Free land · The free Frisian lands · as at first light, 1 January 1200

Wangerland

The Frisian coast land north of Jever, with its own law and judges.

Who holds it

Name
no single holder
Title
the land's judges
Confidence
low

Overlord

none resident; Bremen diocese

How things stand that morning

Self-governing.

Law and courts

Frisian law; yearly judges.

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: General picture only.

On the map: Rough outline of the land as it stood before the great medieval floods reshaped the coast.

Primary sources for Frisia

Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.

  • Annals of Egmond (12th century to about 1205). The house annals of Egmond, the counts of Holland's abbey, and the main native source for Holland around 1200. Read online
  • Chronicle of the abbots of Wittewierum (Bloemhof), Emo of Wittewierum (from 1219 to 1237, continued by Menko to 1273). The chronicle opens only in 1204 with the founding of Emo's Premonstratensian house in the Groningen Ommelanden, so it has nothing for 1200 itself. Read online

Sources and studies

  1. Wikipedia (de): Geschichte Ostfrieslands

Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.