Friesland: Facts

Wetsens station on the North Friesland Railway, which served a sparsely populated part of Friesland, Netherlands, closed in 1902, less than eight months after opening?
the saw mill De Rat was moved from Zaanstreek, Noord Holland, to IJlst, Friesland, in 1828?
the Protestant church of Jistrum in Friesland was prior to 1581 a Catholic church, when in one week it was stripped by iconoclasts?
Welgelegen (or Tjepkema's Molen) is the only survivor of seventeen windmills to have stood in Heerenveen, Friesland, the Netherlands, since the 15th century?
Frisian literature refers to written works produced in West Frisian, a language spoken primarily in the province of Friesland in the Netherlands?
De Cornwerdermolen, Cornwerd is the most westerly windmill in Friesland?
De Sweachmermolen in Langweer, the Netherlands, is the only combined drainage and corn mill in Friesland?
De Bullemolen, Lekkum, was one of the first windmills in Friesland fitted with sails that had leading edges using the Fok system?

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