Lower Oderbruch
The Lower Oderbruch is the northern part of the Oderbruch , which was reclaimed by Friedrich II when it was drained in 1753 .
location
The Lower Oderbruch is bounded by the Oder in the east and in the west by the heights of the Barnim . In the south, the landscape is characterized by the Alte Oder , which flows into the Bruch near Güstebieser Loose .
Landscape image
The image in the northern part of the Oderbruchs is characterized by the former main branch of the Or, the old or with a narrow residual Auenband between the dykes and numerous trenches (outfall) and channels that the pumping stations carry the water to the regulation. The typical polluted willows can sometimes be found by the artificial waters. The streets are partly accompanied by fruit tree avenues. The landscape is more finely structured than the southern part of the Oderbruch.
Settlement structure
In the Lower Oderbruch there have been Wendish fishing villages for a very long time , which have withstood the regular floods of the Bruch, which occur several times a year, on dry hills without damage. Typical historical village complexes of this time can be seen in Altwriezen and Altwustrow, for example.
The Frederician colonies with their colonist houses , which emerged after the drainage in the 18th century, can still be recognized today as well-planned street villages (often with a central ditch). These villages have the prefix new in their names and usually have an old village as their namesake. Examples of this can be seen in Neulietzegöricke , Neulewin and Neubarnim.
Also in the second half of the 18th century, even before the first decrees on separation, the farmers moved more frequently to their fields and set up the first individual farms. During the separation , many such courtyards were created through the redistribution of the cultivated areas. Due to the often practiced land allocation procedure, such a farm is still called Loos today. The combination of such spin-offs from villages is called loose. Some of these loosen are in the Oderbruch, although their original villages are on the eastern side of the Oder. Zckerick and Güstebiese can be seen clearly from Zckericker Loose or Güstebieser Loose. Just as impressive is the view from the heights of today's Polish villages of origin into the vast landscape of the Bruch.