Larrelter low

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The Larrelter Tief is an artificially created watercourse in the area of ​​the city of Emden .

location

Map of the Emden / Hinte / Krummhörn region: The Larrelter Tief runs from the city center of Emden to the west to the Knockster Tief, which forms the border between Emden and the Krummhörn on a longer section.

The Larrelter Tief represents a connection between the inner-city sewer network of Emden and the Knockster Tief , one of the main receiving waters for large parts of southwestern East Friesland. It takes its name from the village of Larrelt , which is now a western part of Emden. It initially runs in a westerly direction, then beyond Larrelt in a north-westerly direction and flows northwest of Twixlum into Knockster Tief, from where there are canal connections to almost all of the Krummhörner localities. A special feature of the naming is that the Larrelter Tief in the Twixlum area is sometimes also called the Twixlumer Tief.

history

The canal was built from around 1577 to create a connection between Emden and the then independent town of Larrelt, which at that time still had a certain importance as a port location. However, this remained very clearly behind that of Emden. With the construction, the city not only pursued the purpose of maintaining a navigable connection to its hinterland, but also to get more inland water for the urban sewers . At that time, the sluices not only had the purpose of draining the inland, but also served (and this was the more important purpose for the city for centuries) to use the flushing flow when the sluices were opened to keep the fairway to the Ems clear.

For centuries, the natural depths and drainage channels that crisscross the Krummhörn in a dense network were the most important modes of transport. Not only the villages but also many farms were connected to the city of Emden and the port of Greetsiel via ditches and canals. The boat traffic with Emden was particularly important. Village boatmen took over the supply of goods from the city and delivered agricultural products in the opposite direction: “From the Sielhafenort, smaller ships, so-called Loog ships, transported the cargo to the inland and supplied the marsh villages (loog = village). The loog ships from the Krummhörn enlivened the canals of the city of Emden until the 20th century. "

Peat, which was mostly extracted in the East Frisian Fehnen , played an important role as heating material for the inhabitants of the Krummhörn for centuries . The peat ships brought the material on the East Frisian canal network to the Krummhörn villages, including to Eilsum. On their way back into the Fehnsiedlungen the Torfschiffer often took clay soil from the march and the manure of cattle with which they their home were dug fertilized land.

The Larrelter Tief is no longer of any significance for the transport of goods. However, it is used by water sports enthusiasts (canoeists, boaters) in their spare time.

literature

  • Theodor Janssen: Hydrology of East Frisia. Publishing house Ostfriesische Landschaft, Aurich 1967.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ This article is based, unless otherwise referenced, on Theodor Janssen: Gewässerkunde Ostfrieslands. Verlag Ostfriesische Landschaft, Aurich 1967, p. 211 ff.
  2. ^ Harm Wiemann, Johannes Engelmann: Old streets and ways in East Friesland . Verlag Deichacht Krummhörn, Pewsum 1974, p. 169 ( Ostfriesland in the protection of the dyke , volume 8)
  3. ^ Gunther Hummerich: The peat shipping of the Fehntjer in Emden and the Krummhörn in the 19th and 20th centuries. In: Emder Yearbook for Historical Regional Studies in Ostfriesland , Volume 88/89 (2008/2009), pp. 142–173, here p. 163.