Esens-Harlingerland dike
| Esens-Harlingerland dike | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Public corporation |
| founding | 1963 |
| Seat | Esens |
| Chair | Jan Steffens |
| Managing directors | Meinhard Edzards |
| Website | deich-sielacht.de |
The Esens-Harlingerland dyke is a dyke association founded in 1963 with headquarters in Esens .
Association area
The dike association is responsible for an area in the northeast of East Frisia . The area, which includes all plots of land located in the protection of the main dykes up to a height of +5.00 m above sea level including the higher ground elevations within this area, extends over the north of the Wittmund district and the northeastern part of the Aurich district .
The main dyke line in the area of responsibility of the Esens-Harlingerland dyke is 28.3 kilometers long. It extends from the general plan kilometer 199.0 between Neßmersiel and Dornumersiel to the general plan kilometer 227.3 kilometers on the district border between the district of Wittmund and the district of Friesland near Harlesiel .
In addition to the main dike line, the dyke association is also responsible for a second dike line in the area of the Münster polder west of Dornumersiel and the dam polder and the Westerburger polder between Dornumersiel and Bensersiel .
The association area of the Esens-Harlingerland dyke is bordered to the west by the association area of the north dike and to the east by the association area of III. Oldenburg dike tape .
tasks
The dike association has the task of protecting properties in the association area from storm surges . To this end, he maintains the dikes in the association area.
For the maintenance of the dykes, the dyke farm maintains sheep farms .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Christian R. Salewski: Schweindorf , section 8, p. 4. Retrieved on October 12, 2019 (PDF, 310 kB).
- ^ Significance and historical development of the dikes , Wittmund district. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
- ↑ a b One and a half kilometers of the dike must be higher , Anzeiger für Harlingerland , March 30, 2012. Accessed October 12, 2019.
- ↑ Hardly any damage after 17 storm surges , Anzeiger für Harlingerland, April 24, 2012. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
- ^ Directory of the dike associations , Lower Saxony dyke law, Lower Saxony regulation information system. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
- ↑ a b Overview of the dike associations in Lower Saxony and Bremen ( memento of December 9, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), map Annex 8 (PDF file, 9.1 MB).