Schepsdorf

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Schepsdorf
City of Lingen (Ems)
Coordinates: 52 ° 30 ′ 34 ″  N , 7 ° 17 ′ 44 ″  E
Height : 23 m above sea level NN
Residents : 1679  (Dec. 31, 2013)
Postcodes : 49808, 49811
Area code : 0591
Schepsdorf (Lower Saxony)
Schepsdorf

Location of Schepsdorf in Lower Saxony

Figure of a saint on the Emsbrücke at Bundesstrasse 213

Schepsdorf is a place in the Emsland district in Lower Saxony . Politically, it belongs to the city of Lingen (Ems) . The former Kirchdorf Schepsdorf were among the places and farming communities intestine, Rheitlage, Lohne with North Lohne and Gutsbezirk Herzford. All six together formed the church and school community Schepsdorf on an area of ​​9,454 ha. The political community Schepsdorf-Lohne , however, only consisted of Lohne (with northern wages) and Schepsdorf. Today Darme, Herzford and Rheitlage are also districts of the city of Lingen, while Nordlohne and Lohne have belonged to the municipality of Wietmarschen in the county of Bentheim since the regional reform .

Origin of place names and history

The name Schepsdorf (old: Scepesdorpe ) should mean ship village . Accordingly, the church seal of Schepsdorf also shows a ship. The place owes its origin and importance to the Ems ferry, which connected northern Germany with the Netherlands at this point. The importance of the ferry connection for pilgrims and merchants is beyond dispute.

After Wildeshausen near Oldenburg received relics of the martyr Alexander in 851, the place rose to become a much-visited place of pilgrimage. A particularly large number of pilgrims came from Twente (now Dutch). These often jam in front of the Ems ferry as the only way to cross. Therefore, a chapel was built at this point, partly to increase the piety of the pilgrims, but possibly also to participate in the business with the pilgrims. The church in Schepsdorf was initially a branch of Emsbüren . But it is not certain whether the oldest known name Scepesdorpe has anything to do with shipping. The church seal may only have been created after the chapel was built. A distinctive symbol was used, with which the seal of this place was immediately recognizable. Schepsdorf was counted as a Bursibant according to the Werden Heberegister .

Rheitlage (also riding position ) is 1,273 for the first time in the land register of the monastery are as Retlage (dtsch. Ried area, reed area mentioned). The location on the left bank of the Ems explains the origin of the name. It is said to have originally been a mansion.

Lohne (old: Loen also Lone ) is mentioned in 1152 in the Wietmarsch foundation deeds. The old name stands for a large, widely visible wood. Today the place is part of Wietmarschen.

Darme (old: Darum ) is first mentioned in writing in 1384. But the place must be much older. There is a very old word in the determiner, meaning willow grazing. The endings -um, -un, -ene, -en appear in numerous place names instead of a terminated basic word. A general basic word meaning "settlement" is hidden in it. So Darum means : settlement in a dry area.

Herzford (old: Hriasforda, Herzevorth ) should stand for Hirschfurt. In 1337, Bishop Ludwig von Münster built the castle gate Slips bi Herzevorth on this site to protect his Emsland possessions from the Tecklenburg people and the Bentheimers allied with them.

Development of the locality

population 1880 1900 1925 1933 1939 1950 1961 1970 2008 2009 2015
Schepsdorf 1,069 1,264 1,730 2,022 2.131 2,820 922 1,194 1,974 1.953 1.913
Bowels 255 300 609 719 824 1,290 - - 4,190 4.165 4075

Until 1950, both the population of Schepsdorf and of the former district of Lohne of the municipality of Schepsdorf-Lohne are summarized under “Schepsdorf”. The data from 2008 also include residents with secondary residence and therefore deviate from the data from the State Statistical Office.

literature

  • Teachers' association of the Diocese of Osnabrück: The Lingen district. Contributions to the History of the district of Osnabrück Book I . R. van Acken publishing house, Lingen / Ems 1905.
  • Werner Kaemling: Atlas on the history of Lower Saxony. Gerd J. Holtzmeyer Verlag, Braunschweig 1987, ISBN 3-923722-44-3 .
  • Hermann Abels: The place names of the Emsland, in their linguistic and cultural-historical significance. Ferdinand Schöningh Verlag, Paderborn 1929.
  • Christoph Oberthür, Franz Busche, Franz Barth, Heinrich Dünheuft: Home map of the Lingen district with statistical information. Publishing house R. van Acken, Lingen / Ems 1953.
  • Hans Behrens: Agricultural history board for Weser-Ems, data from 300 years of association work. Isensee Verlag, Oldenburg 2000, ISBN 3-89598-681-X .
  • Frank van Es: Regions from a European perspective. Attached work: Landscape and Region / Hans Grosse supplement. Lectures at the 44th Landscape Assembly of the Oldenburg Landscape on March 14, 1998 in Thüle. Edited by the Oldenburg landscape. Isensee Verlag, Oldenburg 1998, ISBN 3-89598-548-1 .
  • Ernst Förstemann, Hermann Jellinghaus (editor): Old German name book , Volume II, 1 and 2: Place names . Bonn 1913/1916 (reprint: Volume II, 2, Hildesheim 1967/1983, ISBN 3-487-01733-4 ).
  • Statistics of the German Reich, results of various censuses, Berlin 1883–1944
  • Lower Saxony Office for State Planning and Statistics: Statistical Yearbook 1950. Hanover 1950.

Web links

Commons : Schepsdorf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Geodata Center - Schepsdorf
  2. Numbers and data on lingen.de