Luneplate
The Luneplate is a former Weser island and an uninhabited district of Bremerhaven district fishing port in the district of South.
geography
The island of Luneplate (formerly also Wulsdorfer Sand ) was one of the larger islands in the Lower Weser south of Bremerhaven . In the west and north it is bounded by the main river of the Weser, in the south by a former branch of the Weser called the Alte Weser . The island, which was mostly covered with reeds before the 19th century , was drained and used as grassland . Since the expansion of the diked area in 1922–1924 by cutting off the Old Weser from the main stream for the construction of fishing port II, the 1,473 hectare area was part of the mainland.
Politics, administration
Until the end of 2009, the Luneplate was mostly Lower Saxony, this part formerly belonged to the state of Oldenburg . Only the northern end, which was cut off from the new course of the river Lune along the state border and not previously diked after the port expansion , had been part of Wulsdorf for a long time and therefore part of the city area since its incorporation into Geestemünde . Since January 1st, 2010 it belongs entirely to the city of Bremerhaven. For this, the state of Lower Saxony has already partly owned by the City of Bremen area of approximately 14.7 square kilometers located the Loxstedter district land Would ceded by treaty to the State of Bremen. The State Treaty signed on May 5, 2009 was approved by the Lower Saxony State Parliament on August 26, 2009. The Bremen citizenship approved the draft law on the State Treaty on November 19, 2009 in the second reading. The State Treaty entered into force on January 1, 2010 and was carried out with a ceremony on January 11, 2010. The part of Luneplate ceded by Lower Saxony became the district of the same name in the Fischereihafen district. The Reithufer area , which was also transferred , was added to the Fischereihafen district.
Land use
The Luneplate has so far been used exclusively for agriculture. Large-scale industrial settlements planned by Bremen and Lower Saxony from around 1960 were finally discarded, as were many other projects before: The Luneplate was once intended to serve as a wooden port for Bremerhaven and Geestemünde (around 1880) or to be used as a fishing port extension (1920). At the beginning of the Second World War , however, the areas were reserved for fishing, industry and the navy. Only on the former north end of the island outside of the district were port-related commercial uses and the Luneort airfield .
Since 2003/2004, large parts of the Luneplate have been rewetted in order to serve as an ecological compensation area for the expansion of the Bremerhaven container terminal .
Agriculture was given up altogether - the water buffaloes kept there are only used to maintain the landscape. Approx. 2 km² of expected commercial areas remain in the north.
Offshore port
Since 2009, the Luneplate with two possible locations for a scheduled port for offshore - wind turbines in the conversation. After nature conservation associations threatened a legal dispute for the southern variant of Erdmannsiel , which could delay or prevent the construction project, the Bremen Senate decided on the alternative location Blexer Bogen north northwest of the Luneort airfield. This location is outside of the district, but geographically on the former Weser island Luneplate.
natural reserve
The EU bird sanctuary "Luneplate" (EU registration no. DE2417-401, size 940 ha) forms a large part of the Luneplate . It is of outstanding importance as a resting area for Nordic geese , swans and Limikolen ( little swan , white- fronted goose , barnacle goose , avocet ). As a breeding area it is of great importance for reed-inhabiting bird species as well as for water birds. A tidal polder was completed in 2012/2013. On February 17, 2015, the 1438 hectare nature reserve Luneplate was designated.
literature
- Burchard Scheper: The more recent history of the city of Bremerhaven . Magistrate of the City of Bremerhaven, 1977, ISBN 3-921749-00-X
Individual evidence
- ↑ Law of August 27, 2009 on the State Treaty. Lower Saxony regulation information system VORIS, accessed on November 7, 2009 .
- ↑ Law of November 24, 2009 on the State Treaty. Transparency portal Bremen, accessed on April 13, 2016 . (Printed in the legal journal of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen p. 485 with the State Treaty)
- ↑ Announcement of January 18, 2010 . In: Senate Chancellery (ed.): Law Gazette of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen . S. 121 .
- ↑ a b District without a single soul: Luneplate is now part of the fishing port. May 6, 2010, accessed on May 31, 2010 (press release Bremerhaven Magistrate).
- ↑ Port construction compensation sets standards . In: Daily port report from October 9, 2012, p. 2
- ↑ 30 million euros for nature . In: Daily port report of August 27, 2013, p. 3
- ↑ Printed matter 17/950. Bremische Bürgerschaft, p. 5 , accessed on January 10, 2010 (Appendix: State Treaty. PDF 1MB).
- ↑ Banished by the wind , in: the daily newspaper , January 24, 2010
- ↑ Senate submission for offshore port ( memento of the original from March 5, 2016 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. (PDF file; 27 kB)
- ^ Offshore port has priority, Nordwest-Zeitung June 1, 2010
- ↑ Bird sanctuaries. Luneplate. Umwelt.bremen.de, accessed on September 24, 2012 .
- ↑ BUISY - News. Protection of the Luneplate nature reserve in Bremerhaven. Umwelt.bremen.de, accessed on January 7, 2014 .
- ↑ Entry in the Bremen Environmental Information System (BUISY) , accessed on May 8, 2015.
Coordinates: 53 ° 29 ' N , 8 ° 33' E