Osterloog

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Waloseum with quarantine station

Osterloog is a large terp in the northern district of Norddeich , which has a courtyard. The place was first mentioned in 1589 as the Osterloch . The current spelling has been in use since 1755. The name is a combination of the East Frisian-Low German term Loog (= village, place) with the cardinal direction East.

The former broadcasting station for the marine radio service ( Norddeich Radio ) was located in Osterloog . After its gradual shutdown, the transmission masts were dismantled. A small nature reserve was created on the land that this freed up . The former broadcasting building houses the so-called Waloseum , a permanent exhibition dedicated to the whale .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gretje Schreiber (local chronicle of the East Frisian landscape): Lintelermarsch, Stadt Norden, district Aurich (PDF; 886 kB), accessed on February 18, 2013.

Coordinates: 53 ° 37 '36 "  N , 7 ° 12' 40.2"  E