Eastergoa
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Eastergoa (also Ostergau, Ostergo, or Oostergo) was one of the seven areas and one of the three Gaue within what is today the province of Friesland in the Netherlands.
Area[]
On its west side Eastergoa was bordered by the Middelsee with Westergoa on the other side of the water. To the south the and the were the border with , and later with (Dutch: Zeuvenwoolden). To the east it was bordered by the Lauwers, the Lauwerzee and the Westerkwartier of the Ommelanden (the western portion of the today's province of Groningen).
1200[]
The whole of this area belonged to and Achtkarspelen, which was at that point still a part of Eastergoa. Around 1200 Wininge comprised Dantumadeel, Dongeradeel and Ferwerderadeel (West Frisian: Dantumadiel, Dongeradiel and Ferwerderadiel) in the north and , Leeuwarderadeel and Tietjerksteradeel in the south (West Frisian: Idaarderadiel, Ljouwerteradiel and Tytsjerksteradiel). Around 1250 it was split into two parts called the ('northern nine') and the ('southern nine').
1500[]
Around 1500 Eastergoa was further divided into two cities and eleven grietenijen (West Frisian: gritenijen; municipalities).
The eleven grietenijen of Eastergoa | |||
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Number | Dutch name | West Frisian name | |
1 | Leeuwarderadeel | Ljouwerteradiel | |
2 | Ferwerderadeel | Ferwerderadiel | |
3 | Westdongeradeel | West-Dongeradiel | |
4 | Oostdongeradeel | East-Dongeradiel | |
5 | Kollumerland | Kollumerlân | |
6 | Achtkarspelen | ||
7 | Dantumadeel | Dantumadiel | |
8 | Tietjerksteradeel | Tytsjerksteradiel | |
9 | Smallingerland | Smellingerlân | |
10 | Idaarderadeel | Idaarderadiel | |
11 | Rauwerderhem | Raerderhim | |
The two cities | |||
Letter | Dutch name | West Frisian name | |
Lw | Leeuwarden | Ljouwert Stadsfries: Liwwadden | |
D | Dokkum |
See also[]
- History of Friesland
- Geography of Friesland