Kleinensiel
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Kleinensiel
Stadland municipality
Coordinates: 53 ° 26 ′ 41 ″ N , 8 ° 28 ′ 24 ″ E
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| Height : | 0 m above sea level NN | |
| Residents : | 598 | |
| Postal code : | 26935 | |
| Area code : | 04731 | |
Location of Kleinensiel in Lower Saxony |
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The village Kleinensiel heard as peasantry to Rodenkirchen and is part of the municipality Stadland that in Lower Saxony district Wesermarsch is. With around 800 inhabitants, it is the smallest town in the municipality. The village had had a ferry connection to the other side of the Weser to Dedesdorf-Eidewarden since the Middle Ages , which was only discontinued in 2004 due to the newly created Weser tunnel on the outskirts. Furthermore, the long sandy beach of Kleinensiel is currently being expanded into a local recreation area.
landscape
Avenues
Kleinensiel's access roads are traditionally characterized by elongated avenues , which, however, have partly given way to various construction measures in recent years and decades. At the moment the citizens of Kleinensiel are in the process of restoring this old image of Kleinensiel through their own financial means and work.
Compensation measure Kleinensieler Plate
In 1999 and 2000, in the course of deepening the fairway of the Outer Weser, a 56 hectare compensation area was created on the Kleinensieler Plate. The landscape has been returned to its original state with tidal waters, reed belts, floodplain bushes and large green areas. The centerpiece is a 10.5 hectare brackish water area with a subdued tidal range and a minimum water level of 2 meters, which is home to eels, flounder, pikeperch, small crabs and mud tube worms as well as many other animals typical of the landscape. Waders and water birds such as dunlins, sandpipers, snipe, avocets, lapwing, gulls, goosander, teal, wigeon, gadfly, common gull, pygmy goose, gray geese, tufted duck and many other birds can be found here.
Kleinensieler sandy beach
In the course of the "compensation measure Kleinensieler Plate", the heavily silted sandy beach of Kleinensiel, which had already had a high status as a bathing beach in the region, was significantly upgraded by the laying of new, white sand from the tunnel construction over a length of 850 meters. The beach is used as a bathing beach by huge numbers of day visitors in summer, which is likely to increase in the future due to significant changes to the infrastructure. The beach is also ideal for long walks, as the upper area has a well-tended sward.
Dike
Kleinensiel is separated from the floodplain area of the Weser by the Weser dike, along which bicycle paths stretch for kilometers.
Kleinensieler Hafen
The former port of Kleinensiel is located near the former ferry terminal, although it is only used by a few amateur captains today. The port was also connected to the Esenshammer Sieltief and there was a lively exchange of goods. Today thatch is grown and harvested on a large scale in the former port area, which is used for processing thatched roofs.
history
middle Ages
The history of the place has always been closely linked to the ferry connection over the Weser, which has probably existed since the 11th or 12th century. In the course of this ferry connection, there have always been loose collections of small settlements, ferry bars and lands.
1500-1900
In 1563 the place (at that time still known under the name " Havendorfer Sandt " or "Esenshammersiel") is documented for the first time by the mention of a "Fehrmannes vom Havendorfer Sandt". At that time, for example, pasture land was obtained from the Havendorfer Plate through dikes, sluice and river bed relocations, which should have given the village a renewed growth spurt. How one should imagine the Weser at the time shows the fact that early ferries could still be moved forward with long sticks.
In the early 17th century, the name "Kleine Siel" and later "Kleinensiel" found its way onto maps and documents. Around 1780 the town center moved in the direction of the old “Fehr Strasse” (today's Fährstrasse) and the old Fährkrug by Edo Thomsen (1780–1836), where the restaurant and guesthouse “Deichkrone” is located today. Between 1800 and 1845, the first boarded ferry pier was built with funding from the Oldenburg government and the ferry operator's own funds.
Due to the increasing volume of steamboat traffic, Kleinensiel had to concentrate on cattle transport, which became very lucrative from the middle of the 19th century due to its proximity to the city of Nordenham with its massive cattle exports to England. From 1800 to the beginning of the First World War in 1914, larger quantities of sand, stones, peat, wood and thatch were also handled, so warehouse workers, timber construction traders and traders also settled in Kleinensiel at the time, and a customs house was also necessary.
