Moordorf, Lower Saxony
Moordorf is an East Frisian village in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is both the highest and most densely populated ''Ortsteil'' of the municipality of Südbrookmerland, in the district of Aurich (district), Aurich. Originally, Moordorf was a linear village but developed into a dispersed settlement due to the designation of new building areas. Moordorf was an independent municipality until it was incorporated into the municipality of Südbrookmerland on 1 July 1972. Moordorf's most notable feature is Moormuseum Moordorf, a museum depicting what life was like in the small huts on the East Frisian bog, moors. Etymology Initially, the place was called ''Kolonie am Schwarzen Weg''. From 1771 onwards, the name ''Mohrdorff'', later ''Moordorf'', prevailed. The origin of the name (which translates to English as "moor village") is sufficiently explained by its location in the moorland. Politics After World War II, Moordorf was a stronghold of the Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, ...
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Village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighborhoods. Villages are normally permanent, with fixed dwellings; however, transient villages can occur. Further, the dwellings of a village are fairly close to one another, not scattered broadly over the landscape, as a dispersed settlement. In the past, villages were a usual form of community for societies that practice subsistence agriculture and also for some non-agricultural societies. In Great Britain, a hamlet earned the right to be called a village when it built a church.-4; we might wonder whether there's a point at which it's appropriate to talk of the beginnings of French, that is, when it wa ... ''village'', from Latin ''villāticus'', ultimately from Latin ''villa'' (English ''vi ...
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