The History of Friesland / Fryslân / Frisia

The Dutch province of Friesland has a rich history. The history of Friesland goes back to the Frisii who lived during the time of the Romans. The Frisii culture declined to make way for the Frisians. They eventually founded the Kingdom of Frisia (Magna Frisia). From that moment the history of Frisia began. The Frisian Kingdom contained large parts that are today part of the Netherlands. Therefore the history of Friesland is part of the history of the Netherlands. Dutch history has been influenced by the Frisians. Also by the Vikings. The Vikings arrived in the Netherlands when a power vacuum was created because of the crumbling of the Frankish Empire (Francia or the Carolingian Empire). In Frisia Vikings raided and traded. The Viking Rorik of Dorestad settled as well. This made the Vikings in the Netherlands also colonizers. Later Friesland would be taken over by the County of Holland. In 1588 Friesland was one of the founding members of the Dutch Republic. After the Batavian Revolution Friesland would be incorporated into the Batavian Republic; the Kingdom of Holland; the First French Empire and then the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. Friesland is a unique province of the Netherlands with its own flag, culture and Frisian language.
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[@HistoryHustle]

Learn about the HISTORY of HOLLAND: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5SuqJl3pNJqmrc

[@goyguy3211]

Oera Linda....Wralda and Aewa

[@Seven71987]

Pronunce Frieslands as Fries-land like in french fries.

[@HistoryHustle]

@@Seven71987 I do in in Dutch.

[@Seven71987]

@@HistoryHustle K. Frais-laend.

[@huntingaliens5477]

Frisian here. Love my province. I mean.. We see it more as a country but hey haha. I'm glad you respected it so much. We're very proud of Friesland. Fryslân ❤️

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks Emma, glad you liked the video.

[@BONNYRIGG]

What do you Frisians think of the Oera Linda Book?

[@annaheslinga7715]

Descendant of Frisians here, can't wait to see it in person

[@bpdbhp1632]

​​@@annaheslinga7715here are you from

[@monkeydank7842]

@@HistoryHustleWould the postwar military Dutch presence in West Germany be a topic?

[@TheToneBender]

"Have you ever heard of Friesland?" Me: *looks out of bedroom window towards Wargea in the distance* yeah, I know the place

[@HistoryHustle]

Great!

[@waynebow-gu7wr]

@@HistoryHustle With red hair and blue eyes, i'de be interested in knowing your blood type and bloodline.

[@karst9819]

We are Fryas folk❤

[@johnvandyk8904]

Proud Canadian Frisian here... Ik kin noch Frysk prate en ek in bytsje lêze. Thank you for creating this video; I had no idea Frisian roots reached back before the time of Christ. It seems they were a rough and spirited people even back then.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for your reply.

[@ludouvandermeulen7033]

yn friese fries jirre, hoe sit dat yn elkoar? bist do noaw yn canada of is dyn familje êk canadees? ik wit net hoe dat wurket.

[@johnvandyk8904]

Myn mem en heit kamen nei Canada yn 1952 mei de bern maar mar ik learde it hjir.

[@AbbeyRoadkill1]

So cool to get some history videos on the Frisians! There's not enough content on KZbin about them. Thank you! Cheers from Seattle.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thank you, very nice to hear. Cheers back!

[@rutgerb]

Check the channel: history with Hilbert.

[@Yui714]

Aye! Have some Frisian blood a few hours from you here in Vancouver, Canada. Seems like a good few of us play stringed instruments too.

[@xXTheoLinuxXx]

@@Yui714 even more funny is that George Vancouver had Dutch parents and came from the Dutch 'Coevorden' :)

[@KingHaggis]

Seems my Frisian ancestors had a rough life, constantly fighting the sea on one side and miserable conquerors on the other. I'm glad I'm alive in 2020 :-)

[@HistoryHustle]

You made it!

[@jornjorn3837]

Dankewol foar dizze bjusterbaarlik ynteressante skiednis les oer myn heitelân. Ik bin er grutsk op !

[@HistoryHustle]

Betanke!

[@tw_vhg7943]

Ik ben trots dat ik als zuid Limburger dit dialect gewoon kan lezen

[@thijsbrouwer8722]

@@tw_vhg7943 je hebt geluk dat je niet word gespamt met haat comments. Fries is een taal niet een Dialect!

[@theobolt250]

Mooi sprutsen jer! 😁

[@tw_vhg7943]

tice ach ja dan is zuid Limburgs dialect ook een taal

[@laninthomasma8814]

Outside my shop you can see what's probably the only Frisian flag in the whole state of Missouri.

[@HistoryHustle]

Unique!

[@k.b.392]

My Pake is Frisian from Friesland. 12 BC, the Romans discovered Magna Frisia. Prior to 400 AD when floods came many Frisians migrated to Kent, England & Flanders. BUT the Kent, England Frisians moved back to Friesland at some point when the Anglo-Saxons wars broke out. Frisii are the original Frisian people. "The Frisii (Old Frisian and Old English: Frīs) were an ancient Germanic tribe living in the low-lying region between the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta and the River Ems, and the presumed or possible ancestors of the modern-day ethnic Frisians. The Frisii were among the migrating Germanic tribes that settled along the North Sea in the 4th century BC. They came to control the area from roughly present-day Bremen to Bruges, and conquered many of the smaller offshore islands. In the 1st century BC, the Frisii halted a Roman advance and thus managed to maintain their independence. In the Germanic pre-Migration Period (i.e., before c. 300 AD) the Frisii and the related Chauci, Saxons, and Angles inhabited the Continental European coast from the Zuyder Zee to south Jutland. All of these peoples shared a common material culture, and so cannot be defined archaeologically. On the east they were originally bordered by the Ampsivarii who lived at the mouth of the Ems until AD 58, at which time the Chauci expelled them and gained a border with the Frisii. The Chauci to the east were eventually assimilated by their presumed descendants the Saxons in the 3rd century. Some or all of the Frisii may have joined into the Frankish and Saxon peoples in late Roman times, but they would retain a separate identity in Roman eyes until at least 296, when they were forcibly resettled as laeti (i.e., Roman-era serfs) and thereafter disappear from recorded history. Their tentative existence in the 4th century is confirmed by archaeological discovery of a type of earthenware unique to 4th-century Frisia, called terp Tritzum, showing that an unknown number of Frisii were resettled in Flanders and Kent, likely as laeti under the aforementioned Roman coercion. The lands of the Frisii were largely abandoned by c. 400 due to Migration wars, climatic deterioration and flooding caused by sea level rise. They lay empty for one or two centuries, when changing environmental and political conditions made the region habitable again. At that time, settlers that came to be known as 'Frisians' repopulated the coastal regions. Medieval and later accounts of 'Frisians' refer to these 'new Frisians' rather than to the ancient Frisii." The Frisii were the indigenous people of the Netherlands & countries along the North Sea. BTW, I read that artifacts were found in western Netherlands that are supposed to be of Frisian making & date back to 1750 BC.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thank you for sharing this information!

