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==Dialect==
==Dialect==
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[[File:Ede Staal.jpg|thumb|Singer-songwriter [[Ede Staal]] made the dialect known outside the province]]
Groningen is home to a typical [[Dutch Low Saxon|Low Saxon]] [[dialect]] called ''[[Gronings]]'' (''Grönnegs'' / ''Grunnegs'' in Gronings regional language), with local nuances. Nowadays, many inhabitants of the province do not speak the dialect, especially in the [[Groningen (city)|city of Groningen]] where many outsiders have moved.
Groningen is home to a typical [[Dutch Low Saxon|Low Saxon]] [[dialect]] called ''[[Gronings]]'' (''Grönnegs'' / ''Grunnegs'' in Gronings regional language), with local nuances. Nowadays, many inhabitants of the province do not speak the dialect, especially in the [[Groningen (city)|city of Groningen]] where many outsiders have moved.


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Template:Infobox Dutch Province

Groningen [[[:Template:IPA-nl]]] pronunciationⓘ (Gronings: Grönnen; Template:Lang-fry) is the northeasternmost province of the Netherlands. In the east it borders the German state of Niedersachsen (districts of Leer and Emsland), in the south Drenthe, in the west Friesland and in the north the Wadden Sea. The capital of the province is the city of Groningen.

Geography

Land use in Groningen is mainly agricultural; it has a large natural gas field near Slochteren.

History

Originally a part of Frisia, Groningen became a part of the Frankish Empire around 785. Charlemagne assigned the Christianization of this new possession to Ludger. In the 11th century, the city of Groningen was a village in Drenthe that belonged to the Bishopric of Utrecht, while most of the province was in the diocese of Münster. During the Middle Ages, central control was remote, and the city of Groningen acted as a city state, exerting a dominating influence on the surrounding Ommelanden. Around 1500, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor gave Groningen and Friesland to Albert, Duke of Saxony, who could however not establish permanent control. In 1514/15 Groningen came to the Duchy of Guelders, and in 1536 to the Habsburg Netherlands. In 1594, Groningen was conquered by the United Netherlands, to which it belonged henceforth.

Political history

East Groningen was the scene of a particularly fierce class struggle in the 19th and 20th centuries. Perhaps not coincidentally, Groningen boasts the only municipality (Beerta) where the Communist Party of the Netherlands has ever had a mayor (Hanneke Jagersma).

Culture

Map of Groningen Province
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Dialect

Main article: Gronings
File:Ede Staal.jpg
Singer-songwriter Ede Staal made the dialect known outside the province

Groningen is home to a typical Low Saxon dialect called Gronings (Grönnegs / Grunnegs in Gronings regional language), with local nuances. Nowadays, many inhabitants of the province do not speak the dialect, especially in the city of Groningen where many outsiders have moved.

Municipalities

People from Groningen Province


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