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"Moin" and welcome! The East Frisia portal offers an overview of the most important and newest articles on the subject of East Frisia, a unique historic and cultural region in North Germany on the North Sea coast. The portal contains links to a cross-section of articles from the areas of history and politics, geography and economy, art and culture, and some of the important personalities of the region. edit
Geography and nature East Frisia is a region in the northwest of Germany, on the North Sea coast. The East Frisian Islands just off the mainland belong to the region. Beyond the line of dykes is the coastline, directly affected by the tide, and the mudflats of the Wadden Sea. The mainland is characterised by marshes, geest and moorland; the islands by dunes. The region is divided into the three districts of Aurich, Leer and Wittmund and the town of Emden. Towns: Aurich | Borkum | Emden | Esens | Leer | Norden | Norderney | Weener | Wiesmoor | Wittmund Municipalities: Aurich district: Baltrum | Brookmerland | Dornum | Großefehn | Großheide | Hage | Hinte | Ihlow | Juist | Krummhörn | Südbrookmerland Leer district: Bunde | Hesel | Jemgum | Jümme | Moormerland | Ostrhauderfehn | Rhauderfehn | Uplengen | Westoverledingen Wittmund district: Esens | Friedeburg | Holtriem | Langeoog | Spiekeroog Lakes and rivers: Harle | Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park | Dollart | Leybucht | Ems | Leda | Jümme | Großes Meer Regions: Auricherland | Brokmerland | East Frisian peninsula | Emsigerland | Harlingerland | Norderland | Rheiderland Islands, sandbanks and Platen: Borkum | Juist | Norderney | Baltrum | Langeoog | Spiekeroog | Memmert | Lütje Hörn | Kachelotplate edit History The history of East Frisia is marked by centuries of struggle by its people against storms and flooding from the sea, by the emergence of the concept of "Frisian freedom" in the Middle Ages and by the relative isolation of the region by moors. As a political entity the County of East Frisia appeared in 1464 on the imperial stage. After 1744 it belonged in succession to Prussia, the Kingdom of Holland, France, the Kingdom of Hanover and again to Prussia. Since 1946 the region has been part of the state of Lower Saxony. The dissolution of the province of Aurich in 1978 ended the history of East Frisia as a political and administrative unit. General history: History of East Frisia | Eala Frya Fresena | Frisian freedom | Grote Mandrenke | Christmas flood of 1717 History of towns and regions: History of the Brookmerland Military history: Battle of Detern | Frisian-Frankish wars | Friso-Hollandic wars edit Art and culture The region has a large number of historic buildings, including castles and palaces, Gulf farmhouses and town houses. A number of museums and libraries have national significance. Around 100 churches date to the Romanesque and Gothic periods and many house valuable organs. The East Frisian Regional Association (Ostfriesische Landschaft) supports local culture as well as the preservation of the plattdeutsch language. Museums, libraries and archives: Castles: Evenburg | Haneburg | Harderwykenburg Other buildings: Gulf farmhouse | Leaning Tower of Suurhusen Language: Moin | East Frisian Low Saxon | East Frisian language Religion: Evangelical Reformed Church Customs and culture: East Frisian jokes | Maibaum | Martinisingen Sport: Kickers Emden | Boßeln | Klootschießen edit East Frisian biographies In the course of the previous centuries East Frisia has produced a number of notable people. In many cases they began or pursued their careers outside the region. See also: List of East Frisian people Chieftains: Aldgisl | Focko Ukena | Ocko I tom Brok | Ocko II tom Brok | tom Brok Nobility: Counts of East Frisia | Anna of Oldenburg | Edzard the Great | Edzard II | Enno II | Enno III | Enno Louis | Rudolf Christian | Ulrich I | Ulrich II Science: Hermann Conring | Rudolf Eucken | Johannes Fabricius | Rudolf von Jhering | Onno Klopp | Johann Christian Reil Theology: Menso Alting | Ubbo Emmius Culture: Ludolf Bakhuizen | Karl Dall | Henri Nannen | Wolfgang Petersen | Otto Waalkes Politics: Garrelt Duin Sport: Dieter Eilts | Marco Kutscher | Heidi Hartmann | Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt edit Economy and transport East Frisia's economy is dominated by agriculture, tourism and several manufacturing and service industries. Amongst the largest industrial concerns