Aurich-Oldendorf

Aurich-Oldendorf municipality Großefehn Coordinates: 53 ° 24 ′ 55 ″  N , 7 ° 36 ′ 8 ″  E
Height :	5 m above sea level NN
Area :	19.66 km²
Residents :	1550  (2014)
Population density :	79 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	July 1, 1972
Postal code :	26629
Area code :	04943

Aurich-Oldendorf is a district of the municipality of Großefehn in the Aurich district in East Frisia .

Location and area

In total, the district covers an area of ​​2059 hectares. At around 13 kilometers, it has a large east-west extension. Aurich-Oldendorf lies at heights between about four and five meters above sea ​​level on the southern edge of an island of brown earth covered with old plague soils , rising up to eight meters , which in turn is surrounded by high and low moor .

history

Finds prove the presence of humans in the Bronze Age. However, there is no evidence of continuous settlement. In the Middle Ages , Aurich-Oldendorf belonged to the Hooge Loogen and was part of the Auricherland . Chief Ubbo Habben built a castle in the 13th century, of which only remnants were left around 1725. The St. Petri Church in Aurich-Oldendorf was built in the 14th century. In the 19th century, large parts of the population were very poor. As a result, a wave of emigration hit the village. From 1852 to 1913 at least 78 individuals and families left Aurich-Oldendorf. In the main it was usually young peasant sons, colonists and craftsmen who did not have inheritance rights who left. Many sought their fortune in the USA and initially settled there mainly in Texas.

On July 1, 1972, Aurich-Oldendorf was added to the new community of Großefehn.

Development of the place name

Aurich-Oldendorf is mentioned for the first time as Aldathorp in a document from the Aland monastery from September 7, 1431 . This document is about a land acquisition of the monastery in the Leybucht , signed by 20 community representatives of today's southern Aurich district. Later it was also referred to as to Oldenthorpe (1454) or Oldendorf vor der Spetze . The name means old village . Since the 18th century there has been the addition Aurich- to differentiate between villages of the same name in East Friesland .

Personalities

The writer Martha Köppen-Bode (born November 10, 1866 - June 3, 1958) was born in Aurich-Oldendorf. Her works, works - numerous novels, a few poems and plays - gained national importance. In her novels, written in High German, which are strongly tied to their homeland, she let her heroes speak Low German as soon as she used the literal speech. In addition to being an author, Martha appeared in the Warsingsfehn congregation, the wife of long-time pastor Paul Köppen (1867–1959), who was socially committed. Her husband translated the biblical book Job into Low German.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Siegfried Lüderitz: Aurich-Oldendorf, community Großefehn, district Aurich (PDF; 968 kB), accessed on April 15, 2013.
2. ^ Dettmar Coldewey: Frisia Orientalis. Data on the history of the country between the Ems and Jade. Lohse-Eissing, Wilhelmshaven 1976, ISBN 3-920602-13-7 .
3. ^ 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. 261 .
4. ^ Otto G. Houtrouw: Ostfriesland. A historical and local hike towards the end of the princely era. 2nd volumes. Dunkmann, Aurich 1889/1891.