#groningen province

[mothmiso]

Groningen, The Netherlands (2) (3) (4) by Caspar Tromp

Via Flickr:

(3) (4) The "Aa" canal or river, which was once the main artery of the city connecting the town to the nearby North Sea and beyond, allowing Groningen trade with the Baltic Sea. It remains iconic with its "pakhuizen" (warehouses), now primary being homes. The façades have been adapted throughout the centuries, especially in the late 18th and 19th centuries, but most of these buildings still have a significant medieval core.     

[mistress-light]

I really dig the Athian border flags. Like, it triggers something inside me that I have in real life. Oh shit, I am crossing the border with Groningen.

[duckduckngoose]

Also NS hates me specifically for not letting me plan multiple journeys in a row

Everyone wants to take the train to go to every province in the Netherlands in one day, until I pull out the maps and travel plans and they realize I'm actually 100% serious 😔

[merovingian-marvels]

Terp/Thorp/Wierde/Warft/Værft

Most commonly known as “Terp”, by origin a Frisian word, Terps are actually known in a few places. Hang on tight, this is a long one.

The water rich lands of Dutch provinces Zeeland/Frisia (Terp) and Groningen (Wierde) - German regions Nordfriesland and Ostfriesland (Warft) and southern Denmark (Wærft) were in need of such constructions for basic quality of life.

Because the tides could freely enter the lower lands beyond the shoreline, life was to be lived intermittently. When the land was dry, sheep could graze the salt marsh. When water rose, people would retreat to the Terp.

A Terp can be made up out of a single church or farm/house to an entire small village. Concentrations of small Terps making up a village also exist. They are often surrounded by a salt marsh rampart (Kwelderwal).

Terps were made by plaggen. The top of sandy soils was taken out in little cubes, including the vegetation. The plag was then dried and compacted and stacked on top of each other, which causes an artificial hill allowing to build on.

Terp is also the Old-Frisian word which originates the Dutch word for village. Frisian culture allowed to spread because of their specialization in sheep’s wool. With most agricultural crops not being suited for salt marshes, and with the land flooded half of the day, lots of time was spent in producing high quality and highly sought after wool. This made the Frisians and especially the Terp people very rich, as seen in treasures, burials and clerical art.

Lots of Terps have been destroyed for peat mining or lost after abandonment.

Image above: Hogebeintum (Hegebeintum (Frisian), formerly known as Westerbintheim).

The largest known Terp in the Netherlands and Germany with 8,80 m above sea level.

Central is the church, on the right the historic village, the sheep pastures during floods and the encircling salt march rampart. Everything outside the rampart used to flood.

[zenia62]

Letters From Louis Bonaparte to Daendels (Part 1)

Hii guys!! ✨️ Continuing on what I've found in Mendels book, now I'll be sharing letters that King Louis Bonaparte sent to Daendels 🫡 There's is 14 of them so I'll make like a couple of series w this one 👀 Each part I will share 3 or 4 letters depending on each page in the Mendels book 😌 For now, I'm still trying to understand the meaning of each letter so I'm not rlly ready yet to give a summary on what are they talking abt 🫠 But I thought of sharing it now since why not haha ☺️ That's all for now, I'm sorry if there is misinformation due to translation 🙏 Thank you guys n have a nice day, stay safe 🌙

1st Letter :

Mr. General Daendels, I have received the letter that you wrote to me to announce your acceptance of the position of Extraordinary State Councilor to which I have appointed you. I know so well your services and your zeal for your country, that I have not doubted for a single moment the pleasure that I would give you by giving you the opportunity to use your knowledge for my service and the good of your country. On this, General Daendels, I pray to God that he has you in his holy keeping. Mainz, August 1806 LOUIS.

2nd Letter :

Mr. General Daendels, I accept the offer that you make with pleasure, and if we have war, I will immediately call you to the army and give you back the rank that you have occupied there with distinction. Let me know if you wish to enter the service in any case, On this, etc. Aix-la-Chapelle, September 13, 1806. LOUIS.

