Geert Ludzer Mak (Vlaardingen4 December1946) is a Dutchjournalist and historian. Vlaardingen is a city in South Holland in the Netherlands. ... December 4 is the 338th day (339th on leap years) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... A journalist is a person who practices journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events, trends, issues and people. ... A historian is a person who studies history. ...
He used the village Jorwert in Friesland as the hook for his book Jorwerd: The Death of the Village in late 20th Century Europe (ISBN 1860468039) - though the Dutch title Hoe God verdween uit Jorwerd translates as 'How God disappeared from Jorwerd'. Mak describes the changes that have affected the village over the last century, and writes eloquently about the people and their experiences. His book 'In Europa' ('In Europe')(2004), an tremendous succesful epic account of 20th century Europe was heralded as a masterpiece. Famous for his lucid style and analysis, Geert Mak is known as a well respected left-wing intellectual, journalist and historian. Littenseradiel is a municipality in the northern Netherlands. ... For information on the region extending from the Netherlands to Denmark, see Frisia. ... World map showing location of Europe When considered a continent, Europe is the worlds second smallest continent in terms of area, with an area of 10,600,000 km² (4,140,625 square miles), making it larger than Australia only. ... The term God is capitalized in the English language as a proper noun when used to refer to a Supreme Being. ... A century is one hundred of something, usually one hundred consecutive years, or 100 runs in cricket, or a bicycle ride of 100 miles in a day. ...
The church tower collapsed in 1951, but has since been rebuilt; the action to raise funds for the restoration included an open air play, which is still held every summer in the garden of the local notary.
Dutch writer GeertMak used Jorwert as the hook for his book Jorwerd: The Death of the Village in late 20th CenturyEurope (ISBN 1860468039) - though the Dutch title Hoe God verdween uit Jorwerd translates as How God disappeared from Jorwerd.
Mak describes the changes that have affected the village over the last century, and writes eloquently about the people and their experiences.
‘Geert’ is a Dutch forename of Germanic origin, equivalent to German Gert and English Gerry.
While speakers of most northern varieties of Dutch, which do not distinguish between the two phonemes, will pronounce the name as /xeːrt/, speakers of southern varieties will generally pronounce it as /ɣeːrt/.
While 'Geert' can be used as a name in its own right, it is often the 'roepnaam'* for persons who are formally called Gerard or Gerardus.
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