Moorhausen (Varel)

Moorhausen City of Varel Coordinates: 53 ° 25 ′ 17 ″  N , 8 ° 7 ′ 50 ″  E
Height :	1 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	186  (Jun 30, 2010)
Postal code :	26316
Area code :	04451
Location of Moorhausen in Lower Saxony
In Moorhausen cattle are driven across the street.

Moorhausen is a district of Varel in the district of Friesland in Lower Saxony .

location

The place lies between the northern Dangast and the southern core area of ​​Varel. To the west is the Varel district of Dangastermoor . The nearby Jade Bay is only three kilometers away.

history

The local historian August Osterloh calls Moorhausen "a relatively young peasantry" . Most of the settlement began between 1860 and 1880. In the centuries before, however, considerable agricultural areas had already been gained through dikes . In view of the boggy soil , however, it was difficult to use. According to Osterloh, agriculture forms the economic basis for the Moorhauser into the 21st century.

In 1912/13, Moorhausen had its own school , which was inaugurated on May 8, 1913. The children had previously gone to school in Dangast and Dangstermoor. The brick building had two classrooms and teachers' apartments as well as a school garden. On July 31, 1973, the school was closed after reforms.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ City of Varel - figures, data, facts ( Memento of the original from April 21, 2009 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. , accessed on May 11, 2014 
2. ↑ ^{a b} August Osterloh: History of the municipality of Varel-Land . Beautiful Varel, Varel 2009, p. 62/63 .