Logabirum
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Logabirum is a quarter
in the city of Leer
in East Frisia
, Lower Saxony
, Germany
.
There are also many different ways of interpreting the origins of the name.
One possibility is that "Loghe" or "Loech" comes from German and meant "locality/local/village". "Beerum" or "Berum" means forest, thus "Logabirum" meant village
at the forest
. After G. Lohse and H. Thomas thought "birum" should be to attributed to the Germanic word "bir" (farmstead). Thus "Berum" would mean "in the yards" and Logabirum "in the yards with Loga".
Another interpretation again comes from that Celtic origins, i.e. "Lo" - height, "ge" - green country, "berum" - homestead of the bear
s. Here it is considered that the forest in its current shape
was only cultivated by the count house
and thus is substantially younger.
Logabirum was built on a Geestruecken running from SW to NO. The oldest traces of a settlement
Logabirums could be retraced by different investigations and urn finds into the time before 2000 v. Chr. i.e. in filter mountains. There was an old Huenengraeberfeld, from which only one or two in a small Waeldchen at the road filter mountains are received.
Since 1973, Logabirum is a local part of Leer
in East Frisia
(Lower Saxony
). Nevertheless it retained much of its village character.
Quarter (country subdivision)
A quarter is a section of an urban settlement.Its borders can be administratively chosen , and it may have its own administrative structure...
in the city of Leer
Leer
Leer is a town in the district of Leer, the northwestern part of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated at the river Ems, near the border with the Netherlands....
in East Frisia
East Frisia
East Frisia or Eastern Friesland is a coastal region in the northwest of the German federal state of Lower Saxony....
, Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
.
The name
Logabirum was documented for the first time in 1439 as Loghebeerne. Before the spelling of Logabirum was fixed, it had a number of different variations. e.g.- On a gravestone plate of 1598, one can recognize an old way of writing: "Loech Beerum".
- On old mapMapA map is a visual representation of an area—a symbolic depiction highlighting relationships between elements of that space such as objects, regions, and themes....
s and documents, Logabirum is also written as "Logeberum," "Logaeberumi" or "Lochberum".
There are also many different ways of interpreting the origins of the name.
One possibility is that "Loghe" or "Loech" comes from German and meant "locality/local/village". "Beerum" or "Berum" means forest, thus "Logabirum" meant village
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
at the forest
Forest
A forest, also referred to as a wood or the woods, is an area with a high density of trees. As with cities, depending where you are in the world, what is considered a forest may vary significantly in size and have various classification according to how and what of the forest is composed...
. After G. Lohse and H. Thomas thought "birum" should be to attributed to the Germanic word "bir" (farmstead). Thus "Berum" would mean "in the yards" and Logabirum "in the yards with Loga".
Another interpretation again comes from that Celtic origins, i.e. "Lo" - height, "ge" - green country, "berum" - homestead of the bear
Bear
Bears are mammals of the family Ursidae. Bears are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans, with the pinnipeds being their closest living relatives. Although there are only eight living species of bear, they are widespread, appearing in a wide variety of habitats throughout the Northern...
s. Here it is considered that the forest in its current shape
Shape
The shape of an object located in some space is a geometrical description of the part of that space occupied by the object, as determined by its external boundary – abstracting from location and orientation in space, size, and other properties such as colour, content, and material...
was only cultivated by the count house
House
A house is a building or structure that has the ability to be occupied for dwelling by human beings or other creatures. The term house includes many kinds of different dwellings ranging from rudimentary huts of nomadic tribes to free standing individual structures...
and thus is substantially younger.
History
Landmarks in Logabirum include the church, which was probably built around 1300, and which only mill received in the Leeraner city, which is since its emergence in the year 1895 in the family estate.Logabirum was built on a Geestruecken running from SW to NO. The oldest traces of a settlement
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
Logabirums could be retraced by different investigations and urn finds into the time before 2000 v. Chr. i.e. in filter mountains. There was an old Huenengraeberfeld, from which only one or two in a small Waeldchen at the road filter mountains are received.
Since 1973, Logabirum is a local part of Leer
Leer
Leer is a town in the district of Leer, the northwestern part of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated at the river Ems, near the border with the Netherlands....
in East Frisia
East Frisia
East Frisia or Eastern Friesland is a coastal region in the northwest of the German federal state of Lower Saxony....
(Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...
). Nevertheless it retained much of its village character.