Behind low

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Behind low
Data
location City of Emden and the district of Aurich , Lower Saxony , Germany
River system Ems
Drain over Knockster Tief  → Ems  → North Sea
origin Junction from the Alter Graben in Emden
53 ° 22 ′ 29 ″  N , 7 ° 12 ′ 22 ″  E
muzzle at rear in the Knockster depth coordinates: 53 ° 24 '29 "  N , 7 ° 11' 39"  O 53 ° 24 '29 "  N , 7 ° 11' 39"  O

length 4.7 km
Communities Emden , behind
Navigable for motor boats

The Hintertiefenbach one is low , that the city of Emden and the municipality Hinte in the district of Aurich in northwestern Lower Saxony flows. The town of Hinte, the main town of the municipality of the same name, gives the valley its name.

The deep behind has no “source” in the actual sense. The 4.7 kilometer long and between 12 and 20 meter wide watercourse extends between the Alter Graben in Emden and the core area of ​​Hinte, where it meets the Knockster Tief . In the Harsweg district of Emden , the low crosses under the A 31 .

history

In the past, the area of ​​today's communities Hinte, Krummhörn and in parts also the (velvet) communities Brookmerland and Südbrookmerland was highly dependent on boat traffic on the canals, as the roads were poorly developed or not at all until the early 20th century were present. This was due on the one hand to the difficult soil and drainage conditions, and on the other hand to financial deficiencies. For the 18th century, for example, it is reported about the land route: “From Emden to Greetsiel. The path leads over Harsweg, Hinte, Wichhusen, Cirkwehrum, Damhusen, Dykhusen, Visquard and Appingen to Greetsiel. Length 3 1/2 hours. The path runs entirely on Kleiboden. It is low between Hinte and Harsweg, Dykhusen and Appingen and is often flooded when the winter water is high. ”The villages and the farms connected to the canal system were easier to reach by boat on the canals than by horse and carriage.

The connection via the Knockster and Hinter Tief as well as the Old and New Greetsieler Sieltief and their side canals formed the backbone of goods traffic to the seaport city of Emden and the port of Greetsiel. The boat traffic with Emden was particularly important. Village boatmen took over the supply of goods from the city and delivered agricultural products in the opposite direction: “From the Sielhafenort, smaller ships, so-called Loog ships, transported the cargo to the inland and supplied the marsh villages (loog = village). The Loogschiffe from the Krummhörn enlivened the canals of the city of Emden up to the 20th century. ”Capital goods and goods that were not available in the villages came from the city, in return the villages supplied agricultural products. This included dung , which was shipped on to the bog colonies of East Frisia, where it served as fertilizer for the barren soils.

Today the low is primarily used for recreational sports such as paddling , rowing , boating and fishing .

drainage

The I. Drainage Association Emden , based in Pewsum , the main town of the Krummhörn, is responsible for maintaining the Hinter Tief and its tributaries . Large parts of the association's area are below sea ​​level , so that without sufficient drainage those areas would be under water if there was persistent rainfall .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The information in this section comes from: Theodor Janssen: Gewässerkunde Ostfrieslands. Verlag Ostfriesische Landschaft, Aurich 1967, p. 211 ff., Especially p. 217.
  2. ↑ Behind Tief on the website of the German Rowing Association (DRV)
  3. ^ Harm Wiemann, Johannes Engelmann: Old streets and ways in East Friesland . Self-published, Pewsum 1974, p. 161 ( East Frisia in the protection of the dyke , volume 8)
  4. ^ Harm Wiemann, Johannes Engelmann: Old streets and ways in East Friesland. Self-published, Pewsum 1974, p. 169 ( East Frisia in the protection of the dike , volume 8)
  5. ^ Map of the association area . entwaesserungsverband-emden.de; Retrieved February 22, 2013.