When the Hude-Blexen railway line went into operation in 1875 , the town of Kleinensiel continued to gain in importance. The ferries adapted their travel times to the train schedule, which caused passenger traffic via the ferry to boom again. In addition, a large cattle ramp was built on the tracks, the foundations of which are still preserved today. The first steam ferry started in 1884, and from 1885 even in regular service.
1900 – today
In 1911, due to its steadily growing population, Kleinensiel got its own school, initially one-class, later multi-class.
In the same year, the German Reichsbahn also took over the ferry service, which from then until 1937 was operated under the name "Eisenbahnfähre Kleinensiel- Dedesdorf ". At that time, this ferry still ran into the old Kleinensieler port in Esenshammer Sielaußentief, where it took passengers and goods on board in addition to coal. The ferry service began in the morning at 8:04 a.m. with the early ferry from Kleinensiel and ended with the late ferry at 21:15 from Dedesdorf. At that time, at all times of non-travel, they moored at a pontoon with a bridge directly on the Weser. The remains of this mooring pontoon still exist today near the last used ferry pier. However, this ferry was also chartered out temporarily for pleasure trips (up to the Bremen Schlachte), which, according to the tradition of the village elders, was always wet and happy.
In 1928 the “Bürgerervereines Kleinensiels” (Low German Borgervereen Lütjensiel), the community of interests of the citizens of Kleinensiel, was founded. This association still determines the local activities to this day.
In 1937 the next technical development step in ferry operations took place. From now on it was also possible to transport cars and a short time later also trucks. Due to the Second World War, however, the growth spurt did not materialize this time.
After the end of the Second World War, the village grew steadily again, although not to the same extent as the surrounding villages. The reason for this can be seen in the fact that no medium-sized, let alone large industrial companies have settled here. So the place kept its village, rural character for a long time until today.
On March 1, 1974, many Kleinensielers suffered the painful separation from the Esenshamm community as part of the municipal reform. Until then, Kleinensiel and its citizens had always oriented themselves towards their community neighbor Esenshamm and were active in the neighboring sports clubs.
Kleinensiel experienced the last major increase in population from the end of the 1970s to the mid-1980s and can be traced back to the construction of the Unterweser nuclear power plant . During this time, the population doubled to over 800.
In 2004, the opening of the Weser Tunnel marked the end of the ferry connection “Kleinensiel-Dedesdorf”, which also almost completely separated these two previously friendly villages from each other.
Population numbers
On June 6, 1961, Kleinensiel had 1,353 inhabitants. On May 27, 1970 there were 1277 inhabitants.
Districts
In addition to the actual village, the Kleinensiel farmers also include Havendorfer Sand , Beckumersiel, Flügeldeich and Ruschsand.
Kleinensieler song
Right behind high dikes on the beautiful Weser beach,
there is a small village in the green marshland.
You are not Hamburg, Bremen, you don't have to be for us,
you little port village, we love you alone.
Oh little town, oh little town you little village by the sea,
the people who live here love you so much.
Blown by the wind and waves, you can hear the seagulls scream
the water comes and goes, it always will be.
Oh Kleinensiel, Oh Kleinensiel, you little village by the sea,
the people who live here love you so much.
Tourism and local transport
There are several guest houses with enough beds in Kleinensiel. In addition, many private guest houses rent rooms to travelers. However, when the nuclear power plant is overhauled, everything is usually fully booked. Kleinensiel also has several motorhome parking spaces in the center, on the outskirts and directly at the old ferry terminal. In the future, a campsite will be created in the old sand flushing field and the Weser beach will be upgraded to a local recreation area. Kleinensiel is located directly on the German Siel Route, one of the most popular cycling routes in Germany.
Industry and economy
Kleinensiel is the location of the largest employer in the municipality of Stadland, the Unterweser nuclear power plant . In addition, there is a newly developed industrial area of 11.5 hectares between Rodenkirchen and Kleinensiel.
Local associations
- Civic Association Kleinensiel
- SV Kleinensiel
- TTC Kleinensiel
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the place
- Otto Ammermann , former German eventing rider , silver medalist at the 1976 Olympic Games and multiple German champion
Attractions
Literature and Sources
- Friedrich Wilhelm Brandt: Ferries of the Lower Weser. ISBN 3-89442-159-2 .
- Butjadinger Zeitung from June 2, 1972
- Archive material & meeting minutes of the Kleinensiel Citizens' Association
- Wesermarsch newspaper from March 17, 1971
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality register 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 and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 277 .
Web links
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