Esens is a town in the district of Wittmund, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated near the North Sea coast, approx. 14 km northwest of Wittmund, and 20 km northeast of Aurich. Wittmund is a Kreis (district) in the northwestern part of Lower Saxony, Germany. ... With an area of 47,618 km and nearly eight million inhabitants, Lower Saxony (German Niedersachsen) lies in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the countrys sixteen Bundesl nder (federal states). ... The North Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean, located between the coasts of Norway and Denmark in the east, the coast of the British Isles in the west, and the German, Dutch, Belgian and French coasts in the south. ... Wittmund is a town in Lower Saxony, capital of the district Wittmund. ... This is an article about the city Aurich. ...
Esens is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Esens, which consists of the following municipalities: An Amt (plural Ämter) is an administrative unit, which is unique to the German Bundesländer (federal states) of Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Brandenburg. ...
Hero Oomkens von Esens (cir1455–1522) was a Frisian nobleman, Earl of Harlingerland, who inherited the title on the death of his father, Sibet Attena von Esens, in 1473.
Hero Oomkens von Esens' marriage to Armgard Countess of Oldenburg in 1489 helped to cement the alliance of the old Frisian aristocracy with the Counts of Oldenburg in their struggle against the rise of the Cirksena family.
Hero Oomkens von Esens' heraldic symbol was two crossed tournament lances (sometimes incorrectly referred to as whips or scourges), which have been incorporated into the arms of the city of Wittmund (district) and also feature in the arms of East Frisia.
Balthasar Oomkens von Esens was the son of Hero Oomkens von Esens, Lord of Harlingerland and Armgard Countess of Oldenburg.
Balthasar Oomkens von Esens is generally remembered today as "Junker Balthasar" and in Esens (whose city rights he granted in 1527) there is a yearly festival in his honour.
In gratitude, the people of Esens immortalised the bear in their city's coat of arms (later also incorporated into the arms of East Frisia and of Wittmund (district).
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