Amdorf (Detern)

Amdorf Detern municipality Coordinates: 53 ° 12 ′ 49 ″ N , 7 ° 32 ′ 3 ″ E
Height :	2 m above sea level NN
Incorporation :	1st January 1973
Postal code :	26847
Area code :	0491
	Location of Detern in the district of Leer

Amdorf is a district of the municipality of Detern in the south-west of East Friesland and belongs to the Jümme municipality in the district of Leer .

location

The village consists of a center with a village church and several surrounding farms. Starting clockwise from the north, Neuburg, Potshausen, Backemoor and Nettelburg and Loga border the village, which is partially surrounded by the two rivers Leda and Jümme .

Amdorf is spread over a wide area, most of the areas consist of pastureland, including the Jümmiger Hammrich . The farms that characterize the picture are exclusively cattle breeding. The preserved natural conditions, the location in the "Zweistromland", in the Leda-Jümme area, with its diverse fishing opportunities, water sports and the extensive cycle path network ensure increasing tourism in and around Amdorf.

Historical

The place name Amdorf is derived from the early medieval name "Hamdorf" = pasture village. Although there is no historical confirmation, it must be assumed that in Amdorf 2000 years ago colonization has taken place. While surrounding settlements and villages were relocated after the sea level rose in the Middle Ages, Amdorf stayed in its traditional place.

Amdorf is listed as Amdorp on the 'Typus Frisiae Orientalis' map from 1595.

The villagers and the Hammrich farmers have always struggled with the element of water . The effects of tides through the nearby North Sea restrict the flows were Leda and Jümme since the Middle Ages turned deicht . Storm surges , the rise in sea levels and the rise in the groundwater level ensured that the area was repeatedly flooded. In the winter months in particular, the Leda-Jümme area and the Jümmiger Hammrich were under water. By digging ditches around and through the pasture areas and creating canals and sluices , attempts were made to drain the water from the area. However, this only finally succeeded in the middle of the 20th century. The construction of pumping stations in the 1950s ensured that the groundwater and rainwater that did not run off were pumped from the canals and sluices into the rivers.

In the years 1950 to 1954 the Leda barrage was built in front of Leer , which was supposed to prevent flooding of the Leda-Jümmer area during storm surges. In the year of its completion, the structure proved itself in a severe storm surge in December 1954.

Amdorf has belonged to the Stickhausen office since it was first mentioned in a document in the Middle Ages . As part of the regional reform, Amdorf became part of the municipality of Detern on January 1, 1973.

particularities

church

Amdorfer Church

It is not known exactly when the first church in Amdorf was built. The parish of Amdorf is mentioned for the first time in 1475 in a list of submissions to the bishop of Münster. The church's furnishings include a communion chalice made around 1300, but the origin of which is not clear. In 1769 the dilapidated church was replaced by a new building. The pulpit from 1658 and the altarpiece from 1695 were integrated into the new building. In 1773 Heinrich Wilhelm Eckmann built the first organ in the church, which is now a listed building. In 1870 a bell tower was built in front of the church.

Puente

The Pünte is a small hand-drawn inland ferry that connects Amdorf with the village of Wiltshausen via the Jümme and used to be an important means of transport, as it was the only connection to the main traffic routes to Leer alongside the Amdorf passenger ferry.

Leda bridge

Car when passing the bridge

Germany's narrowest car bridge, which enables the traffic connection over the Leda between Amdorf and for example Leer or Backemoor. The bridge was built from January 1956 to June 1956 to secure the traffic connection between Amdorf and Neuburg. Until then, the main roads to the surrounding communities and the city of Leer could only be reached via the Amdorf passenger ferry and the Pünte Wiltshausen . Since the ferry service was stopped in winter, all connections were cut off. School visitors, mail, milk and cattle transports as well as fire and rescue services had to take the unpaved detour via Stickhausen, if at all possible.

The Ledabrücke, a steel arch bridge, including the driveways, is 150 meters long, 2.50 meters wide and 2.44 meters high from the base of the bridge to the top. The pure bridge is 50 meters long, the lane is 1.85 meters narrow.

Places with the same name

Amdorf near Herborn , Hesse , Lahn-Dill district

Individual evidence

^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 262 .

[1] Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 262 .