Harlingen, Netherlands
Harlingen, West Frisian: Harns is a municipality and a city in the northern Netherlands, in the province of Friesland on the coast of Wadden Sea. Harlingen is a town with a long history of fishing and shipping. Harlingen received city rights in 1234.Overview
Harlingen is served by two stations on the railway line from Leeuwarden. From 1904 to 1935 there was a passenger service on the North Friesland Railway, freight being carried until January 1938. Rederij Doeksen operate ferries to the Wadden islands of Vlieland and Terschelling that depart from Harlingen.
The famous Dutch writer Simon Vestdijk was born in Harlingen and used to depict his hometown in his writings as Lahringen.
The town of Harlingen, Texas, in the United States is named after this city because many of the original settlers of the Texas town came from Harlingen.
The Admiralty of Friesland was established in Dokkum in 1597 but moved to Harlingen in 1645.Population centers
- Harlingen
- Midlum
- Wijnaldum
Notable people
- Simon Frisius a Dutch engraver.
- Maarten Gerritsz Vries Dutch cartographer and explorer
- Sebastiaen Jansen Krol Director of New Netherland 1632/1633
- Jacob Adriaensz Backer a Dutch Golden Age painter
- Tako Hajo Jelgersma a Dutch painter
- Jacobus Deketh a captain in the Frisian Admiralty
- Joannes de Mol a Dutch minister, Patriot and porcelain manufacturer
- Court Lambertus van Beyma a public notary and auctioneer, delegate of the States of Friesland
- Nicolaas Baur was a Dutch marine artist
- Johannes Kayser a Dutch architect, primarily of churches
- J.J.L. Duyvendak a Dutch Sinologist and professor of Chinese
- Simon Vestdijk a Dutch writer, nominated 15 times for the Nobel prize in literature
- Peter J Sterkenburg a Dutch autodidact painter of maritime scenes
- Jan Ykema a former ice speed skater, silver medallist at the 1988 Winter Olympics
- Abe de Vries a Frisian poet, essayist, literary critic, journalist, editor, translator and photographer
- Joost Vandebrug a Dutch photographer, video director and documentary film director
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