Kiefeld
Kiefeld
Hesel municipality
Coordinates: 53 ° 18 ′ 37 ″ N , 7 ° 34 ′ 50 ″ E
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Postal code : | 26835 |
Area code : | 04950 |
Kiefeld is a district of the municipality of Hesel in the district of Leer in East Frisia .
The moor settlement was founded in 1775. It was first mentioned in a document in 1787 as Kieffeld . The current spelling has been used since 1823. The place name refers to a piece of farmland over which there was a dispute. In 1820, the residents were granted a part of the Hesel community pasture, which was divided up among the colonists in 1827. Kieffeld was a poor settlement with far too small colonies. In order to improve the economic basis of the pine fields, 143 hectares of peat bog were sold to 32 colonists in 1884 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Paul Weßels (local chronicle of the East Frisian landscape): Hesel, Samtgemeinde Hesel, district of Leer (PDF; 911 kB), accessed on October 13, 2012.