Menstede-Coldinne

Menstede-Coldinne is a district (Ortsteile) of the municipality of Großheide, in the district of Aurich, Lower Saxony, Germany.

It mainly consists of the two villages Menstede and Coldinne.

Other settlements in the district include Klosterdorf, Kölke, Breitefeld, Blinkheide, Coldinnergaste, Strück, and Westerbrande, together comprising an area of 12.45 km².

It could either be a derivation from the name of the monastery ter waeren minne or it could be a Frisian-Low German field name that could be translated either as "cold meadow", "uninhabited house" or "uninhabited inn".

[1] Media related to Menstede-Coldinne at Wikimedia Commons

Memorial stone commemorating the Coldinne monastery