Ooststellingwerf

Ooststellingwerf (Dutch: [ˈoːststɛlɪŋˌʋɛr(ə)f] ^ⓘ; Stellingwarfs: Ooststellingwarf) is a municipality in the province of Friesland in the northern Netherlands. It is one of the municipalities of Friesland where Stellingwerfs, a dialect of Dutch Low Saxon, is spoken rather than West Frisian.

Ooststellingwerf Ooststellingwarf (Stellingwerfs)
Municipality
Lock in canal through Appelscha
Flag Coat of arms
Location in Friesland
Coordinates: 53°0′N 6°18′E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Friesland
Government [1]
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Jack Werkman (VVD)
Area [2]
• Total	226.11 km2 (87.30 sq mi)
• Land	223.42 km2 (86.26 sq mi)
• Water	2.69 km2 (1.04 sq mi)
Elevation [3]	7 m (23 ft)
Population  (January 2021)[4]
• Total	25,464
• Density	114/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	8420–8435
Area code	0516
Website	www.ooststellingwerf.nl

Population centres

• Appelscha
• Donkerbroek
• Elsloo
• Fochteloo
• Haule
• Haulerwijk
• Langedijke
• Makkinga
• Nijeberkoop
• Oldeberkoop
• Oosterwolde
• Ravenswoud
• Waskemeer

Hamlets

The hamlets within the municipality are: 't Hoogezand, Aekinga, Bekhof, Bentemaden, Boekhorst, Bovenveld, Bûterheideveld, Buttinga, Canada, De Bult, De Knolle, De Koelanden, De Monden (partially), De Riete, Deddingabuurt, Drie Tolhekken, Elleboog, Egypte, Frankrijk, Hoogeduurswoude, Janssenstichting, Jardinga, Konijnenbuurt, Koudenburg, Klazinga, Laagduurswoude, Medhuizen, Moskou (partially), Nanninga, Nieuwe Vaart, Oude Willem (partially), Petersburg (partially), Prandinga, Rolpaal, Schottelenburg, Schrappinga, Terwisscha, Tronde, Twijtel, Veneburen, Venekoten, Weper, Weperpolder, Willemstad, Zuid (partially) and Zuidhorn.

Topography

Map of the municipality of Ooststellingwerf, June 2015

Notable people

Marrit Steenbergen, 2015

• Anne Vondeling (1916 in Appelscha – 1979) a Dutch politician
• Prof Dirk ter Haar FRSE FIP (1919 in Oosterwolde – 2002) an Anglo-Dutch physicist
• Piet Bergveld (born 1940 in Oosterwolde) a Dutch emeritus professor of biosensors, invented ISFET

Sport

• Joop Alberda (born 1952 in Oosterwolde) a retired volleyball coach
• Halbe Zijlstra (born 1969 in Oosterwolde) a retired Dutch politician
• Jan Kromkamp (born 1980 in Makkinga) a Dutch retired footballer with 316 club caps
• Sjoerd Hamburger (born 1983 in Oldeberkoop) a rower who competes in the single scull, competed in the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics
• Marrit Steenbergen (born 2000 in Ooststellingwerf) a Dutch competitive swimmer, gold medallist at the 2015 European Games