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Hans Faber

A Frontier known as Watery Mess: the Coast of Flanders

At the end of the eighth century, by decree of Charlemagne and under supervision of the wise men Wlemar and Saxmund, customary law of the...

Hans Faber

Legend of Esonstad

When, on a moon-clear night, on top of the dike at Lauwersmeer (lake Lauwers), you look out over the water, you just might see in the...

Frans Riemersma

Atlantis found! Wait, there is another one, or 7, wait 12 in total... No, 19!

Frisia could easily claim the title: land of Atlantis. 19 inhabited islands and 244 villages drowned along the old Frisian coast trail...

Hans Faber

Out of averting the inevitable a community was born

The COVID-19 pandemic is climbing towards its peak. Uncertainty of how destructive the pandemic is going to be. How many family members...

Hans Faber

The United Frisian Emirates and Black Peat

In this post we will explain that the Frisian lands might as well be named the United Frisian Emirates. Of course, there are some...

Hans Faber

Beacons of Nordfriesland

Nordfriesland or North Frisia. The western coast and islands of region Schleswig. Stretching from the Danish town Tønder in the north, to...

Hans Faber

Refuge on a terp 2.0. Waiting to be liberated

August 21, 1930, Wieringermeer. The reclamation was completed. Of land that used to be called the Creil Woods, in province Noord Holland...

Frans Riemersma

Half a million deaths. A forgotten North Sea disaster...

Did you know that between 328,770 and 502,190 people lost their lives around the North Sea? On the flip side: millions of possible...

Hans Faber

How a town drowned overnight

Rungholt, a thriving and wealthy town, disappeared overnight in the year 1362. For seven centuries only legends told us about what...

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