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From the 16th till the 18th century Friesland was divided into four political
entities. Three rural quarters: Westergo [Westergoa] in the
west; Oostergo [Eastergoa] in the northeast; and Zevenwouden
[Sawnwâlden] in the southeast. These were divided into so called grietenijen,
who consisted of 5 to 31 villages.
The fourth were the eleven cities.
Around 1500 the Saxon Stellingwerven was incorporated into
Zevenwouden.
The West Frisian Islands were not included in these four parts.
Mark Sensen, 25 April 1998 and 9 August 1998
See also:
![[Historical flag of Westergo]](../images/n/nl-frwgo.gif)
Mark Sensen, 21 April 1996
The flag of Westergo was blue with a white diagonal stripe from the lower hoist to the upper fly.
Mark Sensen, 21 April 1998
![[Historical flag of Oostergo]](../images/n/nl-frogo.gif)
Mark Sensen, 21 April 1996
The flag of Oostergo had five red and white equal horizontal stripes. It is also used by the Royal Sailing Club of the same name, in Leeuwarden.
Mark Sensen, 21 April 1998
![[Historical flag of Zevenwouden]](../images/n/nl-frzvw.gif)
Mark Sensen, 21 April 1996
The flag of Zevenwouden consisted of fifteen white and green squares.
In a Frisian chronicle from 1609 a white flag with in white, yellow and green
Saint Michael and the dragon is mentioned.
Mark Sensen, 21 April 1998
The Stellingwerven consist of the modern municipalities Weststellingwerf
(with the town Wolvega) and Ooststellingwerf [Eaststellingwerf] (with the towns
Oosterwolde and Appelscha).
The arms of the municipalities of Weststellingwerf and Ooststellingwerf both
show on silver a red griffin with a red disc with a star under it. The two arms
are different in details, but maybe they are variants of the old arms of
Stellingwerf?
Both municipalities use red-white flags with the griffin. (See Shipmate's
flagchart).
Mark Sensen, 21 April 1998
The eleven Frisian cities are: Leeuwarden, Dokkum, Bolsward, Hindeloopen, Staveren, Franeker, Harlingen, Sneek, Workum, Sloten and IJlst.
Mark Sensen, 9 September 1998
Four of the six Dutch Frisian islands belong to the province of Friesland.
These are: Vlieland, Terschelling
(both ceded to Holland in 1615, and returned to
Friesland in 1942), Ameland and Schiermonnikoog.
Texel (or Tessel) is part of the province of
Noord-Holland, Rottumeroog of the province of Groningen.
Nowadays each island is a separate municipality, except the since-1969
uninhabited Rottumeroog which belongs to the municipality of Eemsmond.
Mark Sensen, 25 April 1998
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