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    The Leybucht is the second largest bay in East Frisia in northwest Germany after the Dollart. The Jade Bight is larger than both, but belongs historically...
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    Greetsiel is a small port on the bight of Leybucht in western East Frisia, Germany, that was first documented in letters from the year 1388. Since 1972...
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    of Westeel which was submerged in 1373 when the Leybucht bay flooded the area. Parts of the Leybucht were then dyked over the course of the centuries...
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    Leybuchtpolder is part of the borough of Norden in East Frisia on Germany's North Sea coast and was an independent municipality until 1972. Leybuchtpolder...
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    covered the present-day parish of Krummhörn. Before the breach of the Leybucht bay the parish of Norden also belonged to Federgo. The gau probably derives...
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    and, as such, a member of the collective municipality (Samtgemeinde) of Leybucht. Today Westermarsch I is a part of the East Frisian borough of Norden with...
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    and, as such, a member of the collective municipality (Samtgemeinde) of Leybucht in Lower Saxony. Today Westermarsch II is a village in the East Frisian...
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    at river kilometre 548.5-549.0 near Oberwesel Mendiger Ley, basalt mine Leybucht near Norden (East Frisia) Plästerlegge ("raining slate rock"), waterfall...
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    View from the dyke of the Leybucht looking east into Norderland...
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    original designs. For instance, while there were plans to completely dam the Leybucht near Greetsiel, only a minor portion was ultimately closed—just enough...
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