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Ulsda
Ulsda (; Gronings: ''Olsde'') is a hamlet in the municipality of Oldambt in the northeast of the Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether .... Between 1887 and 1938 there was a railway stop in Ulsda.Stopplaats Ulsda (in Dutch), Stationsweb. Retrieved 20 November 2016. Ulsda was home to 44 people in 1840. Nowadays, it consists of a handful of houses. References {{Authority control Oldambt (municipality)[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulsda Railway Stop
Ulsda (; abbreviation: Ul/Uld) was a railway stop () in the village of Ulsda in the Netherlands. It was situated on the Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway between Winschoten and Nieuweschans. Trains called at Ulsda from 1887 until the railway stop was closed in 1938. Services were provided by Staatsspoorwegen (1887–1937) and Nederlandse Spoorwegen (1938). The stop had first a shelter (1890–1930) and later a building (1930–1950). Location The railway stop was located at in the village of Ulsda in the east of the province of Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands. It was situated on the Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway, also called Staatslijn B, between the railway stations of Winschoten in the west and Nieuweschans in the east.Overzicht van de spoorlijn Harlingen-Leeuwarden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oldambt (municipality)
Oldambt () is a List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality with a population of in the province of Groningen (province), Groningen in the Netherlands. It was established in 2010 by merging the municipalities of Reiderland, Scheemda, and Winschoten. It contains the city of Winschoten and these villages: History The name "Oldambt" from "Ol dambt" meaning "the old fill" is derived from land reclamation efforts, starting after the catastrophic Dollart, floodings of the 13th century. The municipality of Oldambt was established 1 January 2010, as a merger of the former municipalities of Reiderland, Scheemda and Winschoten. Geography Oldambt is located at in the northeast of the province of Groningen (province), Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands on the border with Germany. Near Bad Nieuweschans is the Extreme points of the Netherlands, easternmost point of the Netherlands. The municipality falls within the region of Oldambt (region), Oldambt and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamlet (place)
A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village. This is often simply an informal description of a smaller settlement or possibly a subdivision or satellite entity to a larger settlement. Sometimes a hamlet is defined for official or Administrative division, administrative purposes. The word and concept of a hamlet can be traced back to Anglo-Normans, Norman England, where the Old French came to apply to small human settlements. Etymology The word comes from Anglo-Norman language, Anglo-Norman ', corresponding to Old French ', the diminutive of Old French ' meaning a little village. This, in turn, is a diminutive of Old French ', possibly borrowed from (West Germanic languages, West Germanic) Franconian languages. It is related to the modern French ', Dutch language, Dutch ', Frisian languages, Frisian ', German ', Old English ', and Modern English ''home''. By country Afghanistan In Afghanistan, the counterpart of the hamlet is the Qila, qala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netherlands
, Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Netherlands consists of Provinces of the Netherlands, twelve provinces; it borders Germany to the east and Belgium to the south, with a North Sea coastline to the north and west. It shares Maritime boundary, maritime borders with the United Kingdom, Germany, and Belgium. The official language is Dutch language, Dutch, with West Frisian language, West Frisian as a secondary official language in the province of Friesland. Dutch, English_language, English, and Papiamento are official in the Caribbean Netherlands, Caribbean territories. The people who are from the Netherlands is often referred to as Dutch people, Dutch Ethnicity, Ethnicity group, not to be confused by the language. ''Netherlands'' literally means "lower countries" i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Groningen (province)
Groningen ( , ; ; ; ) is the northeasternmost provinces of the Netherlands, province of the Netherlands. It borders on Friesland to the west, Drenthe to the south, the Germany, German state of Lower Saxony to the east, and the Wadden Sea to the north. As of January 2023, Groningen had a population of about 596,000, and a total area of . Historically the area was at different times part of Frisia, the Francia, Frankish Empire, the Holy Roman Empire, and the Dutch Republic, the precursor state of the modern Netherlands. In the 14th century, the city of Groningen became a member of the Hanseatic League. The provincial capital and the largest city in the province is the Groningen, city of Groningen (231,299 inhabitants). Since 2016, René Paas has been the King's Commissioner in the province. A coalition of GroenLinks, the Labour Party (Netherlands), Labour Party, ChristianUnion, People's Party for Freedom and Democracy, Democrats 66, and Christian Democratic Appeal forms the exec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gronings Dialect
Gronings (; or Grönnegs), is a collective name for some Low Saxon, Low Saxon dialects spoken in the province of Groningen (province), Groningen and around the Groningen border in Drenthe and Friesland. Gronings and the strongly related variety (linguistics), varieties in East Frisia have a strong Saterland Frisian language, East Frisian influence and take a remarkable position within West Low German. Its typical accent and vocabulary differ strongly from the other Low Saxon dialects. Area The name ''Gronings'' can almost be defined geographically, as can be seen on the map below. This is especially true for the northern part of Drenthe (number 8 on that map). ''Drents'', spoken in the north of the province of Drenthe (Noordenveld) is somewhat related with the Groninger language, but the core linguistics is ''Drents''. For the dialects in the southeast, called ''Veenkoloniaals'', it is a bit different on both sides of the Groningen-Drenthe border, as the dialect spoken ther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
