There was a recent news article related to the Netherlands that the Netherlands was changing the name of the country from "Netherlands" to "Netherlands". All kinds of ridicule followed, some people said that the Netherlands changed the name of the country, Henan people are the happiest, no longer need to explain "I am a Henan, not a Dutch".
In fact, what everyone calls the habitual "Netherlands" is not the real name of the country known for its lowlands, windmills, and oranges. The official name of "Netherlands" was originally the Netherlands, and the English name of the country was written as "The Kingdomdom oftheNetherlands." "And Holland is just two provinces of the Netherlands: North Holland and South Holland.
The Netherlands is located in western Europe, bordering the North Sea to the north and west, Germany to the east and Belgium to the south. The Netherlands is one of the few lowland countries in the world, with 24% of the land below sea level. The Netherlands began to cultivate land around the sea more than 800 years ago, and now covers an area of 41,500 square kilometers, of which about 0.6 million square kilometers are created around the sea. The official name of the Netherlands is "Netherlands", which means low-lying land.
The first-level administrative division of the Netherlands is the province, and there are 12 provinces in the country, as well as a number of overseas administrative districts. There are two provinces on the western coastal region of the Netherlands, north of the north of the province of North Holland and south of the province of South Holland, these two provinces have a very high status in the Netherlands. Why? The Netherlands has three major cities, the capital is the famous Amsterdam, but the Dutch management is based in The Hague, and Rotterdam, which is a world-class large port. Amsterdam is located in the southeast of the province of North Holland, on the southwest coast of Lake Söll (Zuider Sea), while the Hague and Rotterdam are both located in the province of South Holland. There is a famous Rhine River in Western Europe, which the Germans call the "Father River of Germany", and the Rhine River flows into the North Sea in the Dutch province of South Holland.
Before the 16th century (1501-1600) in the Netherlands, the domestic situation was chaotic, and various forces fought and fought. From then on, the Netherlands came under Spanish rule, but from 1568 onwards, a war against Spanish rule broke out in the Netherlands, known as the Northern Province of Spain, known as the Lowland Rebellion on the Spanish side.
The area of the Netherlands includes not only what is now the Netherlands, but also Belgium, Luxembourg and parts of northern France. Spain's economic development has been tepid, as it was hundreds of years ago. The Netherlands was one of the most developed regions in Europe at that time, and its manufacturing and commerce and finance were stronger than Spain's. Spain used the Netherlands as a cash machine, and when it ran out of money, it withdrew money from the Netherlands, and half of Spain's income was looted from the Netherlands. Even so, Spain still felt that the Netherlands should pay more money to itself, and all kinds of eating cards would drive the Dutch people crazy.
Even more unacceptable to the Dutch, Spain has also issued various regulations restricting the economic development of the Netherlands, so as not to widen the economic gap between Spain and the Netherlands. In addition, King Philip II of Spain also strengthened the spiritual control of the Dutch, using various brutal means to suppress the spiritual world of the Dutch. The Dutch could not bear it any longer and began to rebel against the brutal rule of Spain.
The first battle of the Netherlandish anti-Western struggle, generally known as the Battle of Heilihele, took place in Heilihle in the present-day province of Groningen in the northeastern Netherlands. The Dutch army was defeated by the Spanish army in the early battles, but the Dutch army soon gained a foothold and fought back against Spain. By 1573, the Dutch rebels, whom Spain had scornfully called "beggars on the sea", annihilated the fleet of the Spanish Duke of Alva.
When the war fought until 1609 AD, Spain could not hold out and was forced to sign the Treaty of Amberes with the Netherlands. The treaty provided for a 12-year truce between the two sides, the lifting of the trade embargo on the provinces of the Netherlands by Spain, and the independence of the provinces.
By 1621, the two sides fought again. The Dutch (Dutch) navy threatened to defeat the Spanish fleet several times, but the Netherlands, seeing that France was gradually rising, decided to truce with Spain so as not to let France take advantage. Against this background, in January and October 1648, Spain signed the Treaties of Münster and Westphalia with the Netherlands, ending the famous Eighty Years' War, which meant the formal independence of the Netherlands.
In fact, as early as 1581, the Netherlands established the United Provinces of the Netherlands. In the era of the Seven Provinces United Republic, the Dutch province was the most powerful of them, such as the largest area, the largest population, and the strongest economic strength. Over time, people often replaced the "Netherlands" with "Netherlands".
The dutch province is indeed strong, but the Netherlands does not only have a Dutch province, and the Dutch people outside the Dutch province are very dissatisfied with the dutch name to replace the name of the Netherlands, and often protest. This should be well understood, for example, California is the most powerful state in the United States, but it should not be called California because of this. The dutch province was later divided into North Holland and South Holland, but the strength of these two provinces still ranked first among the Dutch provinces.
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The news that the Netherlands wants to change the name of the country is actually a "oolong", and what the Netherlands really wants to change is the national logo. The original logo bears the word "Holland", while the new logo bears the word "Netherlands". The reason is that the Dutch tourism industry is developed, but most tourists go to the provinces of North Holland and South Holland, and there are fewer tourists in other provinces. So the Netherlands wanted more tourists to go to other provinces, in order to avoid too prominent "Holland", so it thought of changing the name. Some people are worried that they will not be able to call it "Holland" in the future, but this worry is not necessary, in the Chinese world, the Netherlands is still the Netherlands.
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