are a Volkswagen factory and a wind energy system manufacturer. The economic hub of the region is Emden. Shipping has been a tradition in East Frisia for centuries. The town of Leer is one of the largest German shipping company centres. In the 1850s the region began to be opened up by the railway and has been linked to the motorway network since the 1970s. Businesses: Enercon | Nordseewerke | Ostfriesische Lufttransport | Luftverkehr Friesland Harle Public services: Richthofen Squadron | Lower Saxon State Department for Waterway, Coastal and Nature Conservation Media: Transport: A 28 | A 31 | A 280 | Emden Airfield edit  Info: The members and supporters of the East Frisia portal are listed here by topic and geographical assignment. Information on missing articles is given here. Your questions about East Frisia may be answered at the talk page. edit	Quick start   East Frisia   History of East Frisia   East Frisians   Portal:East Frisia/Index Wikipedia in the local dialects   Plattdüütsch Wikipedia   Frysk Wikipedia Category tree [−] East Frisia [×] Church in East Frisia [+] History of East Frisia [×] Towns and villages in East Frisia [+] East Frisians [+] Geography of East Frisia [×] East Frisia stubs edit Image of the month The coat of arms of the County of East Frisia The County of East-Frisia was created in 1464 by Emperor Frederick III in the region of East Frisia in northwest Germany. It eventually fell to Prussia in 1744. more… Image management | edit Article of the month The Leybucht is the second largest bay in East Frisia after the Dollart. The Jade Bight is larger than both, but belongs historically to Oldenburg. The bay lies in western East Frisia between the port of Greetsiel and Norddeich, about 18 kilometres north of Emden and 25 kilometres west of the county town of Aurich. It has an area of about 19 km². It attained its maximum extent of 129 km² following the storm surges of 1374 and 1376 and stretched from Greetsiel in the west to Marienhafe in the east and from the edge of the town of Norden as far as Canhusen (in the municipality of Hinte) in the south. In the centuries that followed the bay was increasingly empoldered so that by 1950 it had been reduced to its present size. The Leybucht lies in the Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park (Nationalpark Niedersächsisches Wattenmeer) and belongs to Zone I. It enjoys special protection, not least because of the fauna and flora of its salt marshes. more… Article management | edit Did you know, that...? ... Rudolf Eucken who was born in Aurich is the only Nobel prize winner from East Frisia? more… edit New and expanded articles The following are articles, related to East Frisia, added in the last six months. All articles on East Frisia are here; Articles on East Frisian people are here. East Frisian peninsula 12 July 2010 Groothusen 9 July 2010 East Frisian jokes 6 July 2010 Saterland Frisians 5 July 2010 West Frisians 4 July 2010 North Frisians 4 July 2010 Harle 4 July 2010 February flood of 1825 4 July 2010 Süderoog 4 July 2010 Jheringsfehn 4 July 2010 Frisian Way 3 July 2010 Rheiderland 3 July 2010 Emsigerland 3 July 2010 Federgo 3 July 2010 Auricherland 3 July 2010 East Frisians 3 July 2010 Sandwater 2 July 2010 Harlingerland 2 July 2010 tom Brok 2 July 2010 Ocko II tom Brok 2 July 2010 Battle of Detern 2 July 2010 Brokmerland 2 July 2010 Appingen Abbey 1 July 2010 Cirksena 1 July 2010 Ocko I tom Brok 1 July 2010 Norddeich (Norden) 1 July 2010 Leybuchtpolder 1 July 2010 Emden-Pewsum-Greetsiel Light Railway 30 June 2010 Pilsum Lighthouse 30 June 2010 Pewsum 30 June 2010 Leybucht 30 June 2010 Greetsiel 28 June 2010 Haubarg 28 June 2010 Uthland-Frisian house 28 June 2010 Wiegboldsbur 27 June 2010 Frisian house 27 June 2010 New article management |  add new articles In the news With seven concerts held on Midsummer's Day on the East Frisian Islands, the group Triangel is attempting to get into the Guinness Book of Records. At midnight, the group played first on Borkum, then made their way throughout the day to Wangerooge, where the final concert of the day was given at 9:30 pm. Source: Norderneyer Morgen, 23 June 2010 Link Football Oberliga side, Kickers Emden, will host its games in future in the Deichkicker Arena. With this renaming of the stadium, the club is drawing a line under the era of former Kickers president, Engelbert Schmidt, after whose company the venue was named five years ago. Source: Ostfriesen Zeitung, 12 May 2010 