Asel (Wittmund)
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Asel
City of Wittmund
Coordinates: 53 ° 34 ′ 35 ″ N , 7 ° 49 ′ 22 ″ E
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| Height : | 4 m above sea level NN | |
| Residents : | 525 (2005) | |
| Incorporation : | July 1, 1972 | |
| Postal code : | 26409 | |
| Area code : | 04462 | |
Location of Asel in Lower Saxony |
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Asel is a district of Wittmund in East Frisia and is about 4 kilometers from the city center. The distance from Jever is approx. 7 kilometers.
Place name
The origin of the place name cannot be conclusively clarified. It is assumed to originate from Ase-lâ with the meaning "Götterhain" (from Old Low German / Old English as , os "God" and Old Frisian / Old Low German lâ , lôh "forest", "wood").
historical overview
The village was first mentioned in the 12th century as Asla , and in the 14th century as Asle and Azle . It was not until 1497 that the village was called Asel .
On July 1, 1972, Asel was incorporated into the district town of Wittmund.
Development of the community up to the Weimar Republic
According to church records and various documents, Asel was founded in the early High Middle Ages. The district of Klinge was first mentioned in 1124 and the church in the 13th century. However, it can be assumed that the church had a previous building.
In 1684 Balthasar Arend reported that the village of Asel had been relocated from Aseler Warf (also Basel) to its current location. The reason was that the new place was higher and so offered better protection from the floods. In addition, two castles are said to have once stood in Asel: a moated castle in Klinge and another in Dohusen, the Folkersburg, which is also mentioned in the Werdum chronicles. The castles are said to have been run by two brothers from the Kankena family.
In 1710, the Jeverlanders pierced the old sea dike to drain their water to Eggelingen and Asel, but the Aselers resisted. But initially in vain. Only when they received support from Prince Georg Albrecht von Ostfriesland, who provided them with 70 soldiers, did the Aselians succeed in restoring the containment.
From 1806 to 1813 Mairie Asel was assigned to the Arrondissement of Jever and the canton of Wittmund due to the Dutch-French occupation . Only later was Asel assigned to the Wittmund Bailiwick.
There was a wave of emigration to the USA around 1881 and 1889. In 1918, a soldiers', citizens' and farmers' council was formed to promote the distribution of food. This council was then replaced by a democratically elected community council. A village guard was used to protect the cattle in the pastures, and there was a 22-man vigilante group.
Church history / church
Asel was subordinate to the archdeaconate of the cathedral dean in Bremen in the 13th century and probably belonged to the Sendkirchen area of Jever. From 1420 the parish of Asel is assigned to the Sendkirche in Wittmund. The St. Dionysius Church was built from ashlar granite stones in the first half of the 13th century. The original east apse was demolished in 1825. The side facades are not structured and each has three arched windows. The roofed rectangular one-room church is located on a terp (hill) next to the brick bell tower built in 1661. The prayer bell, cast by Ghert Klinghe in 1454, hangs in the bell tower . The church is - like four Gulfhöfe - a listed building .
Well-known personalities
Mamme Folkardus was one of the three reformers of the Harlingerland and preached in Asel from 1537 until his death in 1576.
Peter-Wilhelm-Johannsen was born in Asel in 1870 as the son of the village blacksmith and learned the art of lithography in Bremen. He was later appointed master lithographer by the Danish king.
In 1929 Pastor Karl Schaaf founded today's youth education center. He was born in Hesel in 1895 and died in 1965. He served as a youth pastor in Asel from 1929 to 1937.
Population development
The population of Asel has developed as follows since 1811:
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Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Arend Remmers : From Aaltukerei to Zwischenmooren. The settlement names between Dollart and Jade . Schuster Verlag, Leer 2004.
- ↑ a b Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality register 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. 264 and 265 .
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