Friesengeist / Friesenschnaps, 56% vol., 40 ml bottle

Friesengeist / Friesenschnaps, 56% vol., 40 ml bottle

To the honor of the Frisians, more of the Friesengeist! Anyone who has seen "burning" Friesengeist glasses and heard the authentic Friesengeist saying will always rave about this spectacle. Experience Frisian custom in a particularly beautiful facet - the strong, yet mild character of this 56-percent original from the North Sea coast.

The tribe of the Frisians was first mentioned by Pliny the Elder. In 12 BC, they initially assisted the Romans, but later became bitter enemies. Before the Frisians were subjugated by Charles Martel and later by Charlemagne, they expanded their territory in the preceding centuries. Charlemagne's policy granted a kind of autonomy to the individual tribes. Towards the end of the 8th century, the tribal laws (Lex Frisionum) were recorded.
In the 12th century, after the expulsion of the Frankish counts, the so-called "Frisian Freedom" began. This was a system of small rural communities, organized on a liberal and cooperative basis and subordinate only to the emperor. Once a year, the delegates of the communities met at the Upstalsboom in Rahe near Aurich. This assembly began with the cry "Eala Frya Fresena" ("Arise, you free Frisians!"), to which the response was "Lewer duad üs Slav" ("Rather dead than a slave"). This is the motto in the North Frisian coat of arms.
The end of Frisian Freedom began around 1498.