[@l2516]

I always wondered this and this makes so much sense. I could NEVER understand why would people leave behind their ancestral lands to move to a similar place. I mean some of them yeah like so many Europeans went to the US to start a new life for example more recently but most of them still stayed behind. I never understood why would 100% of all people pack their bags and never return? This comment gave me a perfect answer. Thank you a million for answering a question I have had for years. God bless.

[@k.b.392]

@@l2516 Not 100% left forever. I do believe more Frisian migrated to the USA & Canada than Dutch, though. BTW, Peter Stuyvesant & Mata Hari are/were Frisian. There are a group of Frisian Germans (East or North Frisian) along the North Sea of Germany. They consider themselves Frisian 1st, German 2nd. They do speak Frisian.

[@lt1nut]

@@l2516 A lot of the migration to North America was due to lack of farmland; the 1st-born son inherited the family farm, there wasn't enough work/jobs for the others unless they wanted to move to the cities, and so on. I've found it best to think of Friesland as a region that lies within 3 (current) countries (the bight along the North Sea) and not just Province, or two-ish, in/of The Netherlands.

[@lt1nut]

Thank you for that synopsis!!

[@milespearson2]

We thank You Sir! Amazing piece of History!

[@HistoryHustle]

Glad you appreciate it 👍

[@friesensdiecastcollection2734]

Dutch Frisians ignoring every time the german East-Frisia (Ostfriesland), Sater-Frisian (areas in Germany beside the Netherlands in the Low Saxony ) and North-Frisia near the danish border in Schleswig-Holstein. The East-Frisians were allied with Low Saxon tribes and the North Frisians were allied with the danish vikings and later with the low Saxons.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for your reply!

[@l2516]

Thank you so much for covering Frisia!!!

[@HistoryHustle]

You're welcome.

[@charliejdk]

Awesome video, as usual. You’re a great teacher; your students are lucky indeed. Liked this, since my ancestors came to USA from Wolvega & Harlingen. Keep up the great work!

[@HistoryHustle]

Interesting, thanks for sharing.

[@jeffreybrunken556]

Thank you for doing this work. Information is so limited for those of us whose roots trace back to this region.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for posting. Are you from Friesland?

[@danielkyavata6233]

My ancestors were originally from Ostfreisland, and I've traced my US ancestor back to one man in 1860 and past that to preachers all across "Germany" before...but evidently it's not so cut and dry to go beyond that. So glad to learn about the region, thank you for the video!

[@terrys.1242]

What an excellent video. Thanks for sharing this.

[@HistoryHustle]

👍

[@salty6pence672]

Love from Chicago, My Great Grandmother was a Hoekstra from Friesland. She married a Sytsma also from Friesland and moved to the USA.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for your reply.

[@luxembourgishempire2826]

Another good video Stefan! I didn't actually know about this so thanks for reaching it to me!

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks once else, good to hear. Friesland is an interesting province.

[@KrugerrandFarms]

I grew up in small Dutch communities on the eastern part of the USA. Dutch speaking people would say Ach ja ye bent Vries, and I was tought to answer Ja maar ik ben geen stiefkop

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for sharing!

[@evastapaard2462]

funny to hear that!

[@Yui714]

These small Dutch communities seem to be a thing around the world. I grew up in one in Western Canada. I visit another one just south over the USA border every year too. Dated a girl who had no idea what Dutch was. We're like spies. Hand me a Netherland passport and I'll commit treason here in Canada >:D

[@KrugerrandFarms]

@@Yui714 You must be from Surry BC. and you visit Linden Washington. The interesting thing I find is that when Dutchmen go native they are all in. Just look at the Dutch expats in South Africa. Hollanders no more! Ya ik ben een Afrikaner!

[@jfv65]

@@KrugerrandFarms if i would emigrate to SA i am pretty sure i would be able to speak Afrikaans in less then 6 months. Groeten uit Nederland🙋‍♂️

[@JordoniusOfFrisia]

thank you for this informative video, good sir.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for watching!

[@Weda01]

There is not much known about frisian paganism but it was not much different from the germanic/norse paganism. Here are some gods that were worshipped: Weda=Odin/Wodan/Wotan. Thuner=Thor Frigg= ( wive of odin, was probably called the same in frisian as in norse although i am not sure of it ) Inguz=Freyr Fosite= Forseti the god of justice ( this god originated in frisia and later on became part of norse mythology, not to be confused with Týr ) Baduhenna= frisian godess of war ( also the name of the forest where the frisii defeated the romans ) Hludana= goddess and counterpart to Jörd (of norse mythology) (Here is a link to a youtuber who tells an old frisian story about fosite/forseti) m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/inbRip-Khc-Vqdk

[@HistoryHustle]

Thank you so much for the information. Very interesting to read!

[@Weda01]

Youre welcome :)

[@MrMineboy1999]

We learned that in history class wich was interesting

[@Ravishrex1]

In the Ore Linda they speak of Wr alda as God.

[@Weda01]

@@Ravishrex1 Yeah but the Oera Linda is said to be a forgery so i couldn't really use that one. Still a nice book to read though i have a copy as well.

[@vikingshelm]

Love your videos man.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks!

[@matf5593]

Un bon vidéo! Merci . J’adore l’histoire de peuples moins connus.

[@HistoryHustle]

Merci!

