page_title: Greater Netherlands
hierarchical_section_title: Greater Netherlands
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Groot-Nederland en haar provincies.
context_page_description: Greater Netherlands is a hypothetical monolingual polity formed by fusing the two Dutch-speaking regions of Flanders and the Netherlands. The concept was originally developed by Pieter Geyl, who argued that the two only separated during the Eighty Years' War against Spain in the 16th century.
  The Greater Netherlands movement has long been divided on the political form the polity would take, considering among others a confederation, a federation, or a unitary state. Equal division exists on the future status of Brussels, considered the most difficult point in any scenario of a partition of Belgium.
context_section_description: Greater Netherlands (Dutch: Groot-Nederland) is a hypothetical monolingual polity formed by fusing the two Dutch-speaking regions of Flanders and the Netherlands. The concept was originally developed by Pieter Geyl, who argued that the two only separated during the Eighty Years' War against Spain in the 16th century.
  The Greater Netherlands movement has long been divided on the political form the polity would take, considering among others a confederation, a federation, or a unitary state. Equal division exists on the future status of Brussels, considered the most difficult point in any scenario of a partition of Belgium.
caption: Flag map of Greater Netherlands with provinces, including the Netherlands and Flanders.
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