Ooststellingwerf (;

Stellingwarfs 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 ...

: ) is a municipality in the province of Friesland in the northern Netherlands. 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, is spoken here.

Population centres

Hamlets

The hamlets within the municipality are:

't Hoogezand In the Dutch language, the word t () is a contraction of the article "het", meaning "the". 't can be found as a ''tussenvoegsel'', a word that is positioned between a person's first and last name. Careful writers should use an apostrophe () in fro ...

Aekinga Aekinga (; fy, Aekingea; Stellingwarfs dialect, Stellingwarfs: ) is a hamlet (place), hamlet in the Netherlands, Dutch municipality of Ooststellingwerf in the province of Friesland. The hamlet consists of approximately 15 houses with 40 residents ...

, Bekhof, Bentemaden,

Boekhorst Boekhorst is a surname of Dutch origin. People with the name include: * Blaine Boekhorst (born 1993), Australian rules footballer * Fieke Boekhorst Josephine Francisca Maria "Fieke" Boekhorst-Van Griensven (born 18 December 1957) is a retired ...

, Bovenveld, Bûterheideveld, Buttinga, Canada, 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, Nieuwe Vaart, Oude Willem (partially),

Petersburg Petersburg, or Petersburgh, may refer to: Places Australia *Petersburg, former name of Peterborough, South Australia Canada * Petersburg, Ontario Russia *Saint Petersburg, sometimes referred to as Petersburg United States *Peterborg, U.S. Virg ...

(partially), Prandinga, Rolpaal, Schottelenburg, Schrappinga, Terwisscha, Tronde, Twijtel, Veneburen, Venekoten, Weper, Weperpolder, Willemstad, Zuid (partially) and

Zuidhorn Zuidhorn () is a town and former municipality in the northeastern Netherlands. The town largely depends on the city of Groningen. A railway line, operated by Arriva, connects the town with Leeuwarden in Friesland and Groningen. Due to a municipal ...

Topography

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

Notable people

* Anne Vondeling (1916 in Appelscha – 1979) a Dutch politician * Prof Dirk ter Haar FRSE FIP (1919 in Oosterwolde – 2002) an Anglo-Dutch physicist * Piet Bergveld (born 1940 in Oosterwolde) a Dutch emeritus professor of biosensors, invented ISFET

Sport

* Joop Alberda (born 1952 in Oosterwolde) a retired volleyball coach * Halbe Zijlstra (born 1969 in Oosterwolde) a retired Dutch politician * Jan Kromkamp (born 1980 in Makkinga) a Dutch retired footballer with 316 club caps *

Sjoerd Hamburger Sjoerd Hamburger (born 8 February 1983 in Oldeberkoop) is a rower from the Netherlands, who competes in the single scull. Hamburger was born and raised in Oldeberkoop, where he played korfball and was involved in training for triathlons. When ...

(born 1983 in Oldeberkoop) a rower who competes in the single scull, competed in the

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

and

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

* Marrit Steenbergen (born 2000 in Ooststellingwerf) a Dutch competitive swimmer, gold medallist at the

2015 European Games The 2015 European Games, also known as Baku 2015 or Baku 2015 European Games ( az, Bakı 2015 Avropa Oyunları), were the inaugural edition of the European Games, an international multi-sport event for athletes representing the National Olympic ...

References

External links

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