[@ickoxii]

Thank you for posting this video! My name, Icko Iben, has its origins in Friesland and I am happy to learn more about the history of my ancestors.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for your message 👍

[@Gloopular]

Thanks for the great vid HH ! Canadian of Frisian extraction here. I've tried to decipher Frisian history for a while - seems an ongoing investigation/mystery for sure ! What i've learned recently and u confirm is that there were 2 Frisias. The first one the Romans knew and was wiped out by 'climate change' i.e. the lowlands getting flooded out. The second with the remnants intermingling with Saxons and Danes - us. My sister had a DNA test done recently and learned she had a lot of Northern European DNA (read Scandinavian) - whether from intermingling or 'pillaging' who knows. Anyway fascinating stuff - thanks again. Walter

[@HistoryHustle]

Hey Walter, thank you so much for your reply. Very interesting how there are people living across the globe with Frisian roots. I'm glad you liked the video. Thanks for commenting! :)

[@tomrowell1558]

I’ve been interested in the history of Frisia recently and this was exactly the kind of video I was looking for, really well explained! Also, I don’t know much at all about their specific religious practices, but as you said I think it was probably very similar to the Germanic paganism in Saxony and Scandinavia, perhaps with different names for the same Gods

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks Tom! What made you so interested in Frisian history? You happen to have Frisian roots?

[@tomrowell1558]

History Hustle As far as I know I don’t have any Frisian roots, perhaps I’d be taller if I did 😂 I visited the Netherlands and Flanders recently and I decided to play a game called crusaders kings 2 as the Kingdom of Frisia, and see what Europe would look like if they’d been a large independent kingdom

[@HistoryHustle]

@@tomrowell1558 Even without Frisian roots it is great you are interested in it. Kingdom of Frisia, only games can tell us what it would look like if it would be a major power. Thanks for posting!

[@areyoutheregoditsmedave]

Excellent work. Subbed.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thank you, welcome to the channel!

[@Darqwulph]

Great information thank u sir ...great channel 😉

[@HistoryHustle]

👍

[@YouveBeenZerked]

Great video! Came across this after trying to find out more about my maiden name - Zerkee (was originally spelled as Zerke before being changed in Canada) and all I know about this side of my family was that they had emigrated from Berlin. One site I came across said that the old Frisian word for church is Zerke. Thank you for posting this video and hoping to learn more about my ancestry.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for your reply 👍

[@xXTheoLinuxXx]

That would make some sense because the Frisian pronouced a Dutch 'K' as 'Tsj' in quite some cases with sounds like a 'Z'. The most common example would be 'Kaas', 'Cheese' in English is in Frisian 'Tsjies'.

[@melissajadeEM]

Thank you! Love from a Fisian in Australia xxx

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for your reply 👍

[@KDOERAK]

Stefan, deze video van je heb ik jaren over het hoofd gezien - nog wel over mijn provincie. Wederom grote klasse!👍

[@HistoryHustle]

Bedankt Kees!

[@Mr.Capricorn11]

I'm currently doing my family tree and a lot of my ancestors came from Frisian/Groningen. Thanks for the video!

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for your reply!

[@eschuler6503]

What is often lost is that the Frisians migrated - sometimes with other nearby Germanic tribes (most notably the Chaukians to form the Franks) - into what is now Northern France/Belgium and also southeast England (they colonized Kent) during those early coastal floodings and after the fall of the Roman empire. Much is talked about in terms of the Anglo Saxons but the Frisians often get lost in these history teachings. They're much bigger than history gives them credit for. And they are quintessentially Dutch. Oh and those red things in the flag? Those are pompeblêden (leaves of the the water lily) not hearts. :)

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for sharing this additional information.

[@MartenDykstra1]

Thanks for the great information! Would love to learn more about Magna Frisia. Any recommendations??

[@HistoryHustle]

Thank you! For this video I used the study named "Central because liminal - Frisia in a Viking age North Sea world". Parts can be found online!

[@tripball]

Great stuff! Though I hoped you'd mention the upstalboom in Aurich. The place where frisian regions came together to solve conflicts and make important descisions. I also think the Frisian Freedom was quite interesting. Some people call it an early form of democracy. (probably a stretch) Learned a lot about it in the Emder Landesmuseum.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks! Nice to read you are interested in Frisian history.

[@theobolt250]

Ik sluit me bij deze spreker aan. De Upstalbomen, er waren er meer dan 1 iig vormden een belangrijke plaats/functie jn bestuur en rechtspraak.

[@katem4841]

Informative and well-organized presentation---hartstikke bedankt! I'm intrigued by the CREATION of Friesland, terp by terp. Any recommendations for videos/books on that subject (I could handle Dutch, but Frisian would be too great a stretch for me)?

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks. I am not that well read in the subject, sorry, I can't recommand books.

[@theomeester90]

even in frisia today, every village, called Dorp, has its own dialect

[@HistoryHustle]

Interesting.

[@klaasjanwalda3349]

Mooi duidelijk verhaal over de historie van Friesland in een notendop!👍👍👍

[@HistoryHustle]

Bedankt!

[@jacob_swaggerz]

Cool channel! My Opa was from Friesland and would speak Frisian to me when I was young.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for your reply!

[@m_lomby1972]

My great grandfather came from frieshland Casteleijn Jan so nice to see this video. Thankyou

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for your reply.

[@danielgoutovets8897]

Mijn ouders zijn getrouwd in Leeuwarden. Dank u wel voor deze video!

[@HistoryHustle]

Graag gedaan!

[@tamtmf]

My last name is Friesland. Some of my family genealogy originates from Friesland, the Netherlands. Hi from Louisiana, USA

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for your reply!

[@Ravishrex1]

South African here my family comes from Texel we have a old family book and as iv tried to uncover more from family members who live there all they give me is we are Frisian. Thanks for the video

[@HistoryHustle]

You're welcome, interesting to read, thanks for the comment.

[@jjb2962]

There is a lot of information on the Texel people. If you have some clues (last names) it is quite easy to track your roots back to 1600 or so. For example The Gomes family ( www.robgomes.nl/tng/ ) has collected a lot of information on Texel family. Even better: In Friesland there was is big project in which a lot of written information was made available ( allefriezen.nl). I found it very intresting.

[@l2516]

@@jjb2962 I used that website too. Traced my Ancestry back to 1200ish.

[@logat1847]

Does that book contain information similar to that of the Oera Linda? If so you may want to let Jan Ott now. The history of Texland is rich in the OLB

[@BlueSwallowBird]

@Edward. 😊🇿🇦Fellow South African here...maternal genealogy record starts Buijskes from Enkhuizen. With some reference to Texel and elsewhere. Is your 'old book' a family register or?? I wondered why 'Edward Teach =Blackbeard??)

