Tom Brok family
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The tom Brok family were a powerful East Frisian line of chieftains, originally from the Norderland on the North Sea coast of Germany. From the second half of the 14th century, the tom Broks tried to
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Norderland
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The Norderland was a historic territory located on the northwestern edge of East Frisia in North Germany, immediately adjacent to the Wadden Sea. It encompassed a wide area around the town of Norden.
Tom Brok family
…tom Broek, ten Brok, ten Broke; equivalent to Dutch ten broek, "at the marsh") were a powerful East Frisian line of chieftains, originally from the Norderland on the North Sea coast of Germany. From the second half of the 14th century, the tom Broks tried to gain control of East Frisia over the other chieftain…
View from the dyke of the Leybucht looking east into Norderland