Disgust (north)

disgust City north Coordinates: 53 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ N , 7 ° 13 ′ 0 ″ E
Postal code :	26506
Area code :	04931

Old oil painting of the Ekeler Mühle in Norden, East Friesland

Today the so-called Ekeler Vorwerk, view from the Long Path, molded stone house from the 16th century

Disgust is the eastern part of downtown from the north . The name goes back to a Low German term for acorn or oak, which gave this name to a medieval fortified house about 800 meters northeast of the large market square. Later a private estate and then part of the rural northern suburbs, Ekel quickly grew together with the north in the 20th century through new development areas and was finally incorporated into the municipality in 1919.

geography

Since disgust was never an administrative unit of its own, but only had a meaning in linguistic usage, there is no strict area limitation. One can observe that many new development areas refer to the name Ekel, which are not on the bottom of the historical manor district (eastern part Ekeler Weg , Ekeler Land ). According to today's understanding, the district of Ekel is roughly bounded by the Norder Tief in the southeast, the federal highway 72 in the northeast and the Rheine – Norddeich Mole railway in the southwest, which cuts through the urban area . It is more difficult to demarcate the north-west, the nearest medieval fortified houses (15 of which surrounded the city like a protective ring) were Haus Barenbusch and Haus Wirde, so that the very old street Ekeler Gaste , which clearly follows the Geestrücken , could be used as a boundary.

The catchment area of the Ekeler elementary school, which even extends beyond the area mentioned, plays a not insignificant role in the population's awareness of the border issue.

history

In the Middle Ages, individual tower houses of different families of chiefs were grouped around the city of Norden as a kind of safeguarding the community , as there had never been a city wall or fortification. In a north-easterly direction, following the Ice Age Geest ridge , a brick house was built, which probably already bore the name Ekel or Eckel and was the seat of the noble Uldinga family. From there a street led to the Norder Marktplatz, on old maps, depending on the perspective, called Weg von Norden or Ekeler Weg (today the axis Ekeler Weg - Schulstrasse). Over time, farmers and craftsmen settled and a small town emerged on the northern periphery.

Disgust became part of the independent northern rural community of sand farmers , which, with its numerous farms, surrounded the old town in a ring shape until it was incorporated in 1919. In the course of the steady population growth, these lands gradually had to give way to residential areas in the 20th century; only a few individual farmhouses can still be seen in the town today.

Initially, the community of Sandbauerschaft became a district from the north, which was accompanied by the advantage of road paving and electrification, but also resulted in the loss of the right to self-determination. After the general reform of the municipality, Ekel is no longer a district, but belongs directly to the northern city center.

The railway line, which reached north from 1893, still runs in an arch around the historic township, all rail routes and historic train stations (Bargebur, Osterstraße, Mühlenstraße) were in the area of the surrounding communities, mostly sand farmers and Lintelermarsch. The breakpoint at the intersection of Mühlenstrasse and Schulstrasse was on the land of the former Ekel estate.

building

The stone house with a multi-storey tower lost its strategic importance in the course of the 17th century and changed hands frequently, from the Uldingas to the noble von Jemgum family (1566) and the zu Rautenstein family (1626). The estate must have had its heyday around the 17th and 18th centuries and was at times called the Princely Hunting Lodge . In the course of time, various northern councilors successively took over the property, which later became increasingly subject to deterioration until it was demolished in 1805. However, the systems can still be clearly identified based on the streets of Looger Weg , Heitsweg , Ekeler Weg , Baumstraße and Ekeler Gaste , which have remained unchanged over the centuries . The large garden, which belongs to the chief's seat and is enclosed by large moats, is still largely undeveloped between the garden avenue and the dormitory for the disabled. The demolished tower house was in the middle between the large garden and today's Schulstrasse, today there are several single-family houses on the site.

Various garden houses, servants' houses and ancillary houses belonged to the aristocratic seat in the immediate vicinity, including the Ekeler Vorwerk on the parcel, which is now framed by Schulstrasse, Baumstrasse and Long Path, which was recorded in several maps from the 18th and 19th centuries . On the southwest corner of the former carpet warehouse, today the seat of the Christian Philadelphia Community , there is probably still a house belonging to the aristocratic residence as an outbuilding, which has been remodeled several times over the years. In 2010 this house was partially repaired and given the distinctive "Ekeler Vorwerk" logo on the north side.

Up until 1900 there was a tall post mill (one of the former eight mills in the north) on Grosse Mühlenstrasse.

So-called Finettenburg, a three-part former merchant's house, built over several times and still recognizable today from the unusual, elongated eaves-facing structure on Schulstrasse.

Disgusting school, with four classrooms and a teacher's apartment, built at the turn of the century as one of several elementary schools by the community of sand farmers.

Until the middle of the 20th century, the ironworks, which were very important for the northern economy, was located on the site of the former community of sand farmers in the direction of Ekel on Kleine Osterstraße until it was demolished . The Steinhaus Osterhus and the Norden-Stadt train station no longer exist either. Only the adjacent streets of Bleicherslohne and Kleine Hinterlohne marked the boundaries of the northern municipality until 1919.

Today's meaning

In Ekel there is one of two locations of the Ubbo-Emmius-Klinik, which is sponsored by the Aurich district (before the clinic merger, the new building of the north district hospital), as well as the Ekel school center, secondary school for the northern urban area with a sports field, sports hall and large auditorium, which has long been the central event location in the north, alongside urban sports halls and the market square, and was extensively renovated in 2012.

The district continues to expand today thanks to new development areas. The seat of the local Volks- und Raiffeisenbank was relocated to the new headquarters in Ekel, and the new aid center with buildings for the volunteer fire brigade and the technical aid organization at the new location on the outer Osterstrasse has been in operation since spring 2009 . Another new settlement is the Norder Ärztehaus, the so-called MediCenter Norden.

A large part of the new eastern Norder bypass B72 runs over the fields of the former Ekeler Sandbauerschaft, where now three exits lead to the district ('Osterstraße', 'Ekeler Weg Ost / West', 'Looger Weg Nord / Süd').

literature

Ufke Cremer: North through the ages. Published on behalf of the city of Norden for the 700th anniversary , Norden 1955
Johann Aeils, Jan Smidt, Martin Stromann: Stone witnesses tell history. In search of traces of architectural treasures from northern building history. , North 2001
Gerhard Canzler: North. Trade and change. , North 1989
Gretje Schreiber: Home and Hearth - Supplement Ostfriesischer Kurier. North January 8, 2011