[@dutchman7216]

Thank you that was pretty darn awesome. My name is of Fryslan Dutch descent. Kootstra

[@HistoryHustle]

Many thanks! Nice to read.

[@chrisdeal9945]

The history teacher I always wanted .

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks 👍

[@RainAngel111]

My mum is super interested in genealogy and the story of the Frisians plays a role in mine :) my grandfather was apparently a "pure" frisian whatever that means, despite living in Amsterdam, because his father, a Jhonkeer, found his wife in a frisian culture club. It's now diluted down to a quarter in me, with Dutch and German, but it's interesting to hear the unique culture my great grandfather was apparently so proud of.

[@HistoryHustle]

Interesting.

[@michaeltiarks662]

There is also a rich frisian history in Germany. Mainly in East-Freasia but also in Oldenburger Frisland, Saterland, Dithmarschen. Some topics are Upstalsboom, Saterfriesisch, Bauernrepublik, Fryske frijheid

[@HistoryHustle]

Interesting, thanks for letting us know!

[@DJ-uw9uq]

Oldenburg my mom's family

[@MrDefiance000]

@@DJ-uw9uq That is where my grandma used to live until she died.

[@MrDefiance000]

I was born in Friesland in Germany but now live in Australia. Great video! cheers mate

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for your reply!

[@joseramon2724]

Thank you very much

[@HistoryHustle]

You're welcome.

[@jenniposthuma]

Yes! Thank you so much for this! I have been studying this for years on my own but it is really hard to find information, especially because I am English speaking. I learned a lot and yet so much information was left out. I also have been trying to learn more about Frisian paganism. The only thing I could determine was that “Frisian” means children of Freyr and their beliefs must have had similarities to Norse mythology.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for your reply!

[@hansscheltema3348]

You might be one. Frisian names end in 'ma'

[@renevanderkooi5473]

Oh I thought children of Freya. or eso Freyasland...Friesland.

[@benjiw8740]

Wow that’s really good history can you do one of Grutte Pier

[@HistoryHustle]

Thank you! Grutte Pier sounds like something to do in the future. Thanks for the suggestion.

[@Weda01]

The wars between Schieringers and Vetkopers would also be cool And the history of the Friezenkerk in italy

[@HistoryHustle]

@@Weda01 That is I think the most niche we can get here. Although I am aiming for broader public I sure like to dive into the obscure facts from time to time!

[@dallaslooksmaxxer3505]

While my father is German, my Great Grandmother was Friesan. I remember her speaking a very strange dialect of German when I was a young boy, and years later I understood it was actually a form of Dutch. Great video my brother, it's interesting learning about one's roots.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for sharing this.

[@canuck5614]

My tribe is Frisian, although, I'm now part of the Anglo-sphere. But, hey, a lot of Frisians invaded the British Isles with the Angles and Saxons, so we are all related tribes. My ancestors lived in that part of Europe, .. well, ...probably forever, until my parents emigrated after WW 2 . I really appreciate learning about my roots. Dankewol

[@HistoryHustle]

Many thanks for watching and writing your comment!

[@gerritvanholstyn3592]

Hi my parents also emigrated also after WW 2 also my dads Grand parents came from Stavoren NL. Last names were de Jong and Zwaan . back then you married the gal in town so the families are mostly related in small town .

[@danielkyavata6233]

So cool! Evidently my family came to America in the 1860s, leaving Leer in Ostfreisland. I've always struggled with my last name, which ends in -ga; nobody could pronounce it! If I said it was German, I was given a polite look which said it wasn't. I really want to visit our ancestral homeland. It's such an interesting place, but as another comment pointed out, without knowing German so well, it's difficult to learn more about. Thank you for this info!

[@HistoryHustle]

Awesome to read, thank you for your reply, Daniel!

[@xXTheoLinuxXx]

Moin (the typical greeting that you hear in Leer), I'm Dutch but real close to Leer :) Ostfriesland is my favourite place to stay, not only because the area, but the people.. They are polite and very down to earth, if you have the chance to visit it, you will love it.

[@laninthomasma8814]

My people came to western Michigan around the same time (from Arum). And that may be the only place in the world where people actually know how to pronounce our name. Most people try to lean on the second syllable. It's like they completely forget how to pronounce "Thomas" when you stick two extra letters on it.

[@xXTheoLinuxXx]

@@laninthomasma8814 interesting that you mention the last two letters, because that is a Frisian kind of thing. Names ending with -ma comes from men (in Dutch 'mannen') So you're one of Thomas men , which mean that your family or member of his clan :) Changes are high that is a really old name, if I compare it with the provinces where the speak a Lower Saxon dialect, we have some similar with lastnames that ends with -ing/ink (which means 'son of' and the go back more than thousand years ago! Long before lastnames were mandatory. I'm partial Frisian and Lower Saxon, so I know a bit about those habbits :)

[@WorldofColnago]

I am 75% Dutch and 25% Frisian and i was born in Groningen. I live in Lower-Saxony for 15+ years and i also speak fluent German. I also speak the Groninger dialect, which is similar to Ost-Frisian dialect (Ost-Friesland, close to Emsland), both part of Niedersachsen (Lower-Saxonie)

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for your reply.

[@WorldofColnago]

@@HistoryHustle you are welcome. I forgot to mention that my historie goes back to 1759 in Nijeholtpade (Friesland).

[@HistoryHustle]

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[@e.gonnermann4646]

Dear Sir... how does the West and East Frisian language compare... are they identical?

[@WorldofColnago]

@@e.gonnermann4646 i would saj, verie different. Ost-Friesisch is more like Gronings dialect. Frisian (provence Friesland in The Netherlands) is a language.

[@maartenvalies2284]

I like the map behind you (en de video), where'd you get it...?

[@HistoryHustle]

School.

[@pfekk]

First time here, very interesting, I was born in the netherlands and trying to learn as much as I can. I will be back!

[@HistoryHustle]

Welcome to the channel Paul! If you're interested: here is my playlist about Dutch history: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5SuqJl3pNJqmrc

[@jandutch1780]

My husband is from friesland we are now in my home country Philippines good to know the history !

