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Ekels is a village in East Frisia . It is divided into old and new disgusts. Until 1972 it belonged to the municipality of Theene , before it became a district of Südbrookmerland with this .

history

The place is mentioned for the first time in 1476 as in der Ekelze . Another traditional name is Eckels (1787). The current spelling has been used since 1842. The place name probably goes back to the nickname Ekele or Ekel .

The colonization of Ekels began in the Middle Ages away from the few traffic routes in East Frisia. For example, the place could only be reached from Aurich via the detour via Westerende-Kirchloog , as the direct connection was blocked by extensive moorland. Large parts of it were still uncultivated in the 18th century. They were used by the local population to cut pests , peat ditches or as pasture for cattle. After the local dynasty of the Cirksena died out, East Frisia fell to Prussia in 1744 . After the reclamation edict of the Prussian King Friedrich II. In 1765, new peatland colonies were created in the area of ​​today's municipality of Südbrookmerland . The Prussian state had an interest in the cultivation of the wasteland, on the one hand to secure an agricultural livelihood for the increasing population, but above all to receive taxes from the colonists after a certain number of tax-free years. The place Neu-Ekels was created in Ekels from 1766 . The existing settlement was henceforth called Alt-Ekels . However, the settlement of the new residents met with resistance from the natives. On January 11, 1769, the communities of Ekels and Oster-Theene complained to the War and Domain Chamber in Aurich about the use of their common pasture by the newcomers. The authorities rejected the complaint, however, so that Neu-Ekels slowly grew along what is now Ekelser Strasse .

The first colonists did not have to struggle with completely inadequate transport connections. Today's road was not developed at the time and ended in the neighboring village of South Victorbur. In addition, the inadequate drainage of the moor area made the agricultural use of the peated or moorland cultivated areas more difficult. Most of the first settlers were only able to keep livestock to a very limited extent. If there were cattle diseases like 1770, the agricultural existence was threatened in the extreme. The agricultural use was limited to the cultivation of buckwheat on the soils cultivated by fire and fertilized with the ashes. However, after a few years the earth was drained, so that many residents sank into poverty.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Arend Remmers : From Aaltukerei to Zwischenmooren. The settlement names between Dollart and Jade. Schuster , Leer 2004, ISBN 3-7963-0359-5 . P. 19.
  2. ↑ Theo Meyer: From their colonists country. From the history of the Südbrookmerland. Isensee, Oldenburg 1998, ISBN 3-89598-517-1 . P. 39 ff.

Coordinates: 53 ° 28 ′ 3.6 ″  N , 7 ° 22 ′ 11.4 ″  E