Talk:West Friesland (region)

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There is a discrepency between the municipalities included in this article and those in the description in the article North Holland. Which is correct? -Branddobbe 06:33, Feb 15, 2005 (UTC)

Thank you for noticing that, I saw it too but did not know which other municipalities were part of WF, other than vague notions of Alkmaar and Schagen. I took the liberty as well of updating your image. Cwoyte 14:18, Mar 25, 2005 (UTC)

What's the difference between West-Friesland and Westfriesland? Both articles seem to be describing the same subject, but then each article considers the other article to be a different subject from itself. What's going on? -Branddobbe 04:31, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

If you look at number of municipalities you see the difference, West-Friesland is the smaller area, this is more or less province Westflinge of Westfriesland, Westfriesland is big bigger, and once was it was autonomous and at war with Holland, during that war some parts got flooded, that land was lost to the see. Therefore the area was divided in some islands, quite big area of Westflinge was protected by the dykesystem. Later when Westfriesland lost from Holland, the area became a district. Through the century's it lost a bit of is identity because of it's islandic laying. Every area became a bit more it's own. The name became in the end of 19th century more synonymous for the area between the dykesystem. But the culture and language-string remains. A lot historians use Westfriesland as indication for the bigger area and West-Friesland for the area between the dyke systems, this last one is the very active used region name. Dolfy 15:33, 26 September 2005 (UTC)