Hage (East Frisian: Haag) is a small East Frisian

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. Located in the

Aurich Aurich (; East Frisian Low Saxon: ''Auerk'', West Frisian: ''Auwerk'', stq, Aurk) is a town in the East Frisian region of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Aurich and is the second largest City in East Frisia, both i ...

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close to the

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, approx. 5 km east of

Norden Norden is a Scandinavian and German word, directly translated as "the North". It may refer to: Places England * Norden, Basingstoke, a ward of Basingstoke and Deane * Norden, Dorset, a hamlet near Corfe Castle * Norden, Greater Manchester, a vi ...

, Hage has a population of 5,893 as of 31 December 2002. Hage is also the seat of the ''

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'' ("collective municipality")

Hage Hage (East Frisian: Haag) is a small East Frisian town in Lower Saxony, Germany. Located in the Aurich District close to the North Sea, approx. 5 km east of Norden, Hage has a population of 5,893 as of 31 December 2002. Hage is also the seat ...

. It is believed people from the area emigrated to Sundsvall in Sweden centuries ago and kept Hage as their surname. Descendants of that group eventually emigrated to Australia around 1900, to

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near the

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in the state of

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. To this day the descendants from that group maintain a strong presence in southeast Queensland.

Notable people

Rudolf Ströbinger Rudolf Ströbinger (1931, Hage Hage (East Frisian: Haag) is a small East Frisian town in Lower Saxony, Germany. Located in the Aurich District close to the North Sea, approx. 5 km east of Norden, Hage has a population of 5,893 as of 31 Dec ...

(1931–2005), journalist and writer

References

Towns and villages in East Frisia Aurich (district) {{Aurich-geo-stub