Jever

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Jever [ˈjeːfɐ] is the county seat of the Friesland district in Lower Saxony, Germany and a state-recognized resort town. The name of the city is internationally known due to the beer brand of the same name. Unofficially, Jever is also known as Marienstadt.[2] This epithet refers to Fräulein Maria, the last mistress of Jever. She gave Jever the city rights in 1536.
The inhabitants of Jever are called Jeveraner. The name is derived from the neo-Latin ieverani. In earlier times, the term Jeveringer was also common.[3] The adjective belonging to the city name is jeversch.