Overledingerland
| Overledingerland | |||||||||
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| Medieval sealand of Frisia | |||||||||
| 13th century–1464 | |||||||||
Overledingerland (yellow), within the Seven Sealands (white) around 1300 | |||||||||
| Capital | Backemoor | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 13th century | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1464 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Germany | ||||||||
The Overledingerland (also Overledingen, Oberledingerland or Oberledingen) is a historical district in southern East Frisia and forms the southeastern part of the Leer district. The name means nothing other than "Land across the Leda", i.e. south of the Leda river. In the west, the Ems borders the region.