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City of Wittmund
Coordinates: 53 ° 31 ′ 47 "  N , 7 ° 46 ′ 54"  E
Height : 5 m above sea level NHN
Incorporation : August 16, 1972
Postal code : 26409
Primaries : 04462, 04466
Leerhafe (Lower Saxony)
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Location of Leerhafe in Lower Saxony

Leerhafe is a district of the city of Wittmund in the Wittmund district of the same name in Lower Saxony .

location

Village street in Leerhafe
Cäcilien- and Margarethenkirche in Leerhafe

Leerhafe is located 6 kilometers south of Wittmund and has been part of the city of Wittmund since the local government reform. Geographically, the place is on a glacial Geest spurs located, in the eastern marshland projects. Sands, rubble, marl and weathered clay form the subsoil.

Locations and places to live

Several localities, colonies and residential areas belong to the district of Leerhafe, which are listed here in alphabetical order.

history

Settlement indications can be found very early in Leerhafe. Barrows from the Bronze Age can be found near the village . Around 1400 the place name Leerhave is named on a church bell. But already in 1350 the place de Wyllale is mentioned in a document, which could be modified to refer to the Latin ville Lee , because the simultaneous names de Le (1354) and Lee (1429) denote a Vorwerk of the Coming Burmönken . The place name is thus composed of the old names Lehe and Hove , which denotes a church on a hill. Already in 1595 the place was recorded as Lerhove on a map.

Leerhafe originally did not belong to the Wittmund domain. It is assumed that there were connections to the east in the adjacent Östringen . Later Leerhafe is assigned to the Friedeburg office. In terms of church history, no connections to Wittmund can initially be proven. In the 15th century, Leerhafe did not belong to the area of ​​the Sendkirche Wittmund. The location is also missing in a church document from 1431, which names the churches of the Auricherland . The church venue at this time the St. John Monastery have been placed under Burmönken, because the monastery is already 1319 mentioned in documents related to the Tjücher-Mönken. At that time, Leerhafe was at the intersection of different domains and was certainly geared towards changing competencies and affiliations. This thesis is also reinforced by the fact that in 1431 the regent of the Harlingerland , Junker Balthasar von Esens , complained bitterly that the East Frisian counts would withhold the parishes of Leerhafe and Ardorf from him.

In the 19th century Leerhafe, Rispel and Hovel formed a common communal unit, each with political autonomy. In connection with municipal disputes, the municipality of Hovel became independent in 1901 and separated from Leerhafe.

On August 16, 1972 Leerhafe was incorporated into the district town of Wittmund.

Attractions

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Cecilia and Margaret is one of the special sights in Leerhafe. The patron saints named in their pre-Reformation name are Cecilia of Rome and Margaret of Antioch . The church, which is built on a so-called church yard , had several previous buildings. The current hall church , a late Gothic hall, dates from the 16th century. Granite ashlars, which are inserted in the masonry of the church, belong to the previous church from the 1st half of the 13th century, which had to be demolished around 1500 due to dilapidation. The north wall is structured by high-seated, arched windows and a walled-up portal, the pointed arch of which is decorated with tracery. In the south wall there are four wider, ogival windows. The polygonal choir faces east, today's entrance portal faces west. The Leerhafer Church has never had a special church tower, only the somewhat secluded bell tower of the closed type. It was built between 1300 and 1350 west of the church.

development

Leerhafe is a preferred residential area in the urban area of ​​Wittmund. New building areas were developed and built on. Leerhafe has a well developed infrastructure. A doctor's practice and pharmacy are located in town. A bank, cooperative, elementary school, kindergarten, gas station, grocery store and service companies are also located in the village.

literature

  • Kirchengemeinde Leerhafe (ed.): Church and ecclesiastical life in Leerhafe. On the rededication of the Cäcilien- and Margarethenkirche , issue 2 in the series Leerhafe-Hovel in the past and present , Leerhafe / Wittmund 1986

Web links

Commons : Leerhafe  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ (Karl-Heinz de Wall): Ortsartikel Leerhafe , p. 3 / 12ff of the PF document ; accessed on February 4, 2014
  2. ^ 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 and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 264 and 265 .
  3. ↑ Karl-Heinz de Wall (local chronicle of the East Frisian landscape): Leerhafe, Stadt Wittmund, district Wittmund (PDF; 713 kB), accessed on March 20, 2011.
  4. ↑ Hans-Bernd Rödiger, Klaus Wilkens: Frisian churches in Jeverland and Harlingerland , Jever 1981 (2nd edition), p. 63