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East Frisian Low Saxon (or Eastern Friesland Low Saxon, as some people prefer to say for a better distinction from East Frisian, which is Frisian but not Low Saxon) is a variant of Low German with many of its own features due to the Frisian substrate and some other influences originating in the varied history of East Frisia.
On the East Frisian island of Juist for example, since the year 1650 there are five different proven sites for the church, as the spot for rebuilding the church had to keep pace with the ever-moving island. At times, Juist even consisted of two islands, which eventually grew back together.
Permission (Reusing this file)public domain because of age: Georeferencing: Other versions: Original This is the edited version of the map on the right. It has been slightly rotated,
Ostfriesland (light green), Oldenburger Friesland (dark green) and other areas (grey) that are part of East Frisia. East Frisia (German: Ost-Friesland; East Frisian Low Saxon: Oost-Freesland) is a collective term for all traditionally Frisian areas in Lower Saxony, Germany, which are primarily located on a peninsula between the Dollart and the Jade Bight.
The beach and the dunes are eroded by the sea in the western part of the island. Since about 1970, Langeoog's western end has moved several hundred metres to the east. This happens on every East Frisian island – some islands moved so far that the town had to be rebuilt several times.
The County of East Frisia (/ ˈ f r iː ʒ ə /; Frisian: Greefskip Eastfryslân; Dutch: Graafschap Oost-Friesland) was a county (though ruled by a prince after 1662) in the region of East Frisia in the northwest of the present-day German state of Lower Saxony.
The tower grew in popularity as a result of the film Otto: The Alien from East Frisia [] by comedian Otto Waalkes. [2] In the film Otto lives in the lighthouse. Although the lighthouse is one of the central scenes in Otto: The Alien from East Frisia, for some reason the picture used on cinema advertisements and later on the inlays of the video and DVD editions was of the Westerheversand ...
Location of Ems-Oriental in France (1812) Ems-Oriental (French: [ɛms ɔ.ʁjɑ̃.tal], "Eastern Ems"; Dutch: Ooster-Eems, German: Ost-Ems) was a department of the First French Empire in present-day Germany. It was formed in 1810, when the Kingdom of Holland was annexed by France.