this county northwards. The flood also brought the Friso-Hollandic Wars, which had lasted around 200 years, to an end. Shortly after this annexation, the West-Frisian cities of Hoorn and Enkhuizen began a rise to prominence that would last until the 17th century. In Germany (mostly East Frisia) The Chronicles speak of 50,000 killed and total destruction. Many villages disappeared forever. In the current district of East-Frisia alone thirty villages disappeared in the North Sea. Also a first stage of the Dollart came into existence. Because of the large loss of land and the relative insecurity of living in the now far more unprotected peatlands, since natural barriers had been removed by the flood, many survivors gave up their ways of living in the fertile peatlands and moved to the Geest. In England Although not known by the name of St. Lucia, the same storm also had devastating effects on the other side of the North Sea in England. It killed hundreds of people in England, e.g. in the village of Hickling, Norfolk, where 180 died and the water rose a foot above the high altar in the Priory Church. The storm is one of two in 1287 sometimes referred to as a "Great Storm". The other was the South England flood of February 1287. Together with a surge in January 1286, they seem to have prompted the decline of one of England's then leading ports, Dunwich in Suffolk. See also Floods in the Netherlands References Gevaar van water, water in gevaar uit 2001 Buisman, Jan, Duizend jaar weer, wind en water in de Lage Landen (Deel 1: tot 1300), Notes Floods in the Netherlands Floods in Germany Floods in England History of Lower Saxony History of Schleswig-Holstein 13th-century floods 13th century in the Netherlands Storm tides of the North Sea 1287 in Europe 1287 in England Disasters in Suffolk Medieval weather events 1280s in the Holy Roman Empire