3rd Letter :

Mr. General Daendels, I inform you that I have appointed you Senior Military Commander of the Third Military Division and of the Third Army Division, stationed on the borders of the Ems. General Broux, the commanders of Delfzijl and Coewerden, the commanders of the depots of the various corps, the 9th line regiment (new number), all the various detachments of the other corps which could be in this district, all the buildings of the royal navy and the officers who command them, the national guards of these departments, the recruiting officers and non-commissioned officers who could be there, will be under your orders. You will take the greatest care to have the national guards formed in each important position, in accordance with the instructions that the administrations departmental have received from the Minister of the Interior. You will all wear your care to increase, by this means, the garrisons of Delfzijl and Coewerden, and mainly from Groningen. You will be instructed by Colonel Croiset means of defense, which floods can provide in a case of urgent need. You will always have in mind that your mission is to defend only Friesland and Groningen. You will use for this important purpose all the means that you can gather under this instruction. Above all, you will take the greatest care to keep me informed exactly of the movements of foreign troops on the banks of the Ems. You will give in at the same time this information to the Minister of War at The Hague, so that he can follow the orders I leave him in this regard. You will take all thenecessary measures so that no extreme means, such as flooding and cutting of dikes, which could essentially harm the country, are taken except as a last resort; of course this does not concern in any way the flooding of forts and places, armed or unarmed, which can be flooded without inconvenience, according to what is known and will be demonstrated to you by the officers of the Engineers. You will give me a daily report, both on your position and on the movements of foreign troops on the banks of the Ems. If the case should arise that the territory of the kingdom were invaded and that an enemy party sought, by moving rapidly towards Zwoll and Issel, to separate Friesland and Groningen from the rest of the kingdom, you would enclose yourself in these provinces, in order to direct the defence there and to use for a good defence the means that these two departments, whose patriotism and energy are known to me, would doubtless place at your disposal. This case will probably not happen, but if it did happen, the reports would still have to take place via the Zuiderzee, and regardless of that you would keep me informed in Wezel, by duplicate, of everything that would have come to your knowledge. I do not need to repeat to you the recommendation to accelerate the recruitment of the depots of the regiments, which are under your orders, as much as possible, and to raise the cadres as high as you can, without paying attention to what is prescribed for the strength of each corps. On this, etc. Royal Palace of Bois, September 27, 1806. LOUIS.

4th Letter :

Mr. General Daendels, I want you to bring back to their regiments the detachments which could be employed under your command- order, and which would not be part of the 9th line regiment. I would like to recommends not to disturb the deposits from their place and to bring back those who have deviated from it, as well as to monitor the completeness of regiments. On this, etc. Driebergen, October 5, 1806. LOUIS.

[andthingsleftover]

My only regret is not asking for the time to buy a Groningen hoodie. Everyone else was heading out and I thought I'd find time to get it elsewhere.

I could have gotten an Amsterdam one at the airport but that felt disloyal to my home province.

[flagwars]

Flag Wars Bonus Round

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The battle of Tange Alterveer.

At the beginning of April 1945, the Allies were rapidly approaching the province of Groningen, the Netheralands. The liberation of the province took place in three regions: the border region between Musselkanaal and the Dollard, the city of Groningen and the ‘bridgehead Delfzijl’. Members of the local resistance had succeeded in preserving ‘The Iron Blow’. This was the only bridge over the…

[victorysp]

Her Majesty Queen Máxima, honorary chairman of MIND Us, payd a working visit to Groningen on Tuesday afternoon, September 5, in the context of the mental health of young people. One in three young people in the province of Groningen experiences poor psychosocial health. Compared to the rest of the Netherlands, Groningen has a relatively high level of use of youth assistance and long-term assistance programmes, for example due to poverty and earthquake problems.

📷 Patrick van Katwijk

[mothmiso]

Rural Groningen, The Netherlands (2) (3) (4) by Caspar Tromp

Via Flickr:

Engelbert village, a ribbon development dating already back to the middle ages when the surrounding pit land areas were starting to be cultivated. Now it is a charming rural village just outside the city of Groningen.     

