The ommelanden (In English: surrounding lands) are the parts of the province Groningen, that surround the city Groningen. Usually mentioned as synonym for the province in the expression Stad en Ommeland (city and ommeland) The erea was frisian-speaking but under the influence of the Saxon city of Groningen most of the erea turned to speaking a lower-saxon dialect. A reminder of the frisian past is the ommelander-flag which looks a lot like the frisian provicial flag but has more and narrower stripes and more red hearts(and not as believed by the frisians waterlilie-leaves). The erea is made up of the following regions:Westerkwartier,Hunsingo,Fivelingo,Groningen City and Gorecht,Hogeland,Woldstreek and Westerwolde. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... The flag of Groningen Groningen is the northeast province of the Netherlands with a typical dialect (Gronings) with regional nuances. ... Groningen (or Grunn in the local dialect) is a municipality and a middle-size city in the north of the Netherlands, and capital of Groningen province. ...
By the 14th century, Groningen was a practically independent aristocratic republic that controlled the (Frisian) Ommelanden (Surrounding Regions) between the Ems (Eems) River and the Lauwerszee and maintained a tight monopoly of trade in the area.
Although Groningen acquired a dominant position in the region, the disputes persisted; the Ommelanden subscribed to the Union of Utrecht (1579) and the revolt against Spain, while the town of Groningen remained loyal to the Spanish king.
The northern part of the province is flat and consists of marine and sandy clay, particularly in the estuaries reclaimed in the Middle Ages and the polders reclaimed later along the northern coast.
Gronings can equally be defined as a Dutch or Low Saxon dialects spoken in the Netherlands province of Groningen and in some adjoining areas: one in Groningen city, four in the outlands (or Ommelanden), and Westerwolds.
They are the result of an intermingling of 4 languages: Low Saxon (the result of 9th-century Saxon domination), Frisian (the province of Groningen was part of Friesland untill the city of Groningen became the dominant factor in the region in the 15th century), Dutch, and (to a lesser extent) English and Danish (Anglo Saxon).
This influence is not found in the dialects spoken in the surrounding communities.
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