Weststellingwerf

Weststellingwerf (pronunciation , Stellingwarfs: Weststellingwarf / Stellingwarf-Westaende) 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, a dialect of Dutch Low Saxon, is spoken here.

Population centres

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Weststellingwerf, 2013.

Station Wolvega

Wolvega is the capital city of Weststellingwerf.

Railway Station: Wolvega

Peter Stuyvesant, 1660

Peter Stuyvesant (1592–1672) last governor of New Amsterdam [5]
Johan Eilerts de Haan (1865-1910) Dutch explorer and soldier
Johan van Minnen (1932–2016) journalist and politician.
Johan Veenstra (born 1946) an author, poet and columnist
Sijtje van der Lende (born 1950) former speed skater, competed at the 1976 and 1980 Winter Olympics
Gerard van Klaveren (born 1951) politician, Mayor of Weststellingwerf 2005-2017
Monique Knol (born 1964) former racing cyclist, won gold and bronze medals in two consecutive Summer Olympics

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