Levensau
| Levensau | ||
 Levensau between Gut Warleberg and the Kiel Canal |
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| location | District of Rendsburg-Eckernförde , Schleswig-Holstein , Germany | |
| River system | Elbe | |
| Drain over | Kiel Canal → Elbe → North Sea | |
| origin | Confluence of ditches in Warleberger Moor 54 ° 21 ′ 46 ″ N , 9 ° 59 ′ 19 ″ E |
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| muzzle | until 1784 near Kiel-Holtenau in the Baltic Sea since 1784 in the Kiel Canal Coordinates: 54 ° 21 ′ 10 ″ N , 10 ° 0 ′ 2 ″ E 54 ° 21 ′ 10 ″ N , 10 ° 0 ′ 2 ″ E
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| Left tributaries | until 1784 Vossbrookau | |
| Medium-sized cities | Kiel-Holtenau | |
| Communities | Neuwittenbek , Kronshagen (Schwartenbek) | |
The Levensau (pronounced: "Le-wens-au", formerly also Leuoldesowe , Levensow , Levensaue , Leuensawe ; Danish : Levenså ) is a Schleswig-Holstein river with historical significance.
Dominion, border river
As described in more detail in the article Northern Albingia , the Levensau was around 800 in an area that was rather sparsely populated. Drasco , the velvet ruler of the Abodrites , ruled north and south of the Levensau from 804 to 810. King Charlemagne made the Eider the northern border of the Franconian Empire in 811, but the Levensau itself lay north or east of it.
Between 934 and 1025 the entire Levensau was in the tribal duchy of Saxony and in the march of Schleswig .
Since a treaty of 1036, Emperor Konrad II (HRR) ruled south of the Levensau to the northern border of Holstein and Canute the Great north of the Levensau to the southern border of Schleswig.
From the Battle of Stellau in 1201/1202 to the Battle of Mölln in 1225/1227, both Schleswig and Holstein belonged to Denmark under the rule of Waldemar II (Denmark) , so Levensau and Eider belonged to Denmark and had no relevant border function.
From 1225/1227 to 1777 at the latest, the Eider west of the Flemhuder See , an intermediate Landwehr (near today's Landwehr ferry) and the Levensau east of Warleberg were the border between the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein . It was also the northern border of the Holy Roman Empire of the German nation .
From 1777 to 1784 the river bed of the Levensau between Warleberg and Holtenau was expanded into the Eider Canal . Since then, the Eider Canal has formed the border between Schleswig and Holstein, and the Levensau is only a short, south-running brook coming from the Warleberger Moor south of Gut Warleberg, which flows into the canal. From 1887 to 1895 the Eider Canal was straightened and expanded into the Kiel Canal .
Course of the river until 1777
The Levensau rises in the Warleberger Moor, then flowed eastwards through Warleberg ⊙ , north of Rajensdorf ⊙ , north of Reimershof ⊙ , south of Neuwittenbek , south of Altwittenbek , north of Schwartenbek , through Gut Projensdorf , north of Suchsdorf , south of Gut Knoop , north from Wik , south of Holtenau into the Kiel Fjord and thus into the Baltic Sea .
The following excerpt from the "Map of the Danish Wohld " in New State Description of the Two Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein by Johannes Mejer and Caspar Danckwerth from 1652 shows Levensau on the right-hand side directly above the dotted line. The dotted line is the border between the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein.
Historical descriptions of the Levensau
At the time of the kings Christian II (Denmark, Norway and Sweden) (1513–1523) and Johann I (Denmark, Norway and Sweden) (1481–1513) this floodplain served to move from the Eider and Flemhuder See to the Kieler To drive bay navigation.
1692: The Levensau was of different depths, between 8 and 10 feet, and “could still carry small yachts”. The total head of the river from Landwehr to Holtenau was 14 feet. The width was 8 to 15 feet. At Knoop, the banks rose 40 to 45 feet on either side of the river, and at the mouth only 12 to 15 feet.
“Over time, it lost depth and you could wade through in several places. The Kieler Landstrasse to the Dänischenwohlde went over a long wooden bridge near Holtenau, at the point where the old lock is. "
Landtag at the Levensau
From the period from 1482 to 1626 it is reported that the Schleswig and Holstein knights met regularly at the Levensau and held their state parliaments, here, among other things, the tax level was decided.
Crossing the Levensau
In Holtenau and in Knoop there was a bridge and a weir to regulate the water level, but around 1700 the Levensau is said to have carried so little water that one could wade through the river at these bridges (as well as at many other places).
Namesake
A small town that used to be on the banks of the Levensau was named after the Au: The Levensau settlement, which today belongs to Kiel, is located on the north side of the canal, east of Altwittenbek . Until the Kiel Canal was built, the Kiel - Eckernförde road crossed the Eider Canal on a Dutch bascule bridge , the Levensauer . The new Levensau high bridge was named after the old bridge location.
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- ↑ See Holtenau Info ( Memento of the original from October 7, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ A b Topography of the Duchy of Schleswig by Wilhelm Lesser, Kiel, Verlag von Karl Schröder, 1853, Part 2, keyword Levensaue
- ↑ a b H.O. von Scheel: "Military-statistical view of the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein" In: Schleswig-Holsteinische Provinzialberichte , 1787–1798, 9th year, 2nd volume, 1795, issue 4, pages 45 to 48
- ↑ See Hans Nicolai Andreas Jensen, Andreas Ludwig Jacob Michelsen (Hrsg.): Schleswig-Holsteinische Kirchengeschichte - based on manuscripts left by HNA Jensen, two parts in four volumes, 1st volume: first part: up to the Reformation, first section: bis in the middle of the twelfth century, second division: From the middle of the twelfth century up to the Reformation., Kiel: Ernst Homann 1873. , page 279, facsimile of this page
- ↑ General textbook of the geography of Europe, Wilhelm Meineke, Keysersche Buchhandlung, 1824, page 215, facsimile of the page
- ↑ Falk, Nikolaus: Handbook of Schleswig-Holstein Private Law, Volume I, Altona 1825, Chapter 2, p. 17.
- ^ Journal of Schleswig-Holstein, 1997 edition, page 15, publisher: Schleswig-Holsteinischer Heimatbund
- ^ Wilhelm Vollertsen and Carl-August Vollertsen: The Süder-Danewerk or the Landwehr, historical defense wall between Eider and Levensau, In: Yearbook of the home community Eckernförde, 67th year, 2009
- ^ A b Johannes von Schröder: Topography of the Duchies of Holstein and Lauenburg, of the Principality of Lübeck and the area of the free and Hanseatic cities of Hamburg and Lübeck, Part Two, IZ, Oldenburg 1841, page 79
- ^ Georg Waitz: Schleswig-Holsteins Geschichte, Verlag Dieterich, 1852, 2nd volume of 3 volumes
- ^ Johann Samuelersch , Johann Gottfried Gruber , General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts , keyword Levensau
- ↑ Map with the old railway line and the road to Eckernförde.
- ^ Hannelore Pieper-Wöhlk: Railway swing bridge Levensau. The Kiel Canal: the history of a century-old building. P. 14 , accessed on February 12, 2015 .