[@HistoryHustle]

Great to read, thanks for your reply 👍

[@SaintPlayGames]

Im from Ostfriesland, and I love this Video :)

[@HistoryHustle]

Great, thanks!

[@pacthug4life]

That map behind you is quite interesting. What period does it describe?

[@HistoryHustle]

Europe during Middle Ages, it is an old school map.

[@Artur_M.]

Definitely the late medieval period. I'm not sure about the exact dates, because it seems to represent some territorial changes going one over time, somewhere between 1300 and 1500.

[@Artur_M.]

@@HistoryHustle Oh, sorry I didn't know you already replied when writing my comment.

[@pacthug4life]

​@@Artur_M. Też mi się tak wydawało, ale zaciekawiło mnie to jak zostały przedstawione ziemie Rusi, Litwy i Zakonów nadbałtyckich. Ciekawe jest np. przedstawienie Jedysanu jako części Rusi. Zwróć uwagę, że Ruś Halicka nie jest jeszcze częścią Polski, natomiast Gdańsk jest przedstawiony jako oddzielne państwo jeszcze przed podbojem Krzyżackim. Są to więc lata przed drugą połową XIV wieku a już po XIII wieku. Tak jak napisałeś, mapa ma zapewne przedstawiać zmiany terytorialne na przełomie XIII i XIV wieku.

[@Artur_M.]

@@pacthug4life Racja, chociaż wokół Rusi Halickiej wraz z Zachodnim Podolem jest widoczna zielona obwódka najwyraźniej reprezentująca ich przyłączenie do Korony Polskiej. Chociaż ziemia chełmska i chyba też cała bełska są z tego wyłączone i znajdują się wewnątrz podobnej, trochę słabiej widocznej obwódki reprezentującej (jak zakładam) litewską ekspansję na ziemie ruskie, która zresztą zdaje się nie obejmować Kijowszczyzny, czyli można by górną cezurę wyznaczyć gdzieś przed 1362. Generalnie wydaje mi się, że chcieli na tej mapie przedstawić jak najdłuższy przedział czasowy, co nie jest łatwe, szczególnie uwzględniając terytoria przechodzące z rąk do rąk, hołdowane itd. Poza tym im dalej na wschód, tym wszystko robi się pewnie bardziej mgliste z zachodnioeuropejskiego punktu widzenia i łatwiej o błędy. [For those who don't know Polish and are curious what are we babbling about, we are discussing how territorial changes in Eastern Europe, particularly in the Rus/Ruthenian lands were represented on this map.]

[@joukjeaardema6609]

Geweldich. Tank.

[@HistoryHustle]

👍

[@nathalia65157]

Great video! But how about Northwest Frisia?

[@HistoryHustle]

Perhaps something for the future. Thanks for watching.

[@protinsplatt1379]

Unfortunately you didn't once mention East- and North-Frsia in Germany. Frisia is way bigger than just the Dutch Province Fryslan. Also the Province Groningen was once Frisian. And by the way the Frisian Freedom has nothing to do with the rebellion against Holland. The Frisian Freedom has its roots in the battle of the romans against the holy roman empire. The freedom was a present from Karl the Great for the victory of the frisian warriors.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for the additional information.

[@xXTheoLinuxXx]

Moin! Not the whole province of Groningen was once Frisian, the south east (Westerwolde) was lower saxon.

[@koningjoris]

Tho groningen was once part of Frisia the people living there feel no connection to the province. So kind of seems unnecessary to put in the video

[@protinsplatt1379]

@@koningjoris Of course it is necessary to mention that the province of Groningen or better 'The Ommelanden' were once part of frisia. The name of the video is 'The History of Friesland / Fryslân / Frisia'. The video is very patchy because it only focus on one part of the frisian history. That is as false as making a video about the history of the roman empire and only focussing on the history of the city of Rome.

[@koningjoris]

@@protinsplatt1379 well the other frisian regions really aren't that big, west frisia is really the only region that has a significant history to focus, and I don't think this video was meant as a exact timeline of frisian history but more as overall overview. With that in mind I'd say your point falls spart quite quickly.

[@RiponHighSuperFan]

Love this and love our Frisian heritage! Fryslân Boppe!

[@HistoryHustle]

👍

[@deveugene7]

Thank you! I love drinking from the Frisian history firehose! My last name gives me the thinnest of connections to Frisia. But I find that most people have never heard of it.

[@HistoryHustle]

Interesting Eugene, where do you live? In the Netherlands your name is mostly spelled: De Vries.

[@deveugene7]

@@HistoryHustle I live in Minnesota in the USA. But most of my relation live either in South Dakota or California.

[@Ravishrex1]

Many people with De vries surname here in South Africa

[@rudeone5883]

Funny because it's the most common last name in Friesland :)

[@l2516]

Based off of your last name you are definitely Frisian.

[@rosidmuhtadi6339]

In Indonesia, people know "frissian" flag, as a milk product brand. And cow species which produces milk caled "fresi cow"

[@HistoryHustle]

Cool! I didn't know that.

[@prinsespluis]

Condensed milk

[@robvanhorn2406]

Any chance you have come across the VanHorn name in your research? My family derives from the Netherlands as far back as the 1100's. I know that Van Horn is a habitational name and would love to know if you've come across anything further back. Hope to hear from you and till then, stay safe and may Odin bless you and your family.

[@HistoryHustle]

I haven't.

[@evastapaard2462]

Look up the name Van Hoorn. that should help

[@legion4202]

One question. What area do you think there will still be remains for metaldetecting. any suggestions?

[@HistoryHustle]

Sorry, no expert in this.

[@Weda01]

Not really a place in the Netherlands, but Norditi (Norden) in Germany and the area around it would probably be a good place to search as a pretty big battle between Frisians and Vikings took place there. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Norditi

[@l2516]

@@Weda01 you have a lot of knowledge. Do yoi have any website or blog or anything?

[@Weda01]

@@l2516 Sorry i don't have a blog or website. I just have always been interested in history and simply read a lot of books on the subjects i am interested in (and sometimes the internet if books don't touch on the subject i am interested in or simply for a bit more context books sometimes don't provide), and besides that i think i am also pretty lucky because i have an Archeologist in my family who i can always ask if i need to which helps a lot. If you want to learn more about local history though and have difficulty doing so i would suggest finding out your ancestry since this also helped me a lot on expanding my historical knowledge as well as by reading up on copies of old documents that the local archives (given the archives in your area provide these services of course) provide which can help you add more context about certain historical events.

