Statement to the EMRIP on the Frisian language
Distinguished members, I want to give a brief presentation on the situation of an indigenous language in northwestern Europe, namely Frisian. Frisian used to be a language that was spoken…
Participation in the European-Central Asia Regional Forum 2022
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues, the Tom Lantos Institute and the Diplomatic Academy in Vienna organised the European-Central Asia Regional Forum on 2 and 3 May 2022,…
The linguistic situation of the Frisian minority
On 3 May 2022, Mr. Zandberg made a statement to the Europe-Central Asia Regional Forum in Vienna about an issue that affects the Frisian minority in the Netherlands. Distinguished guests,…
Frisian maps of the 1500s
Map 1: Oost ende West Vrieslandts beschrijvinghe by Zacharias Heyns (1598) Map 2: Frisiae Orientalis nuoa et exacta descriptio by Laurentius Michaelis (1579) Map 3: Frisia Orientalis by Johannes Florianus…
Frisian maps of the 1600s
Map 1: Tabulae Frisiae, Groningae et territorii Ambdensis by Nicolaas Visscher (middle 1600’s) Map 2: Typus Frisiae orientalis by Ubbo Emmius and Joannes Janssonius (1630) Map 3: Nova descriptio orientalis…
Frisian maps of the 1700s
Map 1: Wasser-flut in Nieder-Teutschland by Johann Baptist Homann (1718) (a map of the areas that were flooded during the big flood of 25 December 1717) Map 2: Das Furstenthum…
De Friezen op het FUEN congres
Door: Jeroen Zandberg Het FUEN Congres Van 29 september tot 1 oktober 2022 kwamen meer dan honderd vertegenwoordigers van Europese minderheidsgroepen bijeen in Berlijn voor het jaarlijkse FUEN-congres. FUEN staat…