List of dikes in East Frisia

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This list includes the land reclamation measures in East Friesland through dikes and the year of land reclamation.

The diked new land is called Polder in western East Frisia and Groden in eastern East Frisia . The list is structured according to the former large bays and the islands of Norderney and Langeoog , on which dikes were also made. In addition, extensive land reclamation measures were taken in what is now the area of ​​the city of Emden .

The dikes made the Harlebucht , the Bay of Campen and the Bay of Sielmönken "disappear" completely from the map. The dike measures on the Leybucht and the Dollart only made these bays smaller. Plans made as early as the 1950s to completely dike the Leybucht were later discarded for nature conservation reasons. The urban area of ​​Emden was also significantly enlarged by dikes.

Harle Bay

Former Harlebucht (blue) with a golden line , the years on the fields indicate the year of the dike
  • 1617 Werdumer Altengroden
  • 1658 Enno Ludwig -Groden
  • 1677 Kleiner Charlottengroden
  • 1679 Great Charlottengroden
  • 1698 Sophiengroden
  • 1729 Carolinengroden
  • 1765 Friedrichsgroden
  • 1765 Friedrich-Augustengroden
  • 1804/33 Schweringsgroden
  • 1806/10 Neu-Augustengroden
  • 1810 Kielgroden
  • 1894/95 Elisabethgroden
  • 1955/59 Groden west of Harlesiel

Leybucht

Map of the Ems estuary and Leybucht around 1821 with many small polders
Old Kolk in Schoonorth
  • 14./15. Century area of ​​Werdenum / Canhusen, west Marienhafe, Schwee, east north and near Greetsiel (2960 ha), today city north , joint community Brookmerland , Hinte and Krummhörn
    • including 1498 Werdenumer Neuland, Werdenum
  • 1551 Westermarscher Altes Neuland (578 ha), north
  • 1556 Süderneuland (633 ha), north
  • 1583 Westermarscher new land (585 ha), north
  • 1585 New land in Osteel (228 ha), Osteel
  • 1589/1593 Addinggaster Neuland (229 ha), north
  • 1603 Schoonorth (418 ha), Krummhörn
  • 1678 Charlotten-Polder (602 ha), north
  • 1715 Small Addinggaster polder (76 ha), north
  • 1768 Magotspolder (85 ha), Krummhörn
  • 1769 Leysandpolder (145 ha), north
  • 1770 Hagenpolder (133 ha), Krummhörn
  • 1774 Sugar polder (15 ha), north
  • 1775 Buscherpolder (48 ha), north
  • 1781 Schulenburger Polder (241 ha), north
  • 1789 Lorenz and Friederiken polder (60 ha), north
  • 1804 Angernpolder (49 ha), Krummhörn
  • 1804 Teltingspolder (28 ha), north
  • 1846 Ernst-August-Polder (218 ha), north
  • 1913 Schoonorther Polder (377 ha), Krummhörn
  • 1928 Cirksenapolder (41 ha), Krummhörn
  • 1929 Neuwesteel (646 ha), north
  • 1950 Leybuchtpolder (1005 ha), north

In total, around 9860 hectares of land were extracted from the Leybucht over the centuries ; around 150 kilometers of the dyke line were created. Today they are mostly summer dykes.

Dollard

The greatest expansion of the Dollart in the 16th century and land reclamation through polders until today. The map also shows the recoveries in the Netherlands (left).

All polders are now in the territory of the municipality of Bunde .

Bay of Camping

  • already diked in the 13th century (today the municipality of Krummhörn)

Bay of Sielmönken

  • already diked in the 13th century (today municipality Krummhörn, to a small extent also municipality Hinte)

East Frisian Islands

  • Norderney
    • 1926/28 Grohdepolder (180 ha)
    • 1940/41 Südstrandpolder (140 ha)
  • Langeoog
    • 1934/35 summer dike

Emden

  • 1854 Königspolder
  • 1874 Kaiser Wilhelm Polder
  • 1905 Hafenpolder
  • 1912/23 Larrelter and Wybelsumer Polder

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Eberhard Rack: Brief regional studies of East Frisia . Isensee, Oldenburg 1998, ISBN 3-89598-534-1 , p. 88-93 .
  2. ↑ A. Teske: The flora and fauna of the East Frisian Islands, secondary biotopes . Carl von Ossietzky University Faculty V, Institute for Biology and Environmental Sciences, Dr. Rolf Niedringhaus. March 18, 2009. Retrieved December 13, 2009.
  3. ^ I. Drainage Association Emden (ed.): The eight and their seven sluices. Cultural, water and agricultural development of an East Frisian coastal landscape . 2nd Edition. Rautenberg, Leer 1987, ISBN 3-7921-0365-6 , pp. 302/303 .
  4. ↑ a b A. Teske: The flora and fauna of the East Frisian Islands . Carl von Ossietzky University Faculty V, Institute for Biology and Environmental Sciences, Dr. Rolf Niedringhaus. June 19, 2008. Retrieved May 13, 2013.