Buise

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Buise was an East Frisian island that sank in the 17th century, with an unsafe location and extent.

Because there is no exact sources of this period, it is assumed that Buise in the devastating floods of 1219 and 1362 from a larger island, the Roman naturalist Pliny the Elder in his around the year 50 caused our era travelogue as Burchana referred had emerged. According to other sources, businesses such as Juist , Borkum and Memmert came into being with the All Saints Flood in 1170 from the island of Bant, which was torn in parts by the storm surge .

During the Second Marcellus Flood of 1362, Buise broke into two parts. The eastern half was called Oesterende or until 1406 Ostend and later "Nynorderoog" or "Norder neye Oog" (New North Island), today's island of Norderney .

Due to weather and current-related erosion of the dunes, the western part disappeared in the second half of the 17th century. The Petri flood of 1651 , but also the year 1690, are mentioned as the exact point in time .

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References and individual references

  1. Gottfried Kiesow: Architectural Guide Ostfriesland . German Foundation for Monument Protection - Monuments Publications, Bonn 2009, ISBN 978-3-86795-021-3 , p. 364 .

Coordinates: 53 ° 42 '  N , 7 ° 9'  E