Lengenerland
The Lengenerland is a historical landscape in the northeastern district of Leer in East Friesland . It is next to the Overledingerland , the Moormerland and the Rheiderland one of the four historic areas of the district on the mainland, which are symbolized in the emblem of the circle with a four leaf clover. The name of this old Frisian regional municipality can be found in the name of today's municipality of Uplengen .
history
Like the other state communities in today's district, the Lengenerland emerged from the old Franconian Emsgau . It was first mentioned in a document in 1398. The main town was Remels , which was also a large parish. The Lengenerland had a defensive character, as it lay on the border between the Frisian areas and the Oldenburg Ammerland , with which there were frequent conflicts over the centuries. Remains of the most important castle can now be seen in Großsander . Furthermore, the Lengenerland was a rather barren sandy area. Thus, with the beginning of the end of Frisian freedom, no central chief rule could develop there. Only a few local village chiefs had won a priority position.
Only Focko Ukena , a son of Amke von Lengens, was able to establish a rule in southern East Frisia as a follower of Keno II. Tom Brok and united the Lengenerland with the surrounding regions. Ukena subsequently rebelled successfully against the tom Brok, but was defeated by the Cirksena a few years later . How deeply Ukena was rooted in the Lengenerland, however, shows a contract dated August 1, 1435. There, in addition to the Overledingerland and the Moormerland, the Lengenerland once again committed to assist Focko Ukena in battle. This treaty no longer came into force as Ukena died in 1436.
The Lengenerland initially formed an independent Lengen office . In the former rulership of Ukena, the people of Hamburg initially had the say, but they gradually passed control over to the Cirksena . From 1464 they became counts of East Frisia. The Lengen Office was incorporated into the Stickhausen Office in 1535. In the period that followed, the Lengenerland shared the fate of East Frisia and only found its independence as the municipality of Uplengen in the second half of the 20th century.