Eastergoa

Eastergoa (also Ostergau, Ostergo, or Oostergo) was one of the seven areas and one of the three Gaue within what is today the province of Friesland in the Netherlands.

To the east it was bordered by the Lauwers, the Lauwerzee and the Westerkwartier of the Ommelanden (the western portion of the today's province of Groningen).

The whole of this area belonged to Wininge and Achtkarspelen, which was at that point still a part of Eastergoa.

Around 1200 Wininge comprised Dantumadeel, Dongeradeel and Ferwerderadeel (West Frisian: Dantumadiel, Dongeradiel and Ferwerderadiel) in the north and Idaarderadeel [nl; fy], Leeuwarderadeel and Tietjerksteradeel in the south (West Frisian: Idaarderadiel, Ljouwerteradiel and Tytsjerksteradiel).

Around 1500 Eastergoa was further divided into two cities and eleven grietenijen (West Frisian: gritenijen; municipalities).