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East Frisia (/ ˈ f r iː ʒ ə /) or East Friesland (/ ˈ f r iː z l ə n d /; German: Ostfriesland; East Frisian Low Saxon: Oostfräisland; Saterland Frisian: Aastfräislound) is a historic region in the northwest of Lower Saxony, Germany.
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.
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 counts and princes of East Frisia from the East Frisian noble House of Cirksena descended from a line of East Frisian chieftains from Greetsiel. The county came into existence when Emperor Frederick III raised Ulrich I the son of a local chieftain to the status of Imperial Count in 1464.
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.
Just like in the rest of East Frisia, the Frisian language slowly but surely disappeared in this area. However, the Frisian language survived longer in Harlingerland than in the rest of East Frisia. Around 1600, this variant of Frisian had largely disappeared and the role of lingua franca was taken over by East Frisian Low Saxon. [5]
When the organ became the main instrument in the Christian liturgy during the Gothic period, organs found their way into many churches. A flourishing organ culture is documented in East Frisia as early as the late Gothic period, which was mainly influenced by the Netherlands, where a center of Northern European organ building was located in the 15th to 17th centuries. [4]
In East Frisia, the idea of "Frisian freedom" became entangled with regional sentiments as well, though the East Frisian language had been replaced by Low German dialects as early as the 15th century. In Groningen, on the other hand, Frisian sentiments faded away at the end of the 16th century.