Gristede

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municipality Wiefelstede
Coordinates: 53 ° 13 ′ 23 "  N , 8 ° 3 ′ 12"  E
Height : 10 m above sea level NN
Area : 11 km²
Residents : 771  (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 70 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 26215
Primaries : 04403, 04402
Gristede (Lower Saxony)
Gristede

Location of Gristede in Lower Saxony

Gristede is a district of the municipality of Wiefelstede in the Ammerland district in Lower Saxony and is located four kilometers southwest of the core area of ​​Wiefelstede. The residents themselves call their place “Gris”, that's what it says on the sign .

history

Gristede is one of the oldest populated places in the Ammerland. Excavations have shown traces of ice age hunters.

The remains of several three-aisled hall houses (32 × 6.6 m) have been archaeologically recorded from the Roman Empire . The settlement was probably inhabited continuously from the 1st century BC to the 5th century AD, with the settlement gradually shifting from the first facility near the Auebach to the highest point of the Gristeder Esch ( "wandering village" ). The rural settlement complex included farm buildings, mine huts, bathing and melting furnaces and wells. The whole complex was enclosed by a picket fence. The agriculture was based on a system of Wölbackern , which could be proven by excavations on the Gristeder Esch.

Archaeological studies in the village center of Gristede show that after a phase of desertification, the settlement, which is still inhabited today, was re-established in the 9th century. The location of the farmsteads only changed slightly from the 11th to the 20th century in the first settlement phase.

The abbess Gertrud from the Quedlinburg Abbey sold her Gristeder goods to the Hude monastery in 1243 .

In the second half of the 13th century the Ministerialenburg Horn was built in Gristede , which controlled the old military route from Oldenburg to Apen on the north bank of the Zwischenahner Meer . The castle complex emerged from two farms and consisted of an outer and an inner moat ("Gräftenburg") , a rampart with palisade and the actual castle square with donjon. A small chapel is documented in 1292, and was last mentioned in 1492. The chapel was probably abandoned during the Reformation in the early 16th century. In 1641 the castle was demolished and replaced by a new property with a garden.

In 1858 the owners built a classicist mansion and laid out the Kastanienallee, which still exists today. The old manor house briefly served as a stable, but burned down completely in the same year and was replaced by a Gulf house in 1859 . Parts of the moat were filled in in 1884. The mansion was extended in 1914. In 2006 the manor house was completely renovated by the current owners and the original wall paintings from 1858 were restored. The manor house is used privately today. Events and private parties are now taking place in the barns. The historical building ensemble exists in this form today as Kultur Gut Horn .

Infrastructure

Almost half of the total area of ​​Gristede is forested and used for forestry, of which the largest part is in private and rural hands ("Gristeder Büsche", approx. 500 ha). The center of Gristede is about 2 km northeast of the Zwischenahner Meer between the villages of Wiefelstede and Bad Zwischenahn. The A 28 runs southwest of the town center. Gristede can be reached directly via the BAB exit 8 “Zwischenahner Meer / Wiefelstede”.

Culture and sights

Show park in the Gristeder forest

Parks

The 25 hectare rhododendron show park of the Bruns tree nursery is located in the Gristeder forest . In the 50s of the last century, a collection of rhododendrons and azaleas was systematically created here in the light shade of a pine forest . Today the complex is a Mecca for rhododendron lovers from all over the world and impresses with its diversity, the flowers and the forest-like character with tree-sized specimens. In addition, many botanical rarities such as Chinese sequoia trees, Japanese maple, dogwood, witch hazel and magnolia species and varieties can be viewed.

Club life

  • Volunteer firefighter
  • Shooting club, which celebrated its centenary in 2012
  • Sports club SSV Gristede 1974 eV
  • Local association Gristede from 2016

See also

literature

  • Dieter Zoller : Gristede. A contribution to settlement archeology on the Nordoldenburger Geest. In: Archaeologia 10/11, 1961/1963, pp. 8-12
  • Dieter Zoller: Horn Castle - A medieval ministerial castle in Ammerland. In: Oldenburger Jahrbuch 58 (1959): Part 2, pp. 9–40.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Statistics 2019. Accessed on August 29, 2020 .
  2. Zoller, D. (1963): The results of the excavation on the Gristeder Esch, Krs. Ammerland, in the years 1960–1961. New excavations and Research i. Lower Saxony 1: p. 132 ff.
  3. Zoller, D. (1961 and 1963): Gristede, a contribution to settlement archeology on the Nordoldenburger Geest. Archaeologia geographica 10/11: p. 39 ff.
  4. ^ Zoller, D. (1969): Investigations of the village center and farm corridor with archaeological means. New excavations and Research i. Lower Saxony 4: p. 316 ff.
  5. Rudolf Meier: The cathedral chapters of Goslar and Halberstadt in their personal composition in the Middle Ages, 1967, p. 225
  6. Gristede Volunteer Fire Brigade
  7. ^ Schützen- und Heimatverein Gristede eV
  8. ^ SSV Gristede 1974 eV