[@Weda01]

@@l2516 If you are interested i also suggest you make an account on geni.com where you can mail others and start group projects online with people who are interested in genealogy and history in general. It is also a great platform because people can basically fact check you or provide extra info for whatever you put on there.

[@lordofchaos5378]

For extra content about frisian paganism i would sugest looking into the history of i believe king redbad the last pagan king of frisia

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for the additional information.

[@vikingshelm]

Allegedly, I am a descendant of Godfeid Haraldsson, and of Lothair. This stuff fascinates me to the core. I am also a descendant of a Jacob VanDoorn. The Van Doorn family were early sertlers/ founders of New Netherlands. Dutch history is so interesting, and so underrated imo.

[@HistoryHustle]

Very interesting to read! It keeps amazing me how Dutch roots are still there in the US. Thanks for posting.

[@vikingshelm]

Now there is still much debate about which Godfried we are descendants of.b.c there has seemed to be a mix up, going way back, in the records. Either way, it all traces back to the Netherlands, with the same idea. Viking raids, land given, vows made and broken. Yiu get the picture. LOL

[@vikingshelm]

Yes, Dutch roots are deep in America. I think America was founded on a Dutch way of thinking.

[@HistoryHustle]

Haha that sounds like an interesting idea for a future video, thanks 👍

[@vikingshelm]

@@HistoryHustle Graag gedan... Been trying to learn me a beeje Nederlands It's easy, but then extremely difficult

[@oozarulanzboy]

Ken je dit ook eens doen voor limburg

[@HistoryHustle]

Wellicht in de toekomst!

[@tobyjack9608]

When I was a child, in Tennessee, circa 1975, nearly every adult would have told us kids that Vikings didn't exist. I'm fortunate that I had a few grandparents that didn't stifle my mind, and I'm still around to have a giggle.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for sharing this.

[@LekkerRekkenYT]

So you come from the south? Brabant perhaps? Would be cool to a episode on that, the Duchy of Brabant or just the entire province in history. Or the Duchy of Gelre as well? We all know the history of the both Hollands

[@HistoryHustle]

Noord-Brabant yes. Perhaps one day in the future.

[@karollorak7490]

I lived first in Makkum for a few weeks and some time later I lived on the island of Ammeland. I remember that in the city of Nos I found a cemetery with graves from around 1600-1700, apparently it is a family cemetery because most of the names on the tombstones are De Witt, sometimes De Jong and a few other names. But I have not found any information on this topic. Maybe a Friesian will bring it closer to me. :)

[@HistoryHustle]

Yes perhaps, which other parts of the Netherlands have you seen?

[@karollorak7490]

@@HistoryHustle hmmmmm, I know Zeeland best because I have lived here for several years but I started in Koog aan de Zaan, North Holland - Amsterdam and the surrounding area. South Holland - The Hague, Rotterdam, Dordrecht. Utrecht - Utrecht, Doorn. North Brabant - Hertogenbosch, Veghel, Breda Tillburg. Groningen - Groningen. Friesland - Leuvarden (I like this city because Sapkowski used this name as the name for one of the heroes, like de Ruyter and many others) but only one visit, Makkum and surroundings, the whole island of Ameland. Zeeland - practically everything starting from Zierikzee, Goes, Bruinisse, Westkapelle, Rennese and all major cities. I sat down for the first time and counted it up :) and I'm impressed myself :)

[@jacquelinevanderkooij4301]

City is called Nes.

[@DiabloGamer2000]

Did you know we Frisians also have our own National Anthem? It makes me a proud Frisian boy when i hear it😁💪🏻😊

[@HistoryHustle]

Cool!

[@MrMineboy1999]

Ja dat is sws za

[@francestheresacalumpang7173]

Hi my Name is Frances from the Philippines your place is wonderful, I never heard of Frisian just since yesterday and I tried to learn your language and it seems I am getting good at it maybe because I studied German language first I. Hope I can visit there

[@robin97rv]

@@francestheresacalumpang7173 you should try and visit sometime! I live there!

[@rudeone5883]

Frysk bloed tsjoch op! Wol no ris brûze en siede, En bûnzje troch ús ieren om! Flean op! Wy sjonge it bêste lân fan d'ierde, It Fryske lân fol eare en rom. Frisian blood, thicken up! Now rise, foam and seethe, and thud on through our veins! Fly up! We sing of the best land on Earth, the Frisian land full of honour and pride.

[@bruceweiskotten7850]

Have you read the Oera Linda Boek? It is quite interesting how science has validated that there really was an island in the North Sea that was submerged at the same time that the Oera Linda Boek says Texel was drowned

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for sharing.

[@Josser2000]

What about the north frisians? How do they fit into the picture?

[@HistoryHustle]

Dunno.

[@Josser2000]

🥲@@HistoryHustle

[@Weda01]

The region that the North Frisians inhabit today were settled by them around the 8th century (migrating from the south to the north). Also maybe fun to know: Ribe (apparently the oldest City in Denmark and Scandinavia in general) was founded by the Frisians in the beginning of the 8th century and was taken over by the Danes at the end of the 8th century. If i am not mistaken, Ribe is also sometimes seen as the place where the Viking age started.

[@shadowbanned6280]

My whole life my race was hidden to me because of my mother's shame. I now know today that I'm half Frisian. My 2x grandfather comes from Ferwerderadiel. His father from Vrouwenparochie. Thank you for this knowledge. You mention about Frisian Paganism, my household was strictly Pagan. In my house we celebrated Celtic holidays. Beltane and Samhain were the biggest and we would gather with other Pagans. There would be 50+ people and the celebrations would last 1-3 days. We would rent a campsite ahead of time too. This was in Florida, where there was a lot of cultures mixed. I'm very glad my ancestors were pagan as well.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for your reply.

[@toade1583]

Why was your mom ashamed of being with a Frisian?

[@ramamonato5039]

West Frisian is spoken in The Netherlands. East Frisian and North Frisian are spoken in Germany. So, there are three Frieslands where three dialects are found.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for sharing.