[kestarren]

'Hoeske van Thais Joaptje in Rottum', by Henk Helmantel, 2012. Dutch artist, born 22 Feb 1945, in Westeremden, Netherlands. Little house of Thais Joaptje, (name of a lady who lived there), in the village of Rottum: "This probably is the smallest home in the province of Groningen. Currently you may visit this smallest house as a museum. It is furnished as a workers’ house in 1835." https://www.visitgroningen.nl/en/location/2582621445/t-hoeske-van-thais-joaptje?fbclid=IwAR0X-_-SY37r0JQKuKYsPJV7uxHkYwCfii02zNJ22uh6cKeggGTFepESwUI

[notafraidofredyellowandblue]

Groningen - nature conservationists to court because Rammstein noise

2023-07-03

googly translated

"The Nature Conservancy Foundation from Meppel is suing both the municipality and the province of Groningen because of the upcoming concerts of the German band Rammstein in the city of Groningen. The nature club states that the noise permits granted are not in order.

That is why the conservationists want the court to look into this in an interim measure.

In the run-up to the concerts on 6 and 7 July in the Stadspark in Groningen, the municipality of Groningen granted an event permit with a one-off permit to make more noise than permitted. Rammstein is therefore allowed to produce 103 decibels instead of 100 decibels.

According to Secretary Geert Starre of the Nature Conservancy Watch, it has been shown that the volume will be much louder in reality. This not only leads to hearing damage in humans, but can also damage nature, says Starre. "We want to prevent that," he told ANP news agency . Some 52 species of birds are said to live around the Stadspark, many of which are still breeding, says Starre.

Noise permit would not have been properly tested

Nature Conservation Watch believes that the permits granted by the municipality and province have not been issued correctly. For example, there would be a lack of a nature test, which must be done when a permit is granted.

A permit has also been issued for setting off fireworks, a regular part of a Rammstein show. According to Starre, this will lead to additional damage. "There is no test that looks at all the consequences, for people and nature."

It is not yet known when the administrative court will consider the matter. The Northern Netherlands court could not be reached on Monday."

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at least this is the 'regular' kind of protests against Rammstein 🌺

[guerrerense]

Steam at departure por Martien Uiterweerd Por Flickr: Steam locomotive 52 8060-7 of the Museumrailway S.T.A.R. departs from Stadskanaal station in the Netherlands. Since 1995 the Museumrailway S.T.A.R. (Stichting Stadskanaal Rail) exploits the railwayline between Veendam, Stadskanaal en Musselkanaal with historical steamtrains. The 26 km long track follows the border between the provinces of Groningen and Drenthe in the northeast of the Netherlands. The Deutsche Reichsbahn's Class 52 was a German steam locomotive built in large numbers during the Second World War. With over 7,000 locomotives, built across Europe, it was the most produced type of the so-called Kriegslokomotiven or Kriegsloks (war locomotives). 6,000+ locomotives passed into Russian ownership after the Second World War. Other operators of the type included Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Norway and Turkey. The Deutsche Reichsbahn (DRB) in East Germany (DDR) had 200 machines, including 52 8060-7, reconstructed to the new DRB Class 52.80. Stoomlocomotief 52 8060-7 van museumspoorlijn S.T.A.R. vertrekt vanaf station Stadskanaal. Museumspoorlijn S.T.A.R. (Stichting Stadskanaal Rail) rijdt sinds 1994 met historische stoomtreinen en dieseltreinen tussen Veendam, Stadskanaal en Musselkanaal. De 26 km lange spoorlijn loopt langs de provinciegrens tussen Groningen en Drenthe. Stoomlocomotief 52 8060-7 uit 1943 is een van de ruim 7.000 locomotieven uit de Deutsche Reichsbahn's Class 52 die tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog zijn gebouwd om oorlogsmaterieel te verplaatsen. Na de Tweede Wereldoorlog zijn ruim 6.000 locs door Rusland als oorlogsbuit in gebruik genomen. De overige 1.000 locomotieven zijn door Polen, Roemenië, Bulgarije, Noorwegen, Turkije, en de DDR in gebruik genomen. De 52 8060-7 op de foto is in van de circa 200 locomotieven uit de DDR die daar jarenlang in de DRB Class 52.80 hebben gereden. _____________________ All rights reserved. Copyright © Martien Uiterweerd (Foto Martien). All my images are protected under international authors copyright laws and may not be downloaded, reproduced, copied, transmitted or manipulated without my written explicit permission. _____________________ . .

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Dolmen G1

Hunebed G1, also known as the Papeloze Kerk Hunebed, is located in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands.

