Frisian street

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Frisian street

The Friesische Strasse was a medieval trade and imperial route in northwest Germany. It had a length of about 220 km and connected the city of the north in East Friesland with Münster in Westphalia .

course

The Friesische Straße ran from the north to Emden roughly on the routes of today's federal highways 72 and 210 . From Emden it ran roughly along today's federal motorway 31 to Leer. The Ems was crossed in Leer . From Leer, the Friesische Strasse ran south approximately parallel to the Ems on the left bank of the Ems to Münster. It ran roughly along today's federal road 436 (Leer - Weener), state road 31 (Weener - Rhede), district roads 155 (Rhede - Heede) and 156 (Heede), state road 48 (Heede - Altenlingen), district road 34 (Nordlohne - Schepsdorf), the state road 40 (Elbergen - Emsbüren), the district road 327 (Emsbüren - Salzbergen), the state roads 39 (Salzbergen - state border Lower Saxony / North Rhine-Westphalia) and 501 (state border - Rheine), the federal highways 481 (Rheine - Emsdetten) and 219 (Sprakel - Münster).

Link with other roads

From Leer there was an eastern connection to Bremen (Ostfriesische Straße). In Weener there was a western connection to Winschoten and from there to Groningen . From Rhede there was an eastern connection to Aschendorf and from there on over the Geestrücken des Hümmling to Haselünne to the Flemish Road ( Lübeck - Bruges ). South of Heede , another connection from Winschoten to the Hümmling trade route crossed the Friesische Strasse. Another connection to Haselünne branched off to the west of Meppen, the Folkweg , also called Herzog-Erich-Weg and Reuterweg , along the southern edge of the Ems-Hunte-Geest in the direction of the central Weser north of Nienburg . Flämische Strasse crossed Friesische Strasse southwest of Lingen. In Rheine there were further connections to Osnabrück and Enschede . In Münster there were other connections to Cologne (Kölnische Straße), to Coesfeld (Coesfelder Weg), to Gronau (Horstmarer Landweg) and via Warendorf to Paderborn (Hessenweg).

Cities along the Frisian Street

North - Emden - Leer - Weener - Haren - Meppen - Lingen - Rheine - Emsdetten - Greven - Münster

history

The Friesische Straße was already an important long-distance trade connection in the 9th century. In the late Middle Ages, the Friesische Strasse ran along the right bank of the Ems near Lingen . By relocating Friesische Strasse to the left bank of the Ems, long-distance trade then largely passed Lingen.

Furthermore, in the late Middle Ages, the Friesische Straße ran via Rhede , Diele with the Dieler Schanze to Emden . It was the only connection road between the Emsland and East Friesland .

See also

Altstrasse

literature

  • Wolfgang Schöningh: Königsweg and Friesenstrasse Münster - Rheine - Emden in the Middle Ages. In: Stadt Rheine (Ed.): All threads run through Rheine. City of Rheine, Rheine 1956, pp. 7-16.
  • Harm Wiemann, Johannes Engelmann: Old ways and streets in East Friesland (=  East Friesland in the protection of the dike . Volume 8 ). Self-published, Pewsum 1974, ISBN 3-925365-07-9 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wiemann, Engelmann: Old ways and roads in East Friesland. 1974, p. 126.
  2. ^ Schöningh: Königsweg and Friesenstrasse Münster. 1956, pp. 7-16.
  3. ↑ Eberhard Rack: Settlement and settlement of the old district north. Verlag Ostfriesische Landschaft, Aurich 1967, pp. 28–29.
  4. ^ Wilhelm Kohl (arrangement): The diocese of Münster. Part 7: The Diocese / 1. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1999, ISBN 3-11-016470-1 , p. 703.
  5. ↑ a b Karin von der Beeke: From streets and people. Migration movements from the Weser-Ems area to Stralsund up to the middle of the 14th century. In: Lower Saxony Yearbook for State History. Organ of the historical association for Lower Saxony in Hanover. Volume 74, 2002, pp. 125–146, here: p. 127 ( online , accessed February 13, 2017; PDF file; 65.3 MB).
  6. ↑ Wiemann, Engelmann: Old ways and roads in East Friesland. 1974, p. 123.