Neermoor
Neermoor | |
|---|---|
| Reformed Church | |
|
Coat of arms of Neermoor Coat of arms | |
| Lua error in Module:Infobox_mapframe at line 197: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | |
| Lua error in Module:Location_map at line 411: Malformed coordinates value. | |
| Coordinates: Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | Leer |
| Municipality | Moormerland |
| Area | |
• Village of Moormerland | 19.21 km2 (7.42 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1 m (3.3 ft) |
| Population (Lua error in Module:Settlement_Wikidata at line 197: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).)Lua error in Module:Settlement_Wikidata at line 197: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | |
• Village of Moormerland | Lua error in Module:Settlement_Wikidata at line 197: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
| • Metro | 4,748 |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 26802 |
| Dialling codes | 04954 |
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
[edit | edit source]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.[1]
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 the corner of the Burgstrasse. The second stood between today's Osterstrasse and Süderstrasse.[2]
In 1422, a small church was built away from the village center on a hill near the old cemetery, which was replaced by the Reformed Church from 1797. The Old Reformed Church dates from 1865.
Gallery
[edit | edit source]-
Historic windmill
-
Interior of the Reformed Church
.jpg){kind=link}
Notable people
[edit | edit source]- Focko Ukena (1360/1370–1435), East Frisian chieftain
References
[edit | edit source]
Lua error in Module:Authority_control at line 153: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).