Lühe (Jork)

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Lühe ( Low German Lüh ) is a village in the Altes Land and belongs to the unified municipality of Jork .

geography

Lühe belongs to the municipality of Jork and the borstel district. In the east, Lühe borders on the district of Wisch, in the west on the joint municipality of Lühe and the district of heights. In the north and in the west the village is bounded by the rivers Elbe and Lühe, which gave the district its name.

history

Like the rest of the Alte Land, Lühe is also characterized by fruit growing. Compared to the neighboring districts, Lühe is rather densely built. The houses that were formerly inhabited by boatmen, craftsmen and traders are located between the fruit farms. The steam bridge over the Lühe was replaced by the Lühes Barrage in 1962 , so the once difficult route to the Hanseatic city of Stade was no longer a major problem. But since the population was now moving to the surrounding cities more quickly, some smaller shops were closed. The Mielstack lighthouse was replaced by a new lower light in 2010 and painted gray by the Waterways and Shipping Office . Some call it the "Eiffel Tower" of Lühe.

tourism

For a long time Lühe has been the destination of many excursions, especially from the big city of Hamburg, thousands of holidaymakers come to the small village on the Lühe every year. In the book 750 Years of Jork-Borstel , Lühe is described as follows:

“There is hardly a sweeter piece of earth in Lower Saxony than here at the mouth of the Lühes. From the Elbe dike one overlooks the wide, glittering expanse of water of the Lower Elbe, which is no longer a river and yet not quite open sea, with the mighty overseas ships, the nimble sailing and tiny paddle boats, and then inland the fertile march in flower decorations with the pretty red ones -white-green houses and the beautiful front gardens in front of them. And further the gaze wanders up the Elbe to the high banks of the Elbe in Holstein, behind which the cosmopolitan city is hidden in the hazy distance, and down the Elbe to Brunshausen at the mouth of the Schwinges. "( Carl Röper : 750 years of Jork-Borstel)

claims

A popular Low German saying among the older residents is: “Lüh boben, Lüh boben Rest in Schietgroben.” And since the festivals were always neat, there was even a Lüher song: “De sick bi Steinhoff soldered wat ut, de flüggt soglik tom hall here. "

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Coordinates: 53 ° 34 '  N , 9 ° 38'  E