Burhafe (South Brookmerland)

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Burhafe is a former church village in the municipality of Südbrookmerland , which was first given the name Burhoff in 1475 . The place name means church of a peasantry .

history

When Brookmerland emerged as an autonomous state municipality in the 13th century, it was divided into three central districts, each with two main churches: Marienhafe and Engerhafe , Bedekaspel and Südwolde (today's Blaukirchen ) as well as Wiegboldsbur and Burhafe. In the 14th century, the collapse of the Leybucht led to major drainage problems in the area of ​​Burhafe. The lowlands came increasingly under water and the Great Sea expanded. As a result, the village of Burhafe, which was still part of the Ihlow Monastery around 1500 , gradually had to be abandoned. Today only individual farms remain in the Victorburer Marsch , which have been listed as Klein and Groß Burhafe since 1735 . They belong to the district of Uthwerdum .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ortschronisten der Ostfriesischen Landschaft: Uthwerdum, municipality Südbrookmerland, district Aurich (PDF; 890 kB), accessed on January 19, 2013.

Coordinates: 53 ° 27 ′ 21.3 "  N , 7 ° 16 ′ 51.1"  E