Franeker
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Franeker
Frjentsjer | ||
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 Voorstraat in 2007 | ||
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Postal code 8801-8802[1] | ||
| Dialing code | 0517 | |
Franeker (Dutch pronunciation:
History
Franeker was founded around 800 as a
Franeker received
During the period of the
From 1585 to 1811, the city housed the University of Franeker, which was the second Protestant university in the Netherlands. It was closed shortly after the incorporation of the Kingdom of Holland into the French Empire. A successor institution, the Rijksatheneum, was founded in 1815, but in 1847 it, too, closed.
Before 2018, the city was part of the Franekeradeel municipality and before 1984 the city was a municipality of its own.
Geography
Franeker is located in the municipality of
Demographics
As of 1 January 2014, the city of Franeker had a population of 12,781.
Culture
Museums
The
Windmill
The windmill Arkens is a hollow post mill which has been restored. It originally stood in Arkens and was moved in 1972. It is the only windmill in the Netherlands equipped with Vlinderwieken (English: Butterfly sails).[5]
Sports
Since 1852 Franeker is the home of the PC. the most important tournament in Frisian handball.
Franeker is a regular host of the Frisian draughts competitions.[6]
Being one of the Frisian cities, Franeker is also on the route of the 200 kilometres (120 mi) Elfstedentocht (Eleven-cities Tour), an endurance skating event held at irregular intervals depending on weather conditions.
In August 2014, Jeffrey Peereboom, a student from Franeker, introduced an idea of the speed limits for bicycles in order to make biking in the city safer.[7]
Infrastructure
Notable people
- Johan Sems (1572–1635), a Dutch cartographer, engineer and land surveyor.
- Anna Maria van Schurman (1607–1678), a Dutch painter, engraver, poet, classical scholar, philosopher, and feminist
- Ulrik Huber (1636–1694 in Franeker), a professor of law at the University of Franeker and a political philosopher.
- François Hemsterhuis (1721–1790), a Dutch writer on aesthetics and moral philosophy.
- Eise Eisinga (1744–1828), a Frisian amateur astronomer who built the Eise Eisinga Planetarium in his house
- Sebald Justinus Brugmans (1763–1819), a Dutch botanist and physician.
- Jan Hendrik Oort (1900–1992), a Dutch astronomer, studied the Milky Way
- Pia Dijkstra (born 1954), a Dutch politician and former news presenter
- Dennis Wiersma (born 1986), former Dutch politician
References
- ^ a b c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- ^ "Postcodetool for 8801AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- ^ Aantal inwoners per buurt/dorp Archived 2012-08-12 at the Wayback Machine - Franekeradeel
- ^ "Planetarium Friesland". planetarium-friesland.nl. Archived from the original on 2013-01-29. Retrieved 2008-02-21.
- ^ "Franeker, Friesland" (in Dutch). Molendatabase. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
- ^ Frisian Draughts
- ^ "Dutch city introduces speed limits for bicycles". Dailymotion.
External links
- . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). 1911.
- . The American Cyclopædia. 1879.
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