Frisian Army Trail

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The Frisian Heerweg , known as the Frisian Heerstraße in the Oldenburger Land , is an old system of paths that extends from Wildeshausen to Esens on the North Sea . It was used by armies , pilgrims and merchants . As a military route and trade route , it was secured by several castles.

Historical course

The starting point was the strategically important Wildeshausen. On the northern edge of the city, in Altona , the Flemish Road (from Lübeck to Flanders ), the Stedinger Weg (from Berne to Wildeshausen) and the Frisian Heerweg crossed.

The rest of the way used the dry heights east of the Hunte and ran via Dötlingen , Ostrittrum , Sandhatten , Streek , today Sandkrug and Bümmerstede to Oldenburg , where the Hunte was crossed. Following roughly today's L 824 and L 819, the Ammerland was crossed along the towns of Borbeck , Bokel , Wiefelstede , Dringenburg and Conneforde in the direction of Friesische Wehde .

We continued west past Altjührden to the previously important market town of Bockhorn , then to Neuchâtel and on to Friedeburg . Near Hesel , the deep was crossed at the later strategically important watermill bridge. Over the Upschloot dam near Möns , which crosses the border ditch between the Harlinger Land and the Jeverland, we finally continued in a north-easterly direction to the ancient trading and marketplaces of Jever and Esens on the North Sea.

tourism

Today, a network of cycle paths bears the name of the Frisian Heerweg, which was given to it by a municipal working group made up of around 28 tourism providers. Its symbols are the halberd and wagon wheel .

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