Leeuwarden (in Clippings: Ljouwert ; in Stadsfries = urban clippings Liwwadden ) are the capital of the province Dutchwoman of Frise. Leeuwarden is in the north of the Netherlands.

At January 1st 2004, the city counted 83  320 inhabitants, and the commune counted 93.850 inhabitants.

History

1435, but before the year 1000 she was already inhabited woonden er mensen COp of plek die naked Leeuwarden heet. Door of ligging aan of - in dertiende eeuw dichtgeslibde - Middelzee ontwikkelden zich handelsactiviteiten early aan Rusland toe.

Round 1650 behoorde Leeuwarden early of tien aanzienlijkste steden van Nederland. COp dat moment had Leeuwarden circa 16.000 inwoners. Leeuwarden vervult tegenwoordig een centrumfunctie voor of regio, maar heeft landelijk minder betekenis. -->

Districts

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To see

Monuments to be seen in Leeuwarden are:

• the Chancellery (Kanselarij)
• of Waag, the old shopping mall

• the Oldehove, a tower even more leaning than the Turn of Pisa.
• the Church Saint-Boniface (Sint Bonifatiuskerk), one of the most important buildings neogothic of the Netherlands.

Leeuwarden has a Théâtre (Of Harmony) and various museums, among which: the museum clippings (Het Fries Museum), the museum natural Plank (Natuurmuseum Fryslân) and the literary museum clippings (Frysk Letterkundich Museum). In the suburbs of Leeuwarden an air base of the air force Dutchwoman is.

The city has the largest cattle market of the Netherlands, and the day of the Ascension more large flower market of the Netherlands. Moreover, Leeuwarden is known like town of departure and arrival of the Elfstedentocht, a race of ice-skating on ice, connecting 11 cities.

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Personalities born in Leeuwarden

Jeanne Adema (1944), kunstenares

Johan Willem Albarda (1877-1957), socialistisch politicus

max Blokzijl (1884-1946), zanger in journalist

Horn Boonstra (1938), ondernemer

Alexander Cohen (1864-1961), journalist as an agitator

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• Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972), artist

Wybrand de Geest (1592-1661), kunstschilder

Wilfred Constrained (1967), TV-presentator

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• Subdued Hari (Margaretha Geertruida Zelle) (1876-1917), dancer and suspectée courtesan of espionage

Havank (Hendrikus Frederikus van der Kallen) (1904-1964), schrijver van popular misdaadromans

Piet Paaltjens (1835-1894), dichter by predikant

Tom Pitstra (1949), politicus voor GroenLinks

Pieter Jelles Troelstra (1860-1930), socialistisch politicus

Ype Schaaf (1930-2003), predikant in journalist

J. Slauerhoff (1898-1936), dichter in schrijver

Saskia van Uylenburgh (1612-1642), echtgenote van Rembrandt

Jan Jaap van der Wal (1979), columnist as a cabaratier

Harm Wiersma (1953), to ram in politicus

Onno Zwier van Haren (1713-1779), schrijver

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External bond

• official Internet site
• official Internet site of the Church Saint-Boniface

Nds-nl: Liwwadden (stad) Simple: Leeuwarden

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