Schillig is a village in the Friesland district of Lower Saxony in Germany . It is situated on the west coast of Jade Bay and is 20 km (12 mi) north of the town of Wilhelmshaven .
13-613: The approaches to the Bay and Willhelmshaven are known in English as the Schillig Roads . On arrival in Schillig by car, one chooses from two routes; to the left (North West), on the land-side of the sea barrier, are a farm and farm land, a few houses, small blocks of flats, one or two hotels and shops and foot access to the top of the sea barrier and beyond. To the right (North East) the road leads over
26-591: A part of that region. The distinction has historical reasons: Friesland was an independent state from 1438 to 1575 (see above for details). Then and afterwards the region bore the name "Friesland", although this is also the German name for the entire Frisia . Part of the District is in the Lower Saxony Wadden Sea National Park . The lion is from the arms of the chieftains of Jever; it was the symbol of
39-498: A prominent feature of Christian cemeteries , either carved on gravestones or as sculpted stelae . Because of this, planting small crosses is sometimes used in countries of Christian culture to mark the site of fatal accidents, or, such as the Zugspitze or Mount Royal , so as to be visible over the entire surrounding area. Catholic , Anglican and Lutheran depictions of the cross are often crucifixes, in order to emphasize that it
52-488: Is Jesus that is important, rather than the cross in isolation. Large crucifixes are a prominent feature of some Lutheran churches, e.g. as a rood . However, some other Protestant traditions depict the cross without the corpus, interpreting this form as an indication of belief in the resurrection rather than as representing the interval between the death and the resurrection of Jesus. Several Christian cross variants are available in computer-displayed text. A Latin cross ("†")
65-549: Is a district ( Landkreis ) in Lower Saxony , Germany . It is bounded by (from the southeast and clockwise) the districts of Wesermarsch , Ammerland , Leer and Wittmund , and by the North Sea . The city of Wilhelmshaven is enclosed by—but not part of—the district. The Frisian region was ruled by local chieftains until the 15th century; see East Frisia for details. In 1438 in the northern part of today's Landkreis Friesland
78-647: Is also a province in the northwest of the Netherlands. In the east the district is bounded by the Jade Bight , a shallow bay of the North Sea. The island of Wangerooge , one of the East Frisian Islands , is a part of Friesland. The inhabitants of Friesland insist that they are not a part of East Frisia. This is somewhat confusing, since Friesland is situated east of East Frisia, and geographers regard Friesland as
91-574: Is included in the extended ASCII character set, and several variants have been added to Unicode , starting with the Latin cross in version 1.1. For others, see Religious and political symbols in Unicode . Basic variants, or early variants widespread since antiquity . A total number of 15 variants. [REDACTED] For use in documents made using a computer, there are unicode code-points for these crosses. (Some systems display these symbols in colour or with
104-596: Is termed a crucifix and the figure is often referred to as the corpus ( Latin for "body"). The term Greek cross designates a cross with arms of equal length, as in a plus sign, while the Latin cross designates a cross with an elongated descending arm. Numerous other variants have been developed during the medieval period . Christian crosses are used widely in churches, on top of church buildings, on bibles, in heraldry, in personal jewelry, on hilltops, and elsewhere as an attestation or other symbol of Christianity. Crosses are
117-514: The Lordship of Jever was founded. East Frisia was from then on regarded as a hostile territory, and many skirmishes between Jever and East Frisia took place during the 15th and 16th centuries. The last ruler of Jever was Mary of Jever, who ruled until 1575. After her death Jever became a part of Oldenburg , but East Frisia made a claim for the territory as well. In the following decades East Frisia tried to block all roads between Jever and Oldenburg. It
130-444: The District of Varel. The District was established in 1933 by merging the former districts of Jever and Varel under the name of "Friesland". In 1977 it was dissolved and divided between the neighbouring districts of Wittmund and Ammerland . The dissolution was declared unconstitutional in 1979 because it violated the rights of the former State of Oldenburg, and the District was re-established in its old boundaries in 1980. Friesland
143-475: The Lordship of Jever. The blazon of the arms is: "Azure, a lion rampant Or, armed and langued Gules, and in chief two Greek crosses Argent". 53°30′N 8°00′E / 53.5°N 8.0°E / 53.5; 8.0 Greek cross The Christian cross , with or without a figure of Christ included, is the main religious symbol of Christianity . A cross with a figure of Christ affixed to it
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#1732851389397156-450: The sea barrier towards the camping, beach and parking areas. But access to these areas is only available by car once payment of parking/access charges has been made at the automated barriers. 53°42′06″N 8°01′24″E / 53.7017°N 8.0233°E / 53.7017; 8.0233 This Friesland (district) location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Friesland (district) Friesland
169-450: Was not before the 17th century that the hostilities between East Frisia and Oldenburg ended. From 1667 to 1793 Jever was an exclave of Anhalt-Zerbst , and after Napoleonic occupation the westernmost exclave of Prussia . In 1818 Jever became a part of Oldenburg again. The southern part of today's District of Friesland is the "Friesische Wehde" ("Frisian Woods"), which also was most of the time part of Oldenburg. This region later formed
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