Link The municipality of Krummhörn is hoping to establish a partnership with Grundy County in Iowa. Many of the local Iowan inhabitants are descended from East Frisian emigrants. If the Krummhörn council agrees, the partnership could be sealed in October in the Grundy Centre during "East Frisian week". Source: Emder Zeitung, 11 May 2010 Link The town of Leer hopes to be included in a state programme of renovating old town centres. This would make available 4.4 million euros within the next ten years. Grants are primarily for private houses that are listed buildings which are worth preserving. The renovation action is needed; out of 410 buildings surveyed in the old town 243 have small, medium or major damage. The application for funding must be made by 1 June. Source: Ostfriesen Zeitung, 7 May 2010 Link Dykes in the town of Emden and in Aurich district survived the winter well. Two light floods caused virtually no damage to the dykes and sluice between Borssumer Siel and the Leybucht.Source: Emder Zeitung, 7 May 2010 Link In April the employment district of Emden had the steepest drop in the unemployment rate of all districts in Lower Saxony. The rate fell from 10% in March to its currentlevel of 8.5%, below last year's level of 9.1%. This represents a decrease of 14.8% over March 2010 and by 5.4% over the previous year. Source: Ostfriesische Nachrichten, 29 April 2010 Link Aurich has been cholse to be the organizer of the Day of Lower Saxony in 2011. This is the second time the town has hosted the state event, the last time being in 1982. The event due to take place from 24 to 26 June 2011. Source: Ostfriesische Nachrichten, 28. April 2010 Link Alpha ventus, the first and only German offshore wind farm, was officially put into operation at an official ceremony on the supply platform. The wind farm is expected to supply at least 220 gigawatt hours of energy every year to the grid. This is enough to supply 50,000 households. Source: Spiegel Online, 27 April 2010 Link The 29th Ossiloop run will start this evening with a record attendance of over 2,200 runners from Bensersiel. The running event is the largest of its kind in East Friesland. This year, its direction was changed. For the first time it will run from the sea to Leer. Source: General Anzeiger, 27 April 2010 Link edit Missing articles The following are wanted articles, related to East Frisia, that exist on German Wikipedia. Lakes and rivers: Ewiges Meer - Kleines Meer - Lengener Meer Regions: Lengenerland - Overledingerland Islands, etc.: Bingumer Sand Moors: Berumerfehner Moor General history: Upstalsboom - Theelacht - Brokmerbrief - East Frisian chieftains - East Frisian abbeys - Osterhusischer Akkord - History of the Jews in East Frisia - Moor colonisation History of towns etc.: History of Aurich - History of Emden - History of Esens - History of Leer - History of Norden Museums, etc: East Frisian State Museum - Johannes a Lasco Library - Organeum - Emden Art Centre - Ihlow Abbey Castles: Beningaburg - Burg Berum - Burg Hinta - Lütetsburg Castle - Manningaburg - Norderburg (Dornum) - Philippsburg - Steinhaus Bunderhee Other buildings: Bunker in Emden - Kesselschleuse (Emden) - Orgellandschaft Ostfriesland Language: East Frisian names - Frisistik Religion: Evangelical Lutheran Diocese of East Frisia | Evangelical Old Reformed Church | Free churces in East Frisia Customs and culture: East Frisian tea culture - Klasohm - Brautpfad - Gallimarkt Sport: OHV Aurich People: Hermann Lübbe (science) - Pieter de Neui (theology) - Hannes Flesner and Poppe Folkerts (culture) - Ulf Thiele - Reinhold Robbe and Hinrich Swieter (politics) - Bernd Flessner (sport) Businesses: Volkswagenwerk Emden | Bard Holding | Bünting-Gruppe | AG Reederei Norden-Frisia | AG Ems | Rücker GmbH | Thiele & Freese | Onno Behrends Public services: Emden/Leer Technical High School - Kommando Schnelle Einsatzkräfte Sanitätsdienst - Wasser- und Schifffahrtsdirektion Nordwest Media: Anzeiger für Harlingerland - Borkumer Zeitung - Emder Zeitung - General-Anzeiger - Norderneyer Badezeitung - Ostfriesischer Kurier - Ostfriesische Nachrichten - Ostfriesen-Zeitung - Ostfriesland Magazin - Radio Ostfriesland - Rheiderland-Zeitung Transport: B 70 - B 72 - B 210 - B 436 - B 438 - B 461 - Jann Berghaus Bridge - Ems Tunnel - Emslandstrecke - Friesen Bridge - Leer station - Emden Hauptbahnhof - Emden Harbour - Leer-Papenburg Airfield add missing articles
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