- Groep fan Auwerk
The Groep fan Auwerk is an organisation that struggles for an independent
Greater Frisia . The land that covers the Greater Frisia region, according the Groep fan Auwerk [http://en.groepfanauwerk.org/newpage0.html] , comprises four parts as expressed in the Pan-Frisian flag advocated by the group:* Westlauwersk Fryslân
**Province ofFriesland in theNetherlands
* Eastlauwers Friesland
** Province of Groningen in the Netherlands
* West-Friesland
**Region in the province ofNorth-Holland in theNetherlands
* Oost-Freesland
**Region of Eastern Friesland (includingEast Frisia ,Saterland , Landkreis Friesland,Wilhelmshaven ,Rüstringen ,Land Wursten , Landkreis Cuxhaven) inGermany
* Nord-Fraschlönj
** Region ofNorth Frisia in Germany (including Dithmarschen, although Ditmarschen has no Frisian population) [http://en.groepfanauwerk.org/links.html] .History
The organisation was founded in
2003 by presenting their declaration. In2005 the group began its first political activity: Frisian nationality was requested in the province of Friesland in the Netherlands. After that, the FRLlicense plate sticker action took place: in theEurope an license plate the country code in the blue part with the European stars had an FRL country code. The intention was that people would put it on their license plate showing they preferred to be Frisian.The group took several other actions, such as the "anti-Nazi helmet" which was produced by a Dutch company for the world football championship in 2006.
On
23 September 2006 the group presented the Pan-Frisian flag. Thisflag is to be applied to all the Frisian regions.Politics
The group is politically active, working towards a stronger Frisian identity. The area of operation for the Groep fan Auwerk is the territories considered to be a part of "Greater Frisia". A good example is the request for the Frisian
nationality : Frisian nationality should be made optional for all the Frisians besides their Dutch or Germancitizenship External links
* [http://en.groepfanauwerk.org/index.html Groep fan Auwerk]
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