[@bigbadwolfrecordstamme3620]

top gedaan ik als echte Frysk ben er trots op , Tige dank en ast ien fryslan komst kom don ek efkes forby Ljouwert ien mien muziek winkel ! groetenis Tamme

[@HistoryHustle]

Bedankt voor je reactie, Tamme!

[@LankaDutch]

it took several centuries for the Angles and the (majority of) Saxons, who quickly were named 'Saxons' overall to be referred to as 'English' (from Angleland and Angles). Therefore if the 'new' Frisians in what is now the Netherlands and North-Germany were also a majority of Anglo-Saxon immigrants why didn't the 'Saxon' name stick to the region and the population? To make history even more complicated: Right during the Viking Age (roughly between 800 and 1000 CE) the Frisians (re?)populated what is now Northern Friesland/Frisia (in nowadays Schleswich-Holstein, Germany) in the coastal area where (at least) the Saxons (!) emigrated from!!! Some historians say 'Friesland/Frisia' was just a 'political' name that the Carolingian Frankish Empire gave to the region (and therefore the inhabitants) and that that name stuck. Fact is that until the 11 Century CE the whole coastal region till the Sincfal (het Zwin) in Flanders all later Hollanders a.o. were considered Frisians. 'Holland' started as an 'upstart' region within Western Frisia and became dominant, hence all Hollanders (and Zealanders/Zeeuwen) lost their Frisian identity. And even quite fast now. (not like the Saxons in Britain!). Yet, no doubt that Frisians, Angles and Saxons had much in common culturally. Old Frisian and Old English were both 'Northsea germanic (Ingwaeonic)' languages .

[@HistoryHustle]

Thank for the additional information!

[@l2516]

Interesting. Can you tell me more about how and when and why the Hollanders lost their Frisian identity?

[@suevialania]

💚❤️🇵🇹👍🏻 Friesland

[@HistoryHustle]

👍

[@ransomwinner6507]

My oldest ancestors are from friesland and flanders I wanna visit there some day

[@HistoryHustle]

Cool. Where do you live now?

[@ransomwinner6507]

@@HistoryHustle My ancestor then migrated and ended up being some of the first dutch in albany new York then the moved to illinois michigan and a couple others but the most of us love in minnesota

[@ransomwinner6507]

Live in Minnesota dang auto correct

[@ransomwinner6507]

The one that some people should know is Pieter Winne he was captain of his boat that sailed to Albany his old house was taken and pit in the metropolitan museum in new York and there is a road named after him in New York he's like my 15th great-grandfather

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for sharing!

[@jacklayton9288]

I hear you alarm clear that confuses me. Because Germans come from the Francs just like the French. They split into the French in the journa. Any at the fridge in predate all of this by far? I consider Germanic so I really confuse me.

[@arjenb8403]

As jo mear ynhâld wolle meitsje oer de Fryske histoarje, dan ha ik de folgjende suggestjes: - Thet oera linda bok - Grutte pier - Viking Frylân / nordyske hannel - De fryske wachten fan 'e paus - Fryske ynfloed yn Jeropa / wrâld (dingen fan God, taal en kultuer) - Pompeblêden En tuurl'k binne d'r folle mear ûnderwerpen wêr'st oer han kiist. Jo wite wat se sizze... Bûter, brea in griene tsjiis, wa't dat net sizze kin is gjin optrochtje Fries. Oant sjen! Als je meer content over de Friese geschiedenis wilt maken, heb ik de volgende suggesties: - Tha ora linda bok - Grutte pier - Viking friesland / Scandinavische handel - De friesche bewakers van de paus - Friese invloed in Europa / wereld (dingen van God, taal en cultuur) - Pompeblêden En natuurlijk zijn er nog veel meer onderwerpen om uit te kiezen. Je weet wat ze zeggen ... Bûter, brea in griene tsjiis, wa't dat net sizze kin is gjin optrochtje Fries. Tot ziens!

[@HistoryHustle]

Bedankt! Leuk om te lezen allemaal.

[@klaasjanwalda3349]

En Pierius Winsemius' Chronique van Vrieslant uit 1622 is ook erg interessant😊👍

[@Ravishrex1]

Baie Dankie .

[@Jack-Hands]

Is het Oera Linda book geen laat 19de eeuwse vervalsing.

[@arjenb8403]

@@Jack-Hands het is een een valse Friesche bijbel idd! Maar wel zeer interessant om het verhaal er achter te weten. Velen dachten dat het om echte Friesche geschiedenis ging! Zelfs de nazi's waren een heel onderzoek daar naar gestart Als je een beetje Fries kunt raad ik aan om het yt kanaal "fryske kanon" eens op te zoeken. Die hebben wel een leuke video hier over

[@lammertvisser9121]

You are telling half history and story. Greetings from fryslan ( frisia )💪😛

[@HistoryHustle]

Hope you enjoyed the video!

[@lammertvisser9121]

@@HistoryHustle yes i did 😁

[@superlavaman]

Soest ek in filmpke meitsje kinne oer de âlde religies fan Frisia?

[@HistoryHustle]

..? 😅

[@superlavaman]

@@HistoryHustle Sorry dacht dat je Frysk kon verstaan 😅 vertaling: zou je een filmpje kunnen maken over de oude Heidense tradities, rituelen en religies van Frisia?

[@HistoryHustle]

Nee helaas en helaas zal ik de geschiedenis van Friesland niet behandelen omdat ik nu op andere onderwerpen gefocust ben.

[@JackyNickelson]

Ik ben de naam vergeten. Maar ben je bij het Fries historisch centrum geweest tegenover de OldeHove (btw schuiner dan de toren van Pisa) ? Ik was in het verleden ook invalkracht (studente baantje) bij de pers van Friesch Dagblad. Daar was altijd een sectie geschiedenis. Of dat nog steeds zo is weet ik niet. Leeuwarder Courant deed dat ook. Dat was te vinden in de vrijdag (freed), zatedag (sneon) en zondag (snein) bijlages. Lokale huis aan huis bladen weet ik niet. Dockumer Courant misschien? Het maakt niet uit waar je heen gaat in de wereld. Als je een landgenoot tegenkomt, word je meteen herkend als Fries. Vorig jaar overkwam het me toen ik in Nieuw Zeeland was.

[@HistoryHustle]

Niet bezocht, misshcien eens kijken!

