Eastergoa


Eastergoa was one of the seven areas and one of the three Gaue within what is today the province of Friesland in the Netherlands.

Area

On its west side Eastergoa was bordered by the Middelsee with Westergoa on the other side of the water. To the south the Alde Leppedyk and the Boarn were the border with, and later with . To the east it was bordered by the Lauwers, the Lauwerzee and the Westerkwartier of the Ommelanden.

1200

The whole of this area belonged to Wininge and Achtkarspelen, which was at that point still a part of Eastergoa. Around 1200 Wininge comprised Dantumadeel, Dongeradeel and Ferwerderadeel in the north and, Leeuwarderadeel and Tietjerksteradeel in the south. Around 1250 it was split into two parts called the Noardlike njoggen and the Sudlike njoggen.

1500

Around 1500 Eastergoa was further divided into two cities and eleven grietenijen.