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Frisian Food History

Historical period

Terp settlement from before the Roman period; medieval Magna Frisia and the Frisian freedom; dike building from about 1000 and the reclamation that created the dairy economy; catastrophic storm floods — the Grote Mandrenke of 1362 drowned the town of Rungholt and reshaped the North Frisian coast, and the 1634 Burchardi flood tore Strand into Pellworm and Nordstrand; Hanseatic and Dutch sea trade in butter, cheese, cattle and salt; Sylt and Föhr whaling in the 17th-18th centuries; the East India trade that put tea in East Frisia; 19th-century emigration; and modern industrial dairying.

Atlas — where and when

What is recorded

  • Storm floods repeatedly reshaped this coast and its food geography: the Grote Mandrenke of 1362 destroyed Rungholt and much of the North Frisian mainland, and the Burchardi flood of 1634 broke the island of Strand into Pellworm and Nordstrand. Dike building and reclamation from around 1000 created the dairy economy the region still depends on. documented
  • Dike building and land reclamation create the pasture that the Frisian dairy economy still depends on. documented
  • The Grote Mandrenke storm flood destroys Rungholt and reshapes the North Frisian coast. documented
  • The Burchardi flood breaks the island of Strand into Pellworm and Nordstrand. documented

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