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One of the many locks on the DEK or on the Ems

Cozy harbor, it invites you to linger.

Beautiful harbor, here you can stay and relax.

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Shared pasture land sometimes along stream valleys or sometimes heathland. A common land or mient, also common land, is a territory where several people jointly have rights and obligations, for example to cultivate it, keep livestock there and maintain it, as occurred in the Low Countries from the 12th century onwards. In addition to the name meent, which mainly occurred in Groningen and Friesland, it was called marke in other regions such as Drenthe, Twente, Salland, the Veluwe, around Zutphen, in Het Gooi and on the Utrechtse Heuvelrug. In Brabant it was called geeynt and in Flanders it was also called 'vroen'. From Wikipedia Ownership of the lands where there was a common was largely in the hands of large landowners such as the Diocese of Utrecht, the Stift Essen, the County of Bentheim or the fief of the Diocese of Münster and from the mid-14th century also the Duchy of Guelders. The large landowners issued rights for the use and management of the land to the farmers. https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meent The situation may have arisen with the introduction of the feudal system. Where the Saxon Germans and Frisians were given certain freedoms within the villages/settlements, but the central authority was in charge in the countryside. As a result, fiefs were often created in strategic places in the countryside. On the Ems in this area you had fiefs of Brahe, Waldenburg, Leewenburg (Diele) and possibly also (N)esseborg. A number of fiefs initially belonged to several monasteries, which were later transferred to the authorities. Some fiefs were assigned to high officials/ministerials (often from Westphalia), who were then responsible for collecting the use of the shared lands of the marks. Over time, the influence of the central authority diminished and the goods ended up in the hands of local influential families.

Beautiful sculpture of the village women.

Beautiful St. George's Church in Weener. Good information board about the building history behind the church.