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Brookmerland is a ''Samtgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") in the district of Aurich, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated southeast of Norden. Its seat is in the village Marienhafe. The ''Samtgemeinde'' Brookmerland consists of the following municipalities: # Leezdorf # Marienhafe # Osteel # Rechtsupweg # Upgant-Schott # (...)

Moordorf is a village in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is in the municipality of Südbrookmerland in the district of Aurich. Moordorf's most notable feature is the ''Moormuseum Moordorf'', showing what life was like in the small huts on the East Frisian moors. ''See also: Moordorf, Schleswig-Holstein'' (...)

Suurhusen, north of Emden in East Frisia and in former times also called Zuiderhusen (Süderhusen) was named in part, probably due to close proximity to Osterhusen and Westerhusen. Suurhusen is mentioned in documents from 1255. A stone with the year 1004 and ceramic objects found in the old church tower point to the fact that the village is much older (...)