Driever (Westoverledingen)

Driever Westoverledingen municipality Coordinates: 53 ° 11 ′ 41 ″ N , 7 ° 25 ′ 7 ″ E
Height :	2.5 m above sea level NN
Area :	5.68 km²
Residents :	119 (2004)
Population density :	21 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1973
Postal code :	26810
Area code :	04955
	Map of Westoverledingen

The village of Driever is located in the municipality of Westoverledingen directly on the Emsdeich between Grotegaste and Esklum . Around 120 people live in the village. This makes Driever the smallest town in the municipality, with a total of around 20,000 inhabitants.

history

Driever was first mentioned in history around the year 1000. At that time, the old dike path led via Kommende Muhde to Driever, which are reported as "Latamuthon" and "Thribirgi". In the Middle Ages, Driever was largely overshadowed by the Johanniterkloster in Muhde, which - first mentioned in 1319 - reached its heyday in the 15th century. Up until the Reformation, Driever belonged to the Leer provost of the Münster diocese and is named Dryver in a directory there around 1500. The name probably means "three ferries" (Drieveer). The three ferries used to go to Haseborg , Kirchborgum and probably Feestenborg in the Rheiderland . By 1750 Driever had around 200 residents.

On January 1, 1973, Driever was incorporated into the new municipality of Westoverledingen.

politics

The mayor in Driever is Hans-Jürgen Erfkamp.

Facilities

In the center of the village is the Evangelical Reformed Church. The west tower of the Reformed Church in Driever was built in 1696. The current church was built in 1874/75. The organ, built in 1885, is almost true to the original. In Weekeborg, a stretch of around 800 meters is lined with a “museum dike”, which allows a size comparison with today's dike. It also contains a Diekgatt (dyke hole), through which the farmers used to get to the fertile foreland of the dike. With the Weekeborg Siel, an old hydraulic structure has also been preserved here, which ensured the drainage of the water from the hinterland and offered protection against flooding. Up until a few years ago, Amisia Driever's amateur footballers played on the small sports field on the outskirts.

literature

Enno Janshen: The families of the parishes Driever (1767-1900) and Esklum (1682-1900) . Upstalsboom-Gesellschaft, Aurich 1995, ISBN 3-925365-89-3 (Ostfriesland Ortssippenbücher, vol. 36; German Ortssippenbücher, vol. A 209).

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 and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 263 .

[1] 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. 263 .