The Dutch in Poland: A History.

[Your Old Comrade]

Dedicating these two to my friend Katarzyna. Geniet ervan!

The term Olęder, Polish Olędrzy largely refers to Dutch, Frisian, and German Mennonite settlers who came to Poland and Ukraine starting in the 16th century, establishing their own towns with their own unique culture and language that, in some places, survived until 1945.

Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:36 - Mandatory Wilhelmus
0:45 - Polish Interlude
0:54 - The Netherlands and Poland
1:30 - Hollanders, or Germans?
2:58 - Why did the Dutch go to Poland?
4:05 - Frisians
4:28 - Frisian Interlude
4:43 - The Eighty Years War
5:43 - Why Poland?
6:35 - Hanseatic League
7:00 - First Dutch Settlements in Poland
8:32 - Dutch, Frisians, Germans, Poles
9:32 - Who were the Olęder?
10:50 - Olęder Architecture
14:00 - Olęder Social Organisation
14:22 - Mennonites, Catholics, Religious Freedom
15:41 - Frisian vs Flemish Mennonites
16:41 - What language did the Olęders speak?
18:57 - Dutch Interlude
19:18 - Language Politics
19:43 - Olęder Schools
21:08 - Exodus of the Russian Mennonites to Crimea
22:37 - Germanisation of the Olęders
23:24 - The End of the Olęders
24:05 - German Interlude
24:30 - The Disappearance of the Olęders
25:06 - Surviving Traces of the Olęders
28:30 - Is my girlfriend a Mennonite Spy?
29:49 - Outro
30:48 - Flag Competition

Gdańsk, also known by its German name of Danzig, is a picturesque city on Poland’s Baltic coast. Visitors might feel a strong Low Countries vibe from its tall, narrow buildings with sleek facades lining the canals, looking more like Amsterdam or Antwerpen than Warsaw or Szczecin. Already since the Middle Ages, this city has had connections with what is today Belgium and the Netherlands, manifesting in various parts of its culture, architecture, and history as we will find out more about in this video. From the Hanseatic League and Flemish architects and painters, to the merchants of the Dutch Republic and Mennonites fleeing religious persecution to set up their own communities of Olędrzy, the history of Gdańsk has, in part, been shaped by people from the Low Countries.

[Katarzyna]

Here is another Pole who will be in the Netherlands soon again

[Your Old Comrade]

Here is another Pole who will be in the Netherlands soon again

Always welcome!

[Katarzyna]

Always welcome!

Ja, hopelijk zien we elkaar

[Your Old Comrade]

Ja, hopelijk zien we elkaar

Of ik kom wel naar Duitsland. Volgens mij kan ik hier gewoon op de trein stappen

[Katarzyna]

Of ik kom wel naar Duitsland. Volgens mij kan ik hier gewoon op de trein stappen

Ja, dat kan ook. Klopt.

[Your Old Comrade]

Ja, dat kan ook. Klopt.

Alleen moet ik dat kaartje dan òf online kopen, òf naar Utrecht. Meh. Geen probleem.

[Peterski]

Here an interesting website: http://holland.org.pl/index_en.htm