Hunsingo

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Hunsingo around 1300

Hunsingo ( Gronings : Hunzego ) is a region in the Dutch province of Groningen . It lies between the Reitdiep and the Maarvliet. In the north it borders on the Wadden Sea , in the east on Fivelgo , in the west on the Westerkwartier and Friesland and in the south on the Gorecht .

The name describes the " Gau der Hunze ". The Hunze is a river that today flows to the Lauwerszee . Approx. In 800 it flowed into the Wadden Sea at Pieterburen . Due to sediment deposits from the sea, which raised the land to the sea and the repeated incursion of the Lauwerszee system into the hinterland (approx. 2000 BC to 800 BC), the Hunze sought its new mouth further west. It is now called Reitdiep after the artificial deepening and straightening in a large part of its course . Hunsingo was originally much smaller. By dike and land reclamation, the area expanded to the Wadden Sea. Also, these reclaimed land areas are a few meters higher than the land within the old dykes due to the mentioned constant sediment deposits of the sea, which is why this new part of the Hunsingo is also known as the Groninger Hogeland (in German 'Hohes Land' or 'Hochland').

Hunsingo was the first member of the Frisian Ommelander Union , the main town is Winsum . The three wadden islands Rottumerplaat , Rottumeroog and Zuiderduintjes also belong to the Hunsingo. Just like Fivelgo , Hunsingo was originally a Frisian district. The Gau had four districts: the Marnsterdeel , the Halfambsterdeel , the Oostambtsterdeel and Middagland or Midgo . The Middagland later had to be given to the Westerkwartier. So it came about that Hunsingo only consisted of three districts.

Today, Hunsingo is one of the most important business locations in the province of Groningen thanks to the Eemshaven and the shrimp village of Zoutkamp .

Individual evidence

  1. Landscape history of the North Netherlands (Dutch)