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Südbrookmerland
Südbrookmerland is a municipality in the Aurich (district), district of Aurich, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 7 km west of Aurich. Its seat is in the village Victorbur. Subdivisions Südbrookmerland is divided into ten districts (''Ortsteile''), namely: *Bedekaspel *Forlitz-Blaukirchen *Moordorf, Lower Saxony, Moordorf *Moorhusen, Südbrookmerland, Moorhusen *Münkeboe *Oldeborg *Theene *Uthwerdum *Victorbur *Wiegboldsbur References Towns and villages in East Frisia Aurich (district) Südbrookmerland {{Aurich-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moordorf, Lower Saxony
Moordorf is an East Frisian village in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is both the highest and most densely populated ''Ortsteil'' of the municipality of Südbrookmerland, in the district of Aurich (district), Aurich. Originally, Moordorf was a linear village but developed into a dispersed settlement due to the designation of new building areas. Moordorf was an independent municipality until it was incorporated into the municipality of Südbrookmerland on 1 July 1972. Moordorf's most notable feature is Moormuseum Moordorf, a museum depicting what life was like in the small huts on the East Frisian bog, moors. Etymology Initially, the place was called ''Kolonie am Schwarzen Weg''. From 1771 onwards, the name ''Mohrdorff'', later ''Moordorf'', prevailed. The origin of the name (which translates to English as "moor village") is sufficiently explained by its location in the moorland. Politics After World War II, Moordorf was a stronghold of the Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forlitz-Blaukirchen
Forlitz-Blaukirchen is an East Frisian village in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is an ''Ortsteil'' of the municipality of Südbrookmerland Südbrookmerland is a municipality in the Aurich (district), district of Aurich, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 7 km west of Aurich. Its seat is in the village Victorbur. Subdivisions Südbrookmerland is divided into .... It is located to the east of the Großes Meer. Forlitz-Blaukirchen was an independent municipality until it was incorporated into the municipality of Südbrookmerland on 1 July 1972. References {{Authority control Südbrookmerland Villages in Lower Saxony Towns and villages in East Frisia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moorhusen, Südbrookmerland
Moorhusen is an East Frisian village in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is an ''Ortsteil'' of the municipality of Südbrookmerland. It is located approximately two kilometers southeast of the village of Rechtsupweg. Moorhusen was an independent municipality until it was incorporated into the municipality of Südbrookmerland on 1 July 1972. Etymology Moorhusen was first mentioned in 1787 as ''Moorhuesen'' and has been recorded in its current spelling since 1823. The name corresponds to the Low German Low German is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language variety, language spoken mainly in Northern Germany and the northeastern Netherlands. The dialect of Plautdietsch is also spoken in the Russian Mennonite diaspora worldwide. "Low" ... form of ''Moorhausen'', which means "houses in the moor". References {{DEFAULTSORT:Moorhusen, Sudbrookmerland Südbrookmerland Villages in Lower Saxony Towns and villages in East Frisia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victorbur
Victorbur (Low German: ''Vitterbur'') is an East Frisian village in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is an ''Ortsteil'' and the seat of the municipality of Südbrookmerland, located directly to the north of Moordorf. Victorbur was an independent municipality until it was incorporated into the municipality of Südbrookmerland on 1 July 1972. Etymology The place name is derived from Viktor of Xanten, who is venerated in the local church. This saint was one of the soldiers of the legendary Theban Legion and was often venerated together with the soldiers Gereon and Mauritius. An early place name is ''St. Victoris-Hofe'' (1251, 1276), "the district dedicated to Saint Victor". ''Victor-Bur'' can be translated as "the farming community that is dedicated to the veneration of Saint Victor". The Low German Low German is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language variety, language spoken mainly in Northern Germany and the northeastern Netherlands. The dialect of Plautdietsch is als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uthwerdum
Uthwerdum is an East Frisian village in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is an ''Ortsteil'' of the municipality of Südbrookmerland, located east of Moordorf. Administratively, the Ortsteil of Uthwerdum includes the settlements of Abelitz, Georgsheil, Uthwerdum, and Victorburer Marsch. Uthwerdum was an independent municipality until it was incorporated into the municipality of Südbrookmerland on 1 July 1972. Etymology Uthwerdum was first mentioned in 1476 as ''to Uthwerdum''. Later, it was recorded as ''Uthwehrum'' (end of the 17th century) and ''Uthwerdum'' (1871). The name is to be interpreted as the Old Frisian dative plural form ''ut-werum'', i.e. "(at the) outermost (distant) weir A weir or low-head dam is a barrier across the width of a river that alters the flow characteristics of water and usually results in a change in the height of the water level. Weirs are also used to control the flow of water for outlets of l ...s". Other sources believe that the name is to be int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theene
Theene is an East Frisian village in Lower Saxony, Germany. A linear settlement, it is an ''Ortsteil'' of the municipality of Südbrookmerland Südbrookmerland is a municipality in the Aurich (district), district of Aurich, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 7 km west of Aurich. Its seat is in the village Victorbur. Subdivisions Südbrookmerland is divided into ..., located directly to the north of Wiegboldsbur. Theene was an independent municipality until it was incorporated into the municipality of Südbrookmerland on 1 July 1972. References {{Authority control Südbrookmerland Villages in Lower Saxony Towns and villages in East Frisia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oldeborg
