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Wiegboldsbur
The formerly independent village of Wiegboldsbur (East Frisian Frisio-Saxon: ''Wiebelsbur'') in East Frisia in North Germany has been part of the municipality of Südbrookmerland since the regional reform of 1972. Wiegboldsbur is a ribbon development (''Reihensiedlung'') and lies on the Großes Meer about 10 km northwest of the sea port of Emden. The parish chair is Bernhard Behrends (SPD). History Wiegboldsbur is one of the oldest settlements in East Frisia. The name ''Wiboldesholte'' was mentioned in the abbey registers of Werden Abbey. Other old documents refer to the settlement as: ''Wilboldeswolde, Wibolduskeriken, Wibbodeshoff, Wiboldeshoff'' and ''Wibaldinga''. The name ''Wibelsburen'' is also found on a church baptismal vessel dating to the year 1496. In the ''Brokmerbrief'', a 13th-century law book for the ''Brocmanni'' tribe, i.e. the inhabitants of the area west of Aurich cultivated until the end of the 12th century, its says in the 218th section (''Küre''): ''"Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brokmerland
The Brokmerland is a landscape and an historic territory, located in western East Frisia, which covers the area in and around the present-day communities of Brookmerland and Südbrookmerland. The Brokmerland borders in the east on the Harlingerland and in the north on the Norderland. The historic Brokmerland is usually written with only one "o". Occasionally one also finds the spelling "Broekmerland" ("oe" pronounced as a long "o"), while today's communities have chosen to spell the name with a double "o". Etymology The name comes from the Old Frisian and Old Low German word ''brōk'', which meant a moor-like carr landscape that had been very sparsely settled. It stretched from the western edge of the East Frisian geest ridge, from the Ley (Norder Tief) to the Flumm ( Fehntjer Tief), and was characterised by numerous shallow lakes from the Großes Meer to the Sandwater. The suffix ''mer'' is derived from ''mann'' (i.e. "man") with the possessive suffix ''-er''. History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
