New Greetsieler Sieltief

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The New Greetsieler Sieltief is a watercourse in the municipalities of Krummhörn and Hinte in the Aurich district in East Friesland . As with most of the lows in the region, it is a (largely) artificially created or developed body of water. As the name suggests, it is used to drain the region, which is only slightly above or partly below sea ​​level , through a sluice , in this case the one in Greetsiel .

course

Map of the Emden / Hinte / Krummhörn region: The New Greetsieler Sieltief runs from Greetsiel (top left on the map) to Loppersum (middle right).

The New Greetsieler Sieltief branches off from the Knockster Tief in the center of Hinte (capital of the municipality of the same name) and flows in a westerly direction through the district of the Krummhörner village of Freepsum , past the former Sielmönken monastery , which is now a larger agricultural property. It continues in a westerly direction towards Pewsum , but before this location it bends to the northwest and passes under Landesstraße 4 about halfway between Pewsum and Jennelt . It flows past the center of Visquard and continues to flow in a north-west direction to Greetsiel. In the Sielort, the New Greetsieler Sieltief encloses the historic town center together with the Old Greetsieler Sieltief and flows through a Siel into the Greetsieler Hafen, which drains via the Leyhörn reservoir built in the 1990s into the Außenems and thus the North Sea.

Backwaters

In the district of Cirkwehrum , the new Greetsieler Sieltief takes on the Cirkwehrumer Tief, a short branch canal that connects the named village. The Pewsumer Tief flows into the New Greetsieler Sieltief near Pewsum. It connects to the main town of the Krummhörn and flows further south, where it meets the Knockster Tief. To the south of Visquard, the Manslagter Tief flows from the west , and the Pilsumer Tief just before Greetsiel from the southwest . Both are branch canals that connect the named villages to the waterway network.

Traffic importance

For centuries, the natural depths and drainage channels that crisscross the Krummhörn in a dense network were the most important modes of transport. Not only the villages but also many farms were connected to the city of Emden and the port of Greetsiel via ditches and canals. The boat traffic with Emden was particularly important. Village boatmen took over the supply of goods from the city and delivered agricultural products in the opposite direction: “From the Sielhafenort, smaller ships, so-called Loog ships, transported the cargo to the inland and supplied the marsh villages (loog = village). The loog ships from the Krummhörn enlivened the canals of the city of Emden until the 20th century. "

Peat, which was mostly extracted in the East Frisian Fehnen , played an important role as heating material for the inhabitants of the Krummhörn for centuries . The peat ships brought the material on the East Frisian canal network to the Krummhörn villages, including to Eilsum. On their way back into the Fehnsiedlungen the Torfschiffer often took clay soil from the march and the manure of cattle with which they their home were dug fertilized land.

drainage

The New Greetsieler Sieltief is next to the Old Greetsieler Sieltief and the Knockster Tief, one of the main receiving waters for large parts of southwestern East Friesland. Together with its backwaters, it drains part of the municipalities of Hinte , Krummhörn , Südbrookmerland and Samtgemeinde Brookmerland . The I. Drainage Association Emden , based in Pewsum , the main town of the Krummhörn, is responsible for the maintenance of the New Greetsieler Sieltiefs and its tributaries . Large parts of the association's area are below sea ​​level , so that without sufficient drainage, those areas would be under water if there was continued rainfall .

tourism

The new Greetsieler Sieltief is no longer of any importance for the transport of goods. However, it is used by water sports enthusiasts (canoeists, boaters) in their spare time. However, there is no direct access to the Outer Ems in Greetsiel, as there is no lock there. Motorboats can only connect to the high seas via the sea locks in Emden. Canoeists, on the other hand, can move their vehicle to the port in Greetsiel on the Siel.

literature

  • Theodor Janssen: Hydrology of East Frisia. Verlag Ostfriesische Landschaft, Aurich 1967, without ISBN.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ This article is based, unless otherwise referenced, on Theodor Janssen: Gewässerkunde Ostfrieslands. Verlag Ostfriesische Landschaft, Aurich 1967, without ISBN, p. 211 ff.
  2. ^ Harm Wiemann / Johannes Engelmann: Old streets and ways in East Frisia . Verlag Deichacht Krummhörn, Pewsum 1974, p. 169 ( East Frisia in the protection of the dyke , vol. 8)
  3. ^ Gunther Hummerich: The peat shipping of the Fehntjer in Emden and the Krummhörn in the 19th and 20th centuries. In: Emder Yearbook for Historical Regional Studies in Ostfriesland , Volume 88/89 (2008/2009), pp. 142–173, here p. 163.
  4. ↑ www.entwaesserungsverband-emden.de: Map of the association area , accessed on July 6, 2013.