Jheringsfehn

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Jheringsfehn
municipality Moormerland
Coordinates: 53 ° 19 ′ 7 ″  N , 7 ° 31 ′ 7 ″  E
Height : 2 m above sea level NN
Area : 10.55 km²
Residents : 2440  (December 31, 2016)
Population density : 231 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1973
Postal code : 26802
Area code : 04954
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Moormerland in the district of Leer

Jheringsfehn (often incorrectly spelled Iheringsfehn ) is a fen settlement in the municipality of Moormerland in the district of Leer in East Friesland . On December 31, 2016, the place had 2,440 inhabitants who lived on an area of ​​10.55 km².

geography

Jheringsfehn is a row village that stretches along the Jheringsfehn Canal and its tributaries running from northwest to southeast (Hookswieke, Georgswieke, Rudolfswieke, Alte Beekswieke and Neue Beekswieke) to heights between 2.4 and 3.5 meters. The place is about two kilometers east of Warsingsfehn and about four kilometers west-northwest of Hesel on an area of ​​10.33 square kilometers.

history

The first settler was Paul Harsebroek, a dike commissioner from Emden . In 1641 he acquired a moorland plot of around 25 hectares, the so-called Bullenmeede , for 100 Reichstaler . The area was henceforth called de Hook (the corner) because it is in a corner between Boekzetelerfehn and Neuefehn . On October 16, 1660, Harsebroek concluded a long lease agreement with the state government for a further 100  Diemate mud . However, the income from the peat mining remained low, so that Harsebroek got into ever greater financial difficulties, could no longer pay the long lease and was finally bankrupt in 1741. In the subsequent bankruptcy proceedings, Rebecca Ritzius Dam , b. Warsing, the lands of the Harsebroek heirs. Ritzius transferred the property to her son-in-law, the government and chamber councilor Sebastian Eberhard Jhering, in 1742 . Jhering knew the area he had surveyed in 1739. He enlarged the property by another 100 hectares, which had not yet been tackled when he died in 1759. The place name Jheringsfehn appears for the first time in 1772 when Rudolf Philipp Jhering took a further 300 diamonds on a long lease.

Until the incorporation on January 1, 1973, the place belonged to the district of Aurich (East Friesland) .

Population development

The population rose sharply after the Second World War due to the inclusion of displaced persons from the former eastern regions . In 1946 they made up 224 of a total of 1966 inhabitants, which corresponds to a share of 11.4 percent. This rate remained stable in the years that followed.

year population
1788 133
1813 398
1821 443
1848 911
1871 1135
1885 1287
1905 1400
1925 1641
1933 1734
1939 1691
1946 1992
1950 2162
1956 1895
1961 1923
1970 2104

politics

Jheringsfehn is politically represented by a 7-member local council.

Johann Hartema (SPD) has been the local mayor since September 19, 2018.

Culture and sights

Jheringsfehn is a typical Fehnort, the appearance of which is characterized by the classic canals. The local sports club and the Lutheran parish , which also includes the neighboring village of Boekzetelerfehn, are important for village life . The Johannes Church was consecrated in 1864 and stands in the middle of the border between the two villages. Another attraction is the historic cemetery on the Hookswieke with its old gravestones.

  • Fehn Canal with a bascule bridge in Jheringsfehn

  • Jheringsfehner Church

  • The historic cemetery on the Hookswieke

Personalities

literature

  • Mathilde Ites, Ostfriesland , 1955/1, p. 33

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ History of the community of Moormerland. In: moormerland.de. Retrieved June 21, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Moormerland - NBG current brochure, page 32 - An overview of the districts. In: pdf file (9.3 MB) on moormerland.de. Retrieved June 21, 2017 .
  3. ↑ a b c d e f Ortschronisten der Ostfriesischen Landschaft : Jheringsfehn, community Moormerland, district Leer (PDF; 761 kB), accessed on September 1, 2012.
  4. ^ 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. 262 .
  5. ↑ Jheringsfehn local council
  6. ^ Message from the Ostfriesenzeitung on Luisa Hartema's GNTM victory