Emsigerland
The Emsigerland is a historical landscape on the western edge of East Friesland directly on the Wadden Sea and covers a wide area around the city of Emden . The Emsigerland borders in the north on the Federgau , in the northeast on the Brookmerland , in the east on the Moormerland and in the south on the Rheiderland .
The Emsigerland emerged from a historical state community, the Emsgau , whose economic focus it formed. In contrast to the rest of East Friesland, there was no system of chieftains , the Emsgo countries and thus also the Emsigerland remained autonomous. This changed in 1379 when the region was taken over by the tom Brok , whose heir was the Cirksena .
literature
- Hajo van Lengen : History of the Emsigerland from the early 13th to the late 15th century . 2 volumes. Aurich 1973.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hajo van Lengen (Ed.): The Frisian Freedom of the Middle Ages - Life and Legend , Verlag Ostfriesische Landschaft, Aurich 2003, p. 69, ISBN 3-932206-30-4