Flood in Celle

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Aerial view of the Altencelle flooding in 2008

Floods in Celle have been documented for centuries. The city at the confluence of the lowland rivers Aller , Fuhse and Lachte has established its own floodplains for floods , in particular for the flood of the century that can be statistically expected every 100 years .

history

In the area of ​​the city of Celle there are references to historical floods in various places. For example, two high water marks were placed on the back of the building of the former Herrenmühle for the highest water levels there from March 1881 and January 1918.

One of the most serious floods to date was the floods a few months after the end of the Second World War : after a 14-day period of frost , in the week of February 3 to 9, 1946, unusually heavy rain struck in the winter of 1945/46 in the week from February 3 to 9, 1946, together with one in mountain formations such as the snowmelt onset of the resin . Less for nostalgic reasons than as a reminder and reminder for the future, the city of Celle had water level boards set up by the Vehrden water management office at various locations in its urban area , for example at Dammaschwiese near the Pfennig Bridge . The board placed there documents the high water level of 38.75 m asl that was determined on February 12, 1946 .

High water marks from 1881 and 1918 on the back of the Herrenmühle

As early as the 1980s, the city of Celle had drafted a “framework draft for flood protection in the Celle region ”, but it was only in 1999 that it commissioned the STADT-LAND-FLUSS INGENIEURDIENSTE GmbH office with the associated “ hydraulic investigations” and apparently only began after the plan approval procedure 2013 with the implementation of the results: According to information from the Lower Saxony State Office for Water Management, Coastal and Nature Conservation (NLWKN), the plan provides “a combination of different measures, such as foreland excavations and flood troughs in the underwater of the Celle weirs, dykes and flood protection walls [in front of] as well as measures for Securing the inland waterway ". First of all, a foreshore excavation is to be carried out between “ Boye and the Fuhse Estuary”.

Most recently, around 2008, a large part of the Altencelle district was flooded, making its arterial road , Alte Dorfstraße ( district road K74 ), temporarily impassable for motor vehicles.

(100 HQ) in Celle contrast, losses of more than 100 million euros are expected for the next really expected flood of the century, which is about by natural hazards - insurance contracts can be mitigated.

  • Sign on the Aller between the Dammaschwiese and at the Pfennigbrücke opposite the houses on the Fritzenwiese : high water level in 1946 38.75m above sea ​​level

  • Similar board in the Triftanlage in Neuenhäusen ; High water level in 1946 37.35m above sea level

  • Partial deforestation for protective work in the green space of the Franz-Guizetti-Park nursing home building behind the Celle prison , view towards Schwicheldtstraße near the confluence of the two arms of the Aller

Flood 2013

At the end of May 2013, persistent rainfall caused flooding, initially in the districts of Klein Hehlen , Westercelle , Groß Hehlen and Hustedt . After the Freitagsbach broke its banks in the Lachtehausen district, for example , up to 4 local fire brigades , in particular the Celle Volunteer Fire Brigade - Altenhagen, temporarily pumped out houses around the clock on Wittinger Strasse, which was then closed to through traffic . Work on individual buildings in the underwater street had to be given up as "hopeless" from the start. On May 30, 2013 at 11.00 a.m. the water level of the Aller of 4.47 m was measured, but at the time the German Weather Service had already warned of further heavy rainfalls. Around noon on May 31st, the Aller level in Celle rose to just under 4.59 m. According to the city's press spokeswoman Myriam Meißner , all citizens of Celle would soon be "permanently affected" from a level of 4.80 meters . In the meantime, Lord Mayor Dirk-Ulrich Mende had taken over the management of the daily briefings.

From June 1st, a " sandbag dispensing point" was set up in the "vehicle hall behind the New Town Hall ". In addition, "a hotline for general information about the flood situation in the Celle urban area" was set up for the first weekend in June . According to local fire chief Bernd Müller , the Celle fire brigade can still "mobilize 100 people immediately".

  • The street on Schwalbenberg in Lachtehausen on May 28th, noon

  • Underpass in Bahnhofstrasse , May 31

  • "Permanent car park" on May 31st in Biermannstrasse

  • On the same day in Biermannstrasse

See also

Web links

Commons : Flood in Celle  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Compare the documentation at Commons (see under the section Web Links )
  2. ↑ Lothar Sander (specialist service manager): Floodplain areas (see under the section Web links )
  3. ↑ Klaus Mlynek : Hochwasser 1946. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (ed.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 301.
  4. ↑ a b N.N .: Flood protection for Celle ... (see web links )
  5. ↑ a b Ulrich Kiel, Heiko Reuter, Carsten Schwitalla (managing director): Flood protection for the Celle region ... (see section on web links )
  6. ↑ Jürgen Poestges: Flood damage to the house is not always included in the insurance ( memento of the original dated December 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in the online edition of the Celleschen Zeitung on May 30, 2013, last accessed on May 31, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cellesche-zeitung.de
  7. ↑ Florian Persuhn: Celle fire brigade in action (see section Web links )
  8. ↑ see the television report on NDR 1 aktuell (under the section Weblinks )
  9. ↑ NN: 4.47m ... (see web links )
  10. ↑ a b Michael Ende: City of Celle distributes sandbags ( Memento of the original from December 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in the Celleschen Zeitung of May 31, 2013, last accessed on May 31, 20113 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cellesche-zeitung.de