Read more at: https://paganplaces.com/places/dolmen-g1/

[just-binch-thoughts]

Yeah I'm the dutch one, but there's 3 of us which is actually quite a lot if you care about the statistics- not nearly as many German ones, and Germany might just be a bit more populated than the Netherlands.

European suburbs (using that term with my limited knowledge acquired by infodump osmosis) are also a thing, but very different from American ones in that they frequently have stores and stuff on street level and Actual Houses on top, so that there's a decent chance at living most of your life within a 15 km area. Besides that, I don't know more about the wider continent, just my country, from personal experience and observation, which is also imperfect and likely off the mark. Again, not well-versed in the subjects of city-planning and transit.

My country's very livable though, due to pretty decent public transport (We complain but every 15 minutes with chance of cancellation and strikes is better than once an hour, maybe, some days, at a bus stop that's 4 meters long and has no shelter from the burning fucking sun with the next one 10 hours walking away) and probably size. It'll take a few hours (and some money if I care to travel without my student fare, which is nothing on weekdays. I know, I know, my country is kickass, except when it isn't), but I can fairly dependably get to the other side of the country if I want. I don't, because I have nothing to fucking see in the godawful provinces of Groningen and Friesland, but if I choose to I could.

Anyway fuck the USA. The car people are really fucking lobbying to ruin the chance of walkable and livable cities everywhere, but to me the USA is an example of how horrible it can get and the very idea terrifies me because I might see it. Yep, the more I learn about the world the more I fear the US, except this time it's more about what it represents instead of "If I go there I will probably get mugged, sexually abused, and/or hate crimed", which is probably still true but hey! Those chances were always there and not exactly decreasing due to recent choices, so I take my copium and live.

[dutchtutor]

Confusions about Dutch vs Deutsch and Holland vs the Netherlands

The Netherlands - Geographical Size The Netherlands is a small European country situated along the North Sea, similar in size to 2x New Jersey, USA. Despite its modest area, the population reached 18 million in 2024, making it rank nr.5 of the most densely populated countries in the world, with a high number of people per square kilometer. The Randstad - One Big City? Foreigners often wonder if the Netherlands is just one sprawling city with suburbs, like London. When you look at the map, it’s easy to see why. Amsterdam, with 931,000 inhabitants (2024), is the capital and largest city. As Amsterdam continues to expand, it’s almost merging with other major cities like Utrecht, Rotterdam, and The Hague, forming the so-called ‘Randstad’. This urban cluster often feels like one giant city, but each has its own character and charm (and dialects). Though Amsterdam is the capital, the Dutch government is seated in The Hague. Other significant cities with populations over 250,000 include Arnhem (east), Eindhoven (south), and Groningen (north). Country Confusion - Why 'Holland'? Many expats are puzzled by the country’s name. Why is it called ‘Holland’? Well, the name Holland originates from 'Houtland', or 'Wooded Land', which was originally given to one of the medieval cores of what later became the modern state. The geo term 'Holland' is still used for 2 of the 12 provinces called North-Holland and South-Holland. However by calling the Netherlands "Holland" we would be skipping over the other 10 provinces like Utrecht, Gelderland and North-Brabant. So, the correct name is simply 'the Netherlands'. Dutch vs. Deutsch - Clearing Up the Language Confusion Is Dutch the same as Deutsch, the language spoken in Germany? This confusion has even led to historical misunderstandings, like mistaking the Amish, who speak Old German, for people from Holland. The truth is, while we’re called ‘Dutch,’ we speak ‘Nederlands,’ not ‘Deutsch.’ We share Germanic language roots with our neighbors, but that’s a topic for another blog! Traffic Confusion - Why All the Bikes? One of the most striking aspects of Dutch life is the overwhelming presence of bicycles. Expats often wonder: Isn’t biking everywhere dangerous? For the Dutch, the answer is a resounding 'no'. In fact, we believe that over the years, too much space in cities and towns has been given to cars and parking. The current trend is to reclaim space for residents, adding more trees and green zones, and pushing cars to the outskirts of town. The result? More livable cities. So, better start practicing your biking skills! Embrace Dutch Culture with Flowently If you’re eager to dive deeper into Dutch culture, including our quirks and unique way of life, consider hiring a private Dutch tutor from Flowently. Our Flowently tutors are native speakers who can help you master everyday Dutch and speak ‘Nederlands’ fluently.