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Moormerland
Moormerland is a municipality in the Leer (district), Leer District, in Lower Saxony, northwestern Germany. History Moormerland was created on January 1, 1973 by uniting eleven independent municipalities. The eleven constituent Ortschaft, Ortschafte are: Notable People *Friedhelm Erich Haak (born 1945) - newspaper publisher References Towns and villages in East Frisia Leer (district) Moormerland, {{Leer-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veenhusen
Veenhusen is a village in the region of East Frisia, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Administratively, it is an ''Ortsteil'' of the municipality of Moormerland. Veenhusen is located just to the south of Warsingsfehn and is approximately 8 kilometers to the northeast of Leer, Lower Saxony, Leer. It has a population of 4,157. The :de:Veenhuser Kirche, Church of Veenhusen dates from around 1400 and contains a church organ built by Johann Gottfried Rohlfs between 1801 and 1802. The church is said to have previously stood in Uphusen near Emden but was demolished there due to imminent danger from the changed course of the Ems (river), Ems. After the demolition, the church in Veenhusen would have been rebuilt. The village flows seamlessly on the north side into the adjacent Warsingsfehn, the main town of Moormerland. Both of these villages were greatly expanded after the Second World War with residential areas for commuters who work in Emden or Leer. Formerly an independent municipality, Veen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warsingsfehn
Warsingsfehn is a village in the region of East Frisia, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the municipality of Moormerland. Warsingsfehn is located just to the north of Veenhusen and is approximately 9 kilometers to the north of Leer. With a population of 7,951, it is the most populated village of the municipality. History The village of Warsingsfehn was created as a moor colony in the 18th century. The village was flooded during the Christmas Flood of 1717 and was then moved to its current, higher location. The birth of the peat colony of Warsingsfehn is considered to be 16 November 1736. On this date, landowner Gerhard Warsing received a leasehold of a raised moor area of 225 hectares. Under his son Hermann Warsing, the lease area was expanded again: in 1769 by 50 hectares, in 1776 by 62 hectares, and in 1779 by ten hectares. The Warsings gave out the properties on the canal and side canals that branched off at right angles to subleaseholders. They cultivated the mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oldersum
Oldersum is a village in the region of East Frisia, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Administratively, it is an ''Ortsteil'' of the municipality of Moormerland. Located on the north bank of the Ems estuary, Oldersum is to the southeast of Emden and the northwest of Leer. It has a population of 1,533. History Oldersum and the surrounding area formed its own lordship that was controlled by the chief family who named themselves ''von Oldersum'', after the village. Within the lordship, the village had the status of a '' Flecken''. The lordship was sold in 1631 to the city of Emden, which then took control. In June 1526, the so-called Colloquy of Oldersum () took place in the church of Oldersum, between a Roman Catholic and a Lutheran theologian. The report drawn up was printed and distributed in large numbers and contributed significantly to the Reformation in Northern Germany and the Dutch province of Groningen. The old church of Oldersum was destroyed by fire in 1916 and later replaced by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terborg, Germany
Terborg is a small village in the region of East Frisia, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Administratively, it is an ''Ortsteil'' of the municipality of Moormerland. Located on the north bank of the river Ems, Terborg is approximately 8 kilometers to the northwest of Leer. It has a population of 105. Etymology Terborg was first mentioned as ''Burchum'' in 1357. In 1564 it was mentioned as ''Neyeborg'' on a topographic map. Other early names are ''Torborch'' (1684), ''Ter-Borg'' (1735) and ''Terborg'' and ''Ferstenborg'' (1787). Three explanations are possible for the interpretation of the place name. For example, with the prefix ''ter-'', the preposition and the article ''to der'' (East Frisian Low Saxon: ''zu der'') could have merged to form ''ter-''. According to Petra Spekker, the syllable '' -borg'' could mean not only "castle" but also "place of refuge" on the Ems. Ubbo Emmius, however, interpreted the name as "tri borgi", as "three castles", because in the Middle Ages the castles T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neermoor
Neermoor is a village in the region of East Frisia, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Administratively, it is an ''Ortsteil'' of the municipality of Moormerland. Located to the west of the river Ems, Neermoor is approximately 8 kilometers to the north of Leer. It has a population of 4,748. History Neermoor is a subsidiary settlement of ''Edana'' and was probably founded further east on the edge of the moor before its demise in the 11th century. The oldest documented mention dates back to the year 1400. In one document Neermoor is listed as ''Edenramora''. Later name variants were ''Nymramore'' (1409), ''Eramoere'' (1428), ''Edramora'' (1436), ''Eddermore'' (1439), ''Neydermoer'' (1481), ''Neddermoer'' (1494) and ''Neermohr'' (1577). The place name is probably derived from the desolate parent settlement of ''Edana''. During the Middle Ages there were two castles owned by the East Frisian chieftains Focko Ukena and his son Uko Fockena in Neermoor. A castle stood on today's Vossbergweg at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tergast
Tergast is a village in the region of East Frisia, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Administratively, it is an ''Ortsteil'' of the municipality of Moormerland. Tergast is 1.5 kilometers to the northeast of Oldersum and has a population of 457. The first known mention of the village is as ''Gast'' in a deed of gift from the Langen monastery in 1401. Its current name could refer to the fact that the village is built on a high sand ridge, known as a ''geest''. The Church of Tergast was built on the highest point of this ridge somewhere in the second half of the 13th century. The Emden Emden () is an Independent city (Germany), independent town and seaport in Lower Saxony in the north-west of Germany and lies on the River Ems (river), Ems, close to the Germany–Netherlands border, Netherlands border. It is the main town in t ... municipal waterworks with several reservoirs is located in Tergast. Notable people * Habbo Gerhard Lolling (1848–1894), archaeologist References M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boekzetelerfehn
