Editing Franeker (section)

===Early history===
Franeker was founded around 800 as a [[Carolingian]] stronghold. The name probably derives from ''Froon-acker'', meaning 'land of the lord/king'; the oldest street in the city is still called Froonacker. Beginning around the 11th century, Franeker developed into the administrative center of northern [[Westergoa]].<ref name="geschiedenis">{{Cite web |url=https://www.franeker.frl/verhalen/geschiedenis-van-franeker/ |title=Geschiedenis van Franeker |trans-title=History of Franeker |website=Franeker.frl |access-date=7 November 2024 |language=nl}}</ref>

Franeker received [[City rights in the Netherlands|city rights]] in 1417,<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu06_01/sten009monu06_01_0061.php |title=Monumenten in Nederland. Fryslân. |trans-title=Monuments in the Netherlands. Friesland. |last1=Broekhoven |first1=Sabine |last2=Ginkel-Meester |first2=Saskia |last3=Kolman van |first3=Chris |last4=Kuiper |first4=Yme |last5=Stenvert |first5=Ronald |publisher=Waanders Uitgevers |location=Zwolle |year=2000 |isbn=90-400-9476-4 |language=nl |page=131}}</ref> when it was recognised as an independent city and, through the {{lang|nl|Buurbrief}} ('Citizen's letter'), formally separated from the [[grietenij]] {{ill|Franekeradeel (before 1984)|lt=Franekeradeel|nl|Franekeradeel (voor 1984)}}.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wm_TAAAAMAAJ&q=stadsrechten+franeker |title=De Friesche stadrechten |trans-title=The Frisian city rights |series=Werken der Vereeniging tot Uitgaaf der Bronnen van het Oud- Vaderlandsche Recht |volume=5 |last=Telting |first=A. |year=1883 |publisher=M. Nijhoff |location=The Hague |language=nl}}</ref>