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Historical Frisia

Magna Frisia

Historical period

The medieval Frisian lands stretched along the North Sea coast from roughly the Zwin in Flanders to the Weser, a belt of terpen — dwelling mounds raised above the tide before dikes existed — with cattle, sheep, sea fish and salt-marsh grazing, and a trading economy in cloth, cattle and salt. The "Frisian freedom" tradition held that these lands owed no feudal lord. ⚠ A HISTORICAL EXTENT, NOT A MODERN MAP: most of that coast has not been Frisian-speaking for centuries, and nothing here is a claim on it.

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Communities and languages

Languages: Old Frisian

What is recorded

  • Terp dwelling mounds raised above the tide along the North Sea coast, before dikes existed. documented
  • Medieval Magna Frisia extended along the North Sea coast from roughly the Zwin to the Weser. Most of that coast has not been Frisian-speaking for many centuries. The historical extent is recorded as history and does not constitute any modern territorial or cultural claim. documented

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