The Auricherland was an historic region, in central

East Frisia East Frisia () or East Friesland (; ; ; ) is a historic region in the northwest of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is primarily located on the western half of the East Frisia (peninsula), East Frisian peninsula, to the east of West Frisia and to the ...

, which covered a large area around the town of

Aurich Aurich (; East Frisian Low Saxon: ''Auerk'', West Frisian: ''Auwerk'', ) is a town in the East Frisian region of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Aurich and is the second largest City in East Frisia, both in popula ...

in north Germany.Heinrich Schmidt, Christine van den Heuvel, Bernd Kappelhoff, Thomas Vogtherr: ''Land, Dorf und Kirche: Gemeindebildungen vom Mittelalter bis zur Neuzeit in Nordwestdeutschland''. Peine 2009. . p. 114. The Auricherland bordered in the west on the Brokmerland, in the north on the Norderland and the

Harlingerland The Harlingerland is a strip of land on the North Sea coast of East Frisia. While today the whole of the district of Wittmund is usually described as Harlingerland, historically it specifically refers to the northern part of the present district, ...

, in the east on

Östringen Östringen ( South Franconian: ''Öschdringe'') is a town in Northern Karlsruhe district in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Östringen is a twin town with Abergavenny Abergavenny (; , , archaically , ) is a market town and Community (Wales), ...

and in the south on the Lengenerland and the

Moormerland Moormerland is a municipality in the Leer (district), Leer District, in Lower Saxony, northwestern Germany. History Moormerland was created on January 1, 1973 by uniting eleven independent municipalities. The eleven constituent Ortschaft, Ortsc ...

References

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