-fehn

The ending -fehn (also -vehn , -venn , -fenn , -feen ) as part of place names denotes a swampy, swampy lowland or moor in the Low German region . Place names with this ending are most common in East Frisia , but also in Ammerland , in other areas of Lower Saxony and in Schleswig-Holstein .

In East Friesland and the immediately adjacent areas, a place name on -fehn often, but not always, indicates a special form of bog settlement from the 17th to the 19th century, which arose on canals driven into the bog.

Examples

The following list is an example of German places with the beginning Fehn- or the ending -fehn .

Augustfehn , Berumerfehn , Elisabethfehn , Fehnhusen . Friedrichsfehn , Großefehn , Ihlowerfehn , Jheringsfehn , Kamperfehn , Nordgeorgsfehn , Petersfehn , Rhauderfehn , Spetzerfehn , Veenhusen , Warsingsfehn

See also

• Fenn (geography)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Arend Remmers : From Aaltukerei to Zwischenmooren. The settlement names between Dollart and Jade . Verlag Schuster, Leer 2004, p. 257.