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Fivel
Sign in to savethumb|The former Fivel estuary shown in brown (3) The Fivel was a historical river in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. It received its water from peat bogs around Kolham and Slochteren, flowed past , and , and meandered north of Winneweer. The Fivel debouched into a wide estuary of the Wadden Sea. ==Background== The banks of this former estuary are still recognizable by rows of villages on artificial dwelling hills (wierden): on the east side Garrelsweer, Loppersum, Eenum, , and Godlinze; on the west side Stedum, Middelstum, Kantens, Rottum, and Usquert.
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thumb|The former Fivel estuary shown in brown (3) The Fivel was a historical river in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. It received its water from peat bogs around Kolham and Slochteren, flowed past , and , and meandered north of Winneweer. The Fivel debouched into a wide estuary of the Wadden Sea. ==Background== The banks of this former estuary are still recognizable by rows of villages on artificial dwelling hills (wierden): on the east side Garrelsweer, Loppersum, Eenum, , and Godlinze; on the west side Stedum, Middelstum, Kantens, Rottum, and Usquert.
This was Fivelgo, one of the missionary districts assigned to Ludger after Charlemagne had acquired Frisia east of the Lauwers in 785.
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