Ostdorf (Dornum)

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Since November 1, 2001, Ostdorf has belonged to the Westdorf district of the Dornum municipality in the Aurich district in Lower Saxony . It is about one kilometer east of Westdorf and 3.5 kilometers west of Nesse. The settlement of the terp of Ostdorf began already during the Roman Empire . The place was first referred to as Asthatorp in 1437 . Later name variants are Osterdorpe (1499), Oesterdorp (1552), Osdorp (1589) and Ostdorff . In 1848 there were 115 residents in Ostdorf, spread over 24 residential buildings.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Orthodox writers of the East Frisian landscape : Westdorf, Samtgemeinde Dornum, district Aurich (PDF; 23 kB). Accessed July 19, 2013.

Coordinates: 53 ° 38 ′ 49.2 "  N , 7 ° 19 ′ 56.3"  E