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Groningen is a city in the Netherlands.
Groningen may also refer to:
In geography:
- Groningen (province), a province of the Netherlands of which Groningen is the capital city
- Lordship of Groningen, the name under which the province was ruled by the Habsburg between 1536 and 1594
- Grøningen, a Norwegian lake
- Groningen, Suriname, a town in the Saramacca District, Suriname
- Groningen, Minnesota, a unincorporated community in Minnesota, United States
- Groningen, Michigan, United States
- Gröningen, a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
- Groeningen (North Brabant), a village in North Brabant, Netherlands
Other uses:
- Groningen (cattle), a breed of dairy cattle from the province of Groningen, black or red with a white head
- Groningen epidemic, an 1826 malaria epidemic that occurred in the city of Groningen
- Groningen 1946 chess tournament, an international chess tournament in the city of Groningen
- Groningen gas field, a natural gas field in province of Groningen
Groningen (; Gronings: Grönnen or Grunn; ) is the northeasternmost province of the Netherlands. It borders on Friesland to the west, Drenthe to the south, the German state of Niedersachsen (districts of Leer and Emsland) to the east, and the Wadden Sea to the north. In 2014, it had a population of 582,640 and a total area of .
The area was subsequently part of Frisia, the Frankish Empire, the Holy Roman Empire, and the Dutch Republic, which is the precursor state of the Netherlands. In the 14th century, the city of Groningen became a member of the Hanseatic League.
The capital of the province and the seat of the provincial government is the city of Groningen. Since 2016, René Paas has been the King's Commissioner in the province. A coalition of the Labour Party, People's Party for Freedom and Democracy, Democrats 66, and ChristianUnion forms the executive branch. The province is divided into 23 municipalities.
The land is mainly used for agriculture. There are sea ports in Delfzijl and Eemshaven. The Groningen gas field was discovered in 1959. The province is home to the University of Groningen and Hanze University of Applied Sciences.
Groningen (; Gronings: Grunnen; West Frisian: Grins) is the main municipality as well as the capital city of the eponymous province in the Netherlands. With a population of 200.336 as of 2015, it is the largest city in the north of the Netherlands. An old city, Groningen was the regional power of the northern Netherlands, a semi-independent city-state and member of the German Hanseatic League. Groningen is a university city: it houses the University of Groningen (about 28,000 students) and the Hanze University of Applied Sciences (about 25,000 students).
Gröningen is a town in the Börde district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It lies approx. 40 km south-west of Magdeburg, and 10 km east of Halberstadt. It has 4,180 inhabitants (December 2004). Gröningen is part of the Verbandsgemeinde Westliche Börde.
Usage examples of "groningen".
Dokkum again and she has kindly offered the car so that we can to to Groningen, only it may be too far for her to go.
On the third day they went to Groningen, where they had lunch at the Cremaillere Restaurant and took a slow stroll past the university.
It was in Groningen, he told her, in the very heart of the city, and Alethea instantly conjured up a picture of a red brick town house with square bay windows and ugly plaster work adding an unnecessary decoration.
I have to see the following weekend--would you like to go back with me to Groningen for a quick visit?
Sarre pointed out anything which he considered might interest her and she asked questions--not as many as she would have wished, but she knew that he wanted to reach Groningen as quickly as possible and he was nice enough to slow down each time she exclaimed over something which caught her eye.
They were going from Dover this time, with the Hovercraft, an early evening crossing which meant that they would be back in Groningen well before midnight.
He had told her that he had inherited the house in Groningen, and doctors, she knew, did get discount on things, but there were still the servants and the upkeep of the big house.
It had been a happy affair and she had enjoyed the long journey back to Groningen with Sarre.
He received them in an office on the top floor of an old house in the heart of Groningen and offered them a glass of sherry while he and Sarre discussed money.
As wealthy as the neighbour hood in which they lived in Groningen, thought Alethea wryly.
She went back to the shops after that, to buy presents for the children, and her grandmother, Mrs Bustle and lastly for the staff in Groningen, an exercise which kept her busy until lunch time, when she obediently took a taxi back to the hotel, had her lunch and then went for a walk by the lake.
He works at the provincial headquarters in Groningen, has a wife and three children between teen and university ages, is a pillar of the community and active upon committees of many a good-works nature.
Then you get on to the academy in Groningen, tell the rector to send a replacement, to sort out the senior staff here: they may not be entirely clear.
Dutch taste, in Groningen as elsewhere, in dainty underthings is deplorable.
But hallo, the good ladies of Groningen may be inclined to thickness but.