Oldeborg is an East Frisian village in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the largest ''Ortsteil'' by area of the municipality of Südbrookmerland, in the district of Aurich. A dispersed settlement, the Orsteil includes four village cores: Engerhafe, Fehnhusen, Oldeborg, and Upende. History Oldeborg is a former site of a castle belonging to the Tom Brok family of chiefs and was first mentioned in 1415 as ''Oldenborch''. The current spelling has been in use since 1719. The name is composed of the Middle Low German ''olt'' or ''olde'', "old", and ''borg'', "castle". As early as 1938, the formerly independent rural communities of Engerhafe, Fehnhusen, Oldeborg, and Upende were united to form the larger municipality of Oldeborg, which together covered roughly the area of the medieval parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christianity, Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest# ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Münkeboe
Münkeboe is an East Frisian village in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is an ''Ortsteil'' of the municipality of Südbrookmerland, in the district of Aurich. It is located southwest of the Ewiges Meer and approximately 8 kilometers northwest of Aurich. Münkeboe was an independent municipality until it was incorporated into the municipality of Südbrookmerland on 1 July 1972. The village has a museum, Dörpmuseum Münkeboe, exhibiting old handicrafts and tools used by the rural population. The museum includes a functioning windmill, a wheelwright's shop, a blacksmith's shop, a carpenter's shop, a pottery, a bakery, a classroom, and a grocery store. Etymology Münkeboe is a moor settlement established in 1764 and first mentioned in the Engerhafe church register in 1771. The place was first recorded in 1787 as ''Münkeboo''. The current spelling has been documented since 1825. The name of the settlement means "monk's hut", which is based on the fact that, according to reports, the fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bedekaspel
Bedekaspel is an East Frisian village in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is an ''Ortsteil'' of the municipality of Südbrookmerland. It is located near the Großes Meer. A '' Haufendorf'', the village of Bedekaspel includes Wochenendsiedlung ("Weekend Settlement"), a recreational area on the northern shore of the Großes Meer, and Bedekaspeler Marsch. Bedekaspel was an independent municipality until it was incorporated into the municipality of Südbrookmerland on 1 July 1972. History The settlement was first officially mentioned in 1475 as ''Betekerke'' and recorded around 1500 as ''Bedekerspell''. ''Lopessumwalde'' may have been an earlier name for the village. The current name has been documented since 1595. The name ''Beede-Kirchspiel'' also appeared in the Emden city archives in 1645. The name was probably derived from Old Frisian ''bēte'', "penitence", and ''kerke'', "church", which can be assumed due to the growth of the settlement to parish (Middle Low German: ''kaspel'', ''kar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiegboldsbur
The formerly independent village of Wiegboldsbur (East Frisian Low Saxon: ''Wiebelsbur'') in East Frisia in North Germany has been part of the municipality of Südbrookmerland since the regional reform of 1972. Wiegboldsbur is a ribbon development (''Reihensiedlung'') and lies on the Großes Meer about 10 km northwest of the seaport of Emden. The parish chair is Bernhard Behrends (SPD). History Wiegboldsbur is one of the oldest settlements in East Frisia. The name ''Wiboldesholte'' was mentioned in the abbey registers of Werden Abbey. Other old documents refer to the settlement as: ''Wilboldeswolde, Wibolduskeriken, Wibbodeshoff, Wiboldeshoff'' and ''Wibaldinga''. The name ''Wibelsburen'' is also found on a church baptismal vessel dating to the year 1496. In the ''Brokmerbrief'', a 13th-century law book for the ''Brocmanni'' tribe, i.e. the inhabitants of the area west of Aurich cultivated until the end of the 12th century, it says in the 218th section (''Küre''): ''"The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Engerhafe
Engerhafe is an East Frisian village in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is part of the municipality of Südbrookmerland, administratively belonging to the ''Ortsteil'' of Oldeborg. The village is located on a spur of a Geest that runs through the middle of East Frisia. History The village appears under the names ''Buta-Ee'' ("outside the Ee") and ''Uthengrahove'' ("hove" indicates a court location) in documents from the period between 1250 and 1276. The construction of the church of Engerhafe, dedicated to John the Baptist, also dates from that period. The church has a detached bell tower and a borg from the fifteenth century that serves as a rectory. Since 1938, it has been part of the municipality of Oldeborg, together with the villages of Fehnhusen, Oldeborg, and Upende, which in turn has been an ''Ortsteil'' of the municipality of Südbrookmerland since 1972. Concentration camp A concentration camp was built near the village in October 1944 as a branch of the Neuengamme camp. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aurich (district)
Aurich is a district (''Landkreis'') in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the North Sea, the districts of Wittmund and Leer, and the city of Emden. History The history of the district is linked with the history of the region of East Frisia. The district was established in 1977 by merging the former districts of Aurich and Norden. Geography The district is located in the westernmost part of East Frisia (''Ostfriesland''). In the west there is the mouth of the river Ems and the Krummhörn peninsula protruding into the estuary. With a population of approximately 190,000 (as of 31 December 2016) it is the biggest district of East Frisia. The district includes the three populated islands of Juist, Norderney and Baltrum, which belong to the East Frisian Islands. The small island of Memmert south of Juist is a nature reserve housing rare birds. Part of the district belongs to the Lower Saxony Wadden Sea National Park. Islands: Norderney 26 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
