Harlingerland

The Harlingerland is a strip of land on the North Sea in East Frisia. While nowadays most of the entire county Witt mouth usually called Harlingerland, it is historically especially the northern part of today's district, which formed the Old Frisian country of that name. These include above all the areas around Esen and Witt mouth. The area around Peace castle belonged to at the time, nor on the Frisian country Östringen.

Slang is the East Frisian Platt in his from the rest of East Friesland Harlingen slightly different expression for many people in Harlingerland. The old Frisian language held in Harlingerland but longer than in most other East Frisian country strokes. In Witt mouth the home of newspaper Harlingerland, the indicator for Harlingerland appears.

History

The Harlingerland takes in the East Frisian history a special place. In the time of the Frisian country towns in the region was known as Herloga and had probably formed approximately in the middle of the 11th century from parts of the old districts Nordwidu and Wanga. Politically, the country's community came in 1237 in appearance, previously of Harlingen, however, were already involved in the intra -Frisian disputes.

After chief Sibet Attena had the reigns Esen, Witt mouth and Stedesdorf united in the years 1454/55, the so finally united Harlingerland preserved after the time of the Frisian freedom and the chief rule for a long time its autonomy. Did this happen in the first peaceful coexistence and cooperation with the East Frisian counts, so it soon came into conflict with the Cirksenas, the rulers of East Frisia. In particular, the Harlingen chiefs Hero Omken and his son Balthasar von Esen were extremely contentious.

When Count Enno II in 1530, the Harlingerland occupied by military means, Balthasar fled to the county Rietberg, with its ruling house, he was connected family. From there he came to Duke Charles of funds. This helped him from 1531 in the money Rischen feud to regain the Harlingerland. However, Balthasar put his country under the suzerainty of funds. Thus, the Harlingerland lost its independence.

After the death of Balthazar in 1540 the Harlingerland fell to the Counts of Rietberg, as Balthasar had no children, his sister Onna was married to a Count of Rietberg. Their son, Count Johann II of Rietberg broke, again armed with Ostfriesland off the fence and has been called the " great Johann" known. In the following years, put the conflict between the Harlingerland and East Frisia. Count Enno III. of Ostfriesland even married a heiress of Rietberg. From this brief marriage but only two survived daughters, which would have become heirs of Harlingerland. His daughters Enno received the Harlingerland, the county Rietberg and financial compensation: But after the male line of the Rietberger was extinct, Enno agreed with his daughters in 1600 in Berumer comparison.

Since 1600 ie the Harlingerland one of Ostfriesland, even if it legally in many ways still occupied a special position. So did the East Frisian objects with which the counts were in constant conflict, no handle in Harlingerland. It was only with the founding of the estates after the French occupation in the early 19th century, the Harlingen were represented there. In canon law, there are also some special features to modern times. Also led Rietberger gentlemen, even without being in possession of the tract of land, still the title "Lord of Esen, Stedesdorf and Witt mouth " - as did the East Frisian counts and princes had to call themselves " Count of Rietberg ." The title is assigned to the extinction of the Austro- Moravian family Kaunitz - Rietberg, descendants of the advised bergischen Cirksenas, in 1845.

• Kingdom of Hanover
• Geography ( Ostfriesland)
• History ( Ostfriesland)