisie and scored eight goals in nine seasons, playing ...

(born 1980 in Makkinga) a Dutch retired footballer with 316 club caps * Sjoerd Hamburger (born 1983 in Oldeberkoop) a rower who competes in the single scull, competed in the

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and

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Marrit Steenbergen Marrit Steenbergen (born 11 January 2000) is a Dutch competitive swimmer. She won gold medals in the 100 m and 200 m freestyle events at the 2022 European Championships held in Rome, Italy. Career In 2013, Steenbergen competed at the 2013 Europ ...

(born 2000 in Ooststellingwerf) a Dutch competitive swimmer, gold medallist at the 2015 European Games

References

External links

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Official website
Municipalities of Friesland {{Friesland-geo-stub