Boekzetelerfehn is a village in the region of East Frisia, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Administratively, it is an ''Ortsteil'' of the municipality of Moormerland. Boekzetelerfehn is located just to the northeast of Warsingsfehn and is approximately 11 kilometers to the north of Leer Leer may refer to: * Leer, Lower Saxony, town in Germany ** Leer (district), containing the town in Lower Saxony, Germany ** Leer (Ostfriesland) railway station * Leer, South Sudan, town in South Sudan ** Leer County, an administrative division .... It has a population of 748. Formerly, Boekzetelerfehn was an independent municipality that, together with ten other villages, has formed the municipality of Moormerland since the municipal reform in 1973. To the village of Boekzetelerfehn belongs also the more northern settlement of Boekzeteler Hoek. References Moormerland Villages in Lower Saxony Towns and villages in East Frisia {{Germany-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hatshausen
Hatshausen is a village in the region of East Frisia, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Administratively, it is an ''Ortsteil'' of the municipality of Moormerland. Hatshausen is located to the northeast of Warsingsfehn and Boekzetelerfehn, and is approximately 13 kilometers to the northeast of Leer. It has a population of 602. The nearby settlements of Ayenwolde, Büschersfehn, and Königshoek are administratively part of the village. The village's parish church, the Mary Magdalene Church, dates from 1783 and was built axially on the border with Ayenwolde. History Hatshausen is first mentioned in the Münster parish register of the 15th century as ''Harstahusum''. Around 1613, the preacher Johannes Fabricius worked as a pastor in the community. He is considered the discoverer of sunspots and wrote a Latin work about them, ''De macullis in sole observatis'', which he had printed in Wittenberg in 1611. A monument was erected to him and his father David Fabricius David Fabricius (9 March ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rorichum
Rorichum is a village in the region of East Frisia, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Administratively, it is an ''Ortsteil'' of the municipality of Moormerland. Located on the north bank of the Ems estuary, Rorichum is just to the southeast of Oldersum. It has a population of 444. Rorichum, perhaps a derivation of "Roderik's home", already appears as ''Rarughem'' in registers of the Werden Abbey from the beginning of the eleventh century. The center of the small ''warft A ''terp'', also known as a ''wierde, woerd, warf, warft, werf, werve, wurt'' or ''værft'', is an artificial dwelling mound found on the North European Plain that has been created to provide safe ground during storm surges, high tides and ...'' village is the St. Nicholas Church with a free-standing bell tower from the fourteenth century. References External links Moormerland Villages in Lower Saxony Towns and villages in East Frisia {{Germany-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gandersum
Gandersum is a small village in the region of East Frisia, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Administratively, it is an ''Ortsteil'' of the municipality of Moormerland. Located on the north bank of the Ems estuary, Gandersum is to the southeast of Emden and the west of Oldersum. It has a population of 85. Gandersum was already mentioned in a list of possessions of the Werden Abbey Werden Abbey () was a Benedictine monastery in Essen-Werden (Germany), situated on the Ruhr. The foundation of the abbey Near Essen Saint Ludger founded a monastery in 799 and became its first abbot. The little church which Saint Ludger b ... from 930. Here, the village is mentioned as ''Gondrikeshem''. The Church of Gandersum dates from the fourteenth century. References External links Moormerland Villages in Lower Saxony Towns and villages in East Frisia {{Germany-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jheringsfehn
Jheringsfehn (frequently misspelt ''Iheringsfehn'') is a peat village in the region of East Frisia, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Administratively, it is an ''Ortsteil'' of the municipality of Moormerland. Warsingsfehn is located just to the east of Warsingsfehn and is approximately 10 kilometers to the northeast of Leer. It has a population of 2,440. The village was named in 1754 after Sebastian Eberhard Jhering, great-grandfather of Rudolf von Jhering. The village still has its classic peat canals. Important elements of village life are the local sports club and the Lutheran church, which also covers the neighbouring village of Boekzetelerfehn Boekzetelerfehn is a village in the region of East Frisia, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Administratively, it is an ''Ortsteil'' of the municipality of Moormerland. Boekzetelerfehn is located just to the northeast of Warsingsfehn and is approximately .... The village church stands on the boundary between the two villages. References Leer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedhelm Erich Haak
Friedhelm Erich Haak (born 11 November 1945 in Moormerland/Boekzetelerfehn) is a German newspaper publisher, media entrepreneur and consultant. He was Chairman of the Supervisory Board of ''Verlagsgesellschaft Madsack'' from 2006 to 2013. In October 1983, Haak became managing director for finance and audiovisual markets at Verlagsgesellschaft Madsack. One year later he founded the TV production company TVN Group Holding as founding managing director for Madsack, which realised the broadcasting of several regional programmes. In 1995, Haak took over the chairmanship of the Madsack Group Board of Directors. The same year he initiated the art prize of the Leipziger Volkszeitung together with Bernd Radestock, which subsequently gained international importance. After eleven years as CEO, Haak moved to the chairmanship of the Supervisory Board in 2006 and was succeeded by Herbert Flecken. Haak then became self-employed as a media consultant and worked mainly in the field of strategic m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |