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municipality Großefehn
Coordinates: 53 ° 23 ′ 29 ″ N , 7 ° 33 ′ 39 ″ E
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| Height : | 3 m above sea level NN |
| Area : | 3.67 km² |
| Residents : | 1031 (2014) |
| Population density : | 281 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | July 1, 1972 |
| Postal code : | 26629 |
| Area code : | 04943 |
Mittegroßefehn is one of the 14 districts of the community of Großefehn . The Reihendorf is west of the federal highway 72 about twelve kilometers southeast of Aurich between Westgroßefehn and Ostgroßefehn.
Geology and geography
Originally, the 3.76 km² large local area was completely covered by moorland. Today these are completely peeled off. Today, loamy Gley Podzol soils dominate in the north and sandy Podzol soils in the south. The Flumm Mittegroßefehn lowland borders to the northwest and west. The place is at a height of about 2.6 to 3.6 m above sea level.
history
The history of Großefehn began in 1633, when the four Emden merchants Simon Thebes, Claas Behrends, Cornelius de Rekener and Gerd Lammers received permission from Count Ulrich II of East Frisia to clear the still uncultivated raised bog by creating fen canals based on the Dutch model. These served on the one hand to drain the moorland and on the other hand as a transport artery. Their banks were therefore an ideal settlement area for the colonists. For this purpose, the four Emder founded the Großefehn company (Großefehn company) as a company in which they held the shares. The first area to be cultivated covered an area of 400 diemat . The merchants received the land on a long lease and leased it to the colonists. Großefehn is thus the oldest fen colony in East Frisia based on this type.
The colony grew steadily as a result. This went hand in hand with the expansion of the Fehn Canal, which in 1760 reached today's federal road (the eastern border of the settlement area Mittegroßefehns), on which the first road in East Frisia from Leer to Aurich was built in the 1830s. The Wieke cut off in the east was connected with a ditch to the main canal and the new settlement area west of the Chaussee was assigned to the Ostgroßefehn community. In the second half of the 19th century, the place lost its fen character. During this time, a new center was built on Schrahörnstrasse, while the older, low-lying rows of settlements on Dwarsrack and Langerack were abandoned. Since 1868 Mittegroßefehn was a political municipality, which on July 1, 1972 in the municipality Großefehn .
Development of the place name
Mittegroßefehn is first mentioned in 1633 as Timmeler Fehn . Later names are Timmler groote Fehn , Norder Ehefehn , t 'Groote Ehefehn and means Commune Großefehn . The current place name has been common since 1885. It refers to the Great Fehn near Timmel on the watercourse of the Norder Ehe and its middle position between West and Ostgroßefehn.
Population development
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tourism
The typical Fehn landscape is attractive for tourists: the Fehn Canal, which runs from Wiesmoor via Ostgroßefehn , Mittegroßefehn and Westgroßefehn as Fehntjer Tief in the direction of Emden , and the extensive pastures (Meeden) are suitable for exploring by bike or by boat or ship. In the north, the district borders on the "Flumm / Fehntjer Tief nature reserve", in which this landscape is particularly protected and preserved through extensive cultivation.
The landmark of the place is the Mittegroßefehner Church, consecrated in 1857 .
education
The Arche kindergarten run by the parish and the Mittegroßefehn elementary school ensure the care and education of the children in the district. The districts Westgroßefehn, Timmel and Ulbargen as well as parts of Ostgroßefehn also belong to the catchment area of the primary school.
economy
A number of specialty shops offer shopping for residents and tourists. A specialty is the village shop run by the Leinerstift . The supermarket with an attached second-hand shop has been offering disadvantaged young people opportunities to start working life since 2010.
Web links
- The location on the community website
- Website about the district
- Website about village life and work in Mittegroßefehn
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Siegfried Lüderitz (local chronicle of the East Frisian landscape ): Mittegroßefehn, community Großefehn, district Aurich (PDF; 891 kB), accessed on December 6, 2012.
- ↑ The information in this section comes, if not otherwise referenced, from: Ekkehard Wassermann: Siedlungsgeschichte der Moore. In: Karl-Ernst Behre, Hajo van Lengen (ed.): East Frisia - History and shape of a cultural landscape. Verlag Ostfriesische Landschaft, Aurich 1995, ISBN 3-925365-85-0 , pp. 93–111, especially pp. 101–107, and Siegfried Lüderitz (local chronicle of the Ostfriesische Landschaft): Westgroßefehn (PDF; 51 kB), accessed on July 3, 2011.
- ↑ a b c 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. 261 .
- ↑ Brief profile on the school website, June 21, 2011.
- ^ Ostfriesen-Zeitung Online: Business got off to a great start on June 21, 2011.
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