Burhave
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Burhave
Butjadingen municipality
Coordinates: 53 ° 34 ′ 28 " N , 8 ° 21 ′ 45" E
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| Height : | 2 m above sea level NN | |
| Incorporation : | March 1, 1974 | |
| Postal code : | 26969 | |
| Area code : | 04733 | |
Location of Burhave in Lower Saxony |
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 Burhave from the air
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The North Sea resort of Burhave is a district of the municipality of Butjadingen , Wesermarsch district , Lower Saxony , Germany . With more than 2000 inhabitants, Burhave is the largest town in the municipality and the seat of the municipal administration.
geography
Burhave is located in Butjadingen on the North Sea coast , about 15 kilometers northwest of the Weser estuary , in the middle of marshland . There used to be a sandy beach on the coast, but over time it became more and more muddy . Changes in the flow conditions due to the artificial deepening of the Outer Weser are assumed to be the reason .
history
The name is possibly derived from the Germanic word buri (settlement, residence, homestead) and from the Frisian word hove or have (church village). Burhave means something like "church settlement". The name may be related to the former townscape of Burhaves, because 400 years ago a fortified church from the 11th century formed the town center. All courtyards were arranged around the church, which stood on a high tower .
Bire / Byre, as Burhave was called earlier, was a central place in Butjadingen as early as the Middle Ages . While in earlier times the place was more inland of the Butjadingen peninsula, it became a coastal place over time due to the shifting of the coastline.
In 1334 the first market was held in Burhave . The corresponding concessions were later renewed by the rulers in Bremen and Oldenburg . The place was of little importance until the port of Langwarden had to be closed around 1700 due to increasing siltation. The rulers of Bremen and Oldenburg were interested in access to the sea, which, however, was hindered by peasant free states , which led to conflicts with them. The result was that the chiefs established themselves in Butjadingen . The disputes reached their climax in 1419, when the Burhavers built their church (today's St. Petri Church) with bulwarks and trenches to make it the safest defensive structure in the country. The defense system had to be abandoned under the onslaught of the people of Bremen, with its tower and the fortifications built up being destroyed. After the incident of 1419 the chiefs were abolished and replaced by locally elected “advisors” who led the people.
In 1509, allied troops from Oldenburg, Braunschweig and allies finally subjugated the Free States of Butjadingen and Stadland , with the decisive battles being fought at the Hartwarder Landwehr near Rodenkirchen and in the Burmeide near Langwarden. In 1667, the rulership of the Oldenburg family was finally replaced by the Danish royal family, who inherited the land.
Around 1800 there was a cold fever in the northern Wesermarsch, a form of malaria from which many people - also in Burhave - died. Average life expectancy fell to under 30 years. The fever was successfully combated by improving drainage. During the Napoleonic Wars , Butjadingen was occupied by the French from 1810 to 1813. During this time the occupiers exploited the land, as the population was burdened with high taxes and hard labor .
The first streets in Butjadingen were demanded by the population from the 1830s. In 1853 the first clinker-paved road between the fishing village of Fedderwardersiel and Burhave was completed. In 1861 the road between Oldenburg and Burhave was continuously passable. In 1865, Oldenburg land dragons were stationed as state police in Burhave for the first time .
In 1933 Eckwarden, Langwarden, Stollhamm, Tossens and Waddens were incorporated into the municipality of Burhave. This was officially renamed Butjadingen in 1936 . When this community was dissolved in 1948, Burhave regained its independence. Since March 1st 1974 it belongs to the new municipality Butjadingen.
Churches
Evangelical Lutheran St. Petri Church: The church with space for over 600 people was built by the Osnabrück architect Franz Xaver Lütz in the neo-Gothic style in 1878–1880 as a replacement for a previous building from the 14th century that had been demolished three years earlier built in the same place. During its construction, a number of materials from the previous building were reused, including its grave slabs, old stones and the existing wood, a baptismal font from the 12th century and the Mary's bell from 1451.
Catholic Herz-Mariä-Kirche: The church is a converted schoolhouse from around 1880, which was consecrated as a church in 1955.
Economy and Transport
The strongest branch of the economy is tourism. The place has a post office with banking services and two banks, a few smaller shops and two large supermarkets.
Burhave is connected to the national road network via the 868 road leading to the Weser ferry from Nordenham -Blexen to Bremerhaven .
Culture, leisure and sport
- North Sea Bath
The lagoon-like seawater bathing lake , which covers a total area of 1.8 hectares, offers the opportunity to swim regardless of the tides. Directly behind the sea water bathing lake is the Wattensteg , a 200 meter long pier that protrudes into the Wadden Sea .
- Play barn
In the 3,000 m³ large and year-round recreational facility, the play barn , the construction of which near the beach was funded by the European Community, among other things, the municipality's tourist information is housed.
- Sports
That of Hinrich Dunkhase (1857-1905) excited in Burhave merger of Oldenburg and East Frisian klootschieten for Frisian Klootschießerverband (FRP) was on May 25, 1902. Dunkhase was until his death the Chairman. Today the association is the umbrella organization of over 40,000 toilet shooters and bosses . A memorial in Burhave still reminds of Hinrich Dunkhase today. In 2002, the World Championships in toilet shooting took place in Burhave .
Personalities
- Oskar Drees (1889–1968), educator, sports functionary, politician ( SPD ) and member of the Bremen citizenship .
- Hinrich Dunkhase (1857–1905), pioneer of the dairy industry, meritorious Klootschießer in Frisian sports .
- Wilhelm Jacobs (1883–1966), teacher, politician ( SPD )
- Ludwig Kaufmann (1884–1980), director of the Deutsche Linoleum-Werke
- Wolfram Bäumer (1959–2017), railway engineer and journalist, museum railroad specialist
literature
- Raiffeisenbank Burhave eG (Ed.): Burhave - history and stories - the place and its surroundings . Raiffeisenbank Burhave eG, Burhave 1983
- Touristik Butjadingen eV (Ed.): Guest magazine 2007. Nordwest-Zeitung Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, Oldenburg 2007
Web links
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 / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 276 .
- ↑ Herz-Mariä-Kirche ( Memento of the original from November 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on www.kath-kirche-nordenham-nord.net
Community town of Burhave with the farming communities : Small Fedderwarden , Sinsum , Burhave , Syuggewarden , Hollwarden , Sillens , Isens , Brüddewarden , small Eckwarden (Waddens) , Husum , Boving-ram | Langwarden with: Langwarden , Großfedderwarden , Niens , Süllwarden , Mürrwarden , Ruhwarden , Seeverns , Düke , Tossenser Altendeich , Tossens , Roddens , Süd Eckwarden , Nord Eckwarden , Eckwarder Altendeich , Sinswürden , Eckwarder Hammerich | Stollhamm with: Iffens , Kirchhöfing I , Kirchhöfing II , Stollhammerwisch , Ahndeich I , Ahndeich II