[@l2516]

Tresoar.

[@fortheloveofmusic860]

The ancestors of the Frisii were just like most other western Europeans celtic, until about 3,000 years ago. Then germanic people moved in and ethnicity shifted. Although neither would call themselves germanic or celtic. During the seventh and eight century, the northwestern part of the Netherlands, although known as Frisia, wasn't solid ethnicly Frisian. The inhabitants of the central part of the Netherlands, in which Utrecht en Dorestad lie, considered the Frisians as occupiers and considered themselves mostly Franconian. The wars fought between the Frisians and the Franconians were not about religion (although religion has always been a great false reason to start a war). It was about wealth and power. The Franconian rulers thought of themselves as the true heirs of Rome and so the rightfull rulers of the wealthy trading post Dorestad and the whole of the central part of the Netherlands. For the Frisian rulers this was a big fat catch as well, especially "King" Redbed. A frisian warlord probably from what is now Kennemerland, on the north sea coast around Haarlem and Velsen. Redbed did not just fought the Franconians but also fought with the west Franconians against east Franconians and had his daughter marry the son of the east Franconian chancellor Pipin.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for the additional information.

[@jacquelinevanderkooij4301]

@@HistoryHustle Celtic? No. Not truh. The south of the Netherlands were Celtic, just like Belgium. We (de frisians) are Germanic.

[@fortheloveofmusic860]

@@jacquelinevanderkooij4301 The early middle aged Frisians were Germanic. They came from northern Germany and Denmark during the 4th and 5th century A.D.. They moved in to the coastal areas of the Netherlands. Archeology has proven that during the 3th century these lands were almost fully depopulated. The Frisii before them had left for better places because the Dutch coastal lands became to wet. A lot moved to Britain. The "Roman" Frisii most likely had Celtic of Celtic-Germanic roots. The few names found all were Celtic or were Germanized Celtic. Just like the names of their gods.

[@redshiftexperiment]

My name is Ferwerda. It has a connection to Friesland. There is a region that my surname was taken from.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for sharing.

[@jacklayton9288]

In the fact that the fishing survived from the beginning of record time and are still alive today suggests that they were a family who had studied their enemy very well and likely kept them at arms length. Even if we don't consider the prominants of blond hair in dutch and that visions being known as blonde hair and it being a recessive gene and the Dutch being enslaved to the Spanish or someone else almost from beginning of recorded time. And of course we know Frisian is the closest language to English.

[@NielsorNiek]

1:00 klopt die kaart wel?

[@HistoryHustle]

Leg uit.

[@NielsorNiek]

@@HistoryHustle omdat ik Flevoland zie 😁

[@HistoryHustle]

Ai, die moet je ff wegdenken... 😅

[@mammuchan8923]

That flag is just the best though❤️❤️❤️

[@HistoryHustle]

Yes indeed

[@ulasguneyguzel3273]

Can I ask is Frisian Freedom anarchist country?

[@HistoryHustle]

Start a petition I:d say.

[@CyberTribalism]

Het belangrijkste boek en grootste schat van de westerse wereld, is toevallig ook Fries.. het onvolprezen Oera Linda boek.. waarvoor koolstofdatering, en dus hard wetenschappelijk bewijs van authenticiteit onderweg is.

[@HistoryHustle]

Interessant, dank voor het laten weten.

[@CyberTribalism]

@@HistoryHustle ben je op fb?

[@rutgerb]

Hahaha, ik heb het boek gezien (ligt gewoon in tresoar) en gelezen en het is een mooie spiegel die Piet Paaltjens gecreeerd heeft. Jij lijkt te missen dat het is fictie is en gaat op in de mystiek, dat is nou juist die spiegel. Intressant is de geschiedenis van het boek. Van klacht over de bijbel en het geloof naar het 'vinden' op zolder, SS studies en lezingen die zelfs Himler bijwoonde naar sektes ;D Er zijn op dit moment, geloof ik, twee (femitstische) sektes 1 in azie en 1 in de V.S. die daadwerkelijk de inhoud geloven en Friezen op een podium plaatsen.

[@CyberTribalism]

@@rutgerb Ja en wie zegt dat? De Prof Kerkgeschiedenis die voor de Katholieke Universiteit van Groningen werkt, of één van de andere huurlingen van de Romeinse kerk? Alle linguïsten die het boek bestudeerd hebben waren het erover eens, duidelijk in een veel ouder Fries dan de zogezegd oudste teksten in onze streken, (allemaal Romeinse kerk bronnen, al de rest is verdwenen), en je ziet de taal ook evolueren over de eeuwenlange periode het boek is samengesteld.. maar goed, blijf maar in het barbaren hoekje de Romeinen je ingezet hebben, ik wacht vol vertrouwen op de resultaten van de koolstof datering.

[@rutgerb]

@@CyberTribalism doe dat jongen

[@adolfgaming1761]

Ons land, ons bloed, ons recht. Ik houd van Friesland.

[@HistoryHustle]

ok.

[@hansscheltema3348]

Is there any one group of Dutch people that colonized the most? I seem to find Scheltemas everywhere! -Frisian American 2gen

[@HistoryHustle]

Good question. I think most came from Holland or Zeeland.

[@z.weertje7209]

The people in Friesland live like we did in 1950 and they have a real language. Every Fries has a cow and milks it to sell the milk on the streets.

[@arnoldwiegersma7663]

I miss the storie about schieringers en vetkopers, klooster klaarkamp and impotant people like grutte pier and hessel van martena

[@HistoryHustle]

Feel free to share.

[@SoniaJbrt]

Interesting we have a town named Utrecht here in South Africa. 🤔

[@HistoryHustle]

Yes, I heard of it!

[@KrugerrandFarms]

The Vriesian farmers who emmigrated to our area in the 50s never learned to speak english well, certainly not without an accent. Thus I always felt that Vries was a sort of speach impediment. In their defence they never left the farm, especially their wives who spoke vries at home. Their socialization was mostly at church where the sermons were delivered in Dutch. Oh well!

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for sharing!

[@evastapaard2462]

thats very strange considering Frisian is the closest language to Enlish.

[@frisianmouve]

@@evastapaard2462 Even though they're the closest they're not mutually intelligible. Old English is more intelligible to Frisian, something which Eddie Izzard tried: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZamYqx3lrx6aZY