Weststellingwerf

Weststellingwerf (Stellingwarfs: Weststellingwarf or Stellingwarf-Westaende) is a municipality in the province of Friesland in the northern Netherlands. It is one of the municipalities of Friesland, where the spoken language is not West Frisian; instead, Stellingwerfs, a dialect of Dutch Low Saxon, is spoken here.

Population centres
• Blesdijke

• Boijl

• De Blesse

• De Hoeve

• Langelille

• Munnekeburen

• Nijeholtpade

• Nijeholtwolde

• Nijelamer

• Nijetrijne

• Noordwolde

• Oldeholtpade

• Oldeholtwolde

• Oldelamer

• Oldetrijne

• Oosterstreek

• Peperga

• Scherpenzeel

• Slijkenburg

• Sonnega

• Spanga

• Steggerda

• Ter Idzard

• Vinkega

• Wolvega

• Zandhuizen

A small part of the village Willemsoord lays within Weststellingwerf and Noordwolde-Zuid is also mainly named as a village, but stated by municipality as a hamlet.

The other hamlets are: Boekelte, Gracht, Munnekezeel, Overburen, Rijsberkampen, Rode Dorp, Schoterzijl (partially) and Zuid (partially)

Topography


Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Weststellingwerf, 2013.

Wolvega


Wolvega is the capital city of Weststellingwerf.

Transportation
Railway Station: Wolvega

Notable people

 * Peter Stuyvesant (1592–1672) last governor of New Amsterdam
 * Johan Eilerts de Haan (1865-1910) Dutch explorer and soldier
 * Johan van Minnen (1932–2016) journalist and politician.
 * Johan Veenstra (born 1946) an author, poet and columnist
 * Sijtje van der Lende (born 1950) former speed skater, competed at the 1976 and 1980 Winter Olympics
 * Gerard van Klaveren (born 1951) politician, Mayor of Weststellingwerf 2005-2017
 * Monique Knol (born 1964) former racing cyclist, won gold and bronze medals in two consecutive Summer Olympics