What is Ostfriesland and where is it?
Ostfriesland, also called East Friesland or East Frisia, is an area in the northwest corner of Germany on the North Sea coast and includes the German islands in the North Sea. It is not a state or a province or any kind of administrative or political district. Ostfriesland is contained within the German state of Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony). The approximate borders of Ostfriesland are the Netherlands to the west, south to about Papenburg, and east to Oldenburg. The largest city in Ostfriesland is Emden. Other important cities are Aurich, Leer, Esens, Jever, Norden, and Wittmund. Historically, Ostfriesland occupied more precise borders. Click here to see a map of a corner of Niedersachsen and Ostfriesland within it in 1780.
