Holtrop (Großefehn)

Holtrop municipality Großefehn Coordinates: 53 ° 25 ′ 54 ″  N , 7 ° 33 ′ 45 ″  E
Height :	7 m above sea level NN
Area :	13.46 km²
Residents :	1511  (2014)
Population density :	112 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	July 1, 1972
Postal code :	26629
Area code :	04943

Holtrop Church

Holtrop is a district of the municipality of Großefehn in the Aurich district in East Friesland in Lower Saxony .

location

Holtrop is about seven kilometers southeast of the city of Aurich . The place is connected via the district roads K 104 and K 134 to the federal road 72 from Aurich to the Filsum motorway junction of the motorway 28 .

history

Holtrop was first mentioned on September 7, 1431. The representative of the village of Holtrop, Wilhelm Mertisna, signed a land acquisition contract for the Aland monastery in the former Leybucht together with 19 other secular representatives of East Frisian communities in what is now the southern district of Aurich .

In the Middle Ages, Holtrop belonged to the Hooge Loogen .

When East Friesland was raised to the status of imperial count in 1454 and 1464, Count Ulrich Cirksena divided the county into several offices. Holtrop belonged to the Aurich office and since then has been the seat of a bailiwick.

During the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) Holtrop was extorted by the Mansfeld troops. To exert pressure, three flocks (farms) and three wharf sites (house with land) were devastated.

A plague epidemic killed a large number of residents around 1660.

Several grain distilleries were operated in Holtrop from 1700 to 1880 . The Holtrop Genever was very popular regionally.

In 1818, when it belonged to the Kingdom of Hanover , Holtrop became the seat of the District Bailiwick of Holtrop.

On July 1, 1972, Holtrop and its districts Bietzefeld and Holtroperfeld were incorporated into the new community of Großefehn.

Origin of name

Holtrop is also called Holtdorp (= wood village) in various documents. The name indicates a "wood-rich village".

Attractions

The Evangelical Lutheran Holtrop Church was built in the 13th century and is one of the largest village churches in East Frisia. The rectangular Romanesque hall church made of brick is characterized in particular by the rood screen in front of the east choir, which is unusual in a village church and separates the front altar area from the community area. It is one of five surviving rood screens in an East Frisian church. The leaning bell tower of the church stands, as is customary in the East Frisian churches, separated on the south side of the church.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ A. Gronewold, G. Meyer: The families of the parish Holtrop (1634-1900) . Verlag Ostfriesische Landschaft, 1987.
2. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 261 .
3. ↑ Houtrouw: Ostfriesland - A historical and local hike towards the end of the princely period .
4. ↑ Genealogy Forum: Holtrop ( Memento from August 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (web archive), accessed on January 5, 2019.
5. ↑ Kroesen, Steensma: Churches in East Friesland. 2011, p. 166.