Niens (Butjadingen)

Niens Butjadingen municipality Coordinates: 53 ° 35 ′ 25 ″ N , 8 ° 19 ′ 26 ″ E
Location of Niens in Lower Saxony

Jericho-Langwarden nature reserve belongs to the Niens farmers' community

Niens than peasantry a district of Langwarden in the municipality Butjadingen in Wesermarsch .

history

Foundation in the Middle Ages

Niens was during the early middle ages handy Frisian s march recreated colonization. The settlement was built as a flat settlement on the ridge during the 7th / 8th centuries . Founded in the 20th century AD. By the 10th century, the settlement was increased to a Wurt up to 3 meters due to heavy flooding . There were around 10 to 15 farmsteads on the Wurt, it was open until 12/13. Century densely built. It was only when the dyke began to be built that the Wurt was gradually abandoned.

Early modern age

Around 1600 there were only two farms left. The economic basis of the residents was the keeping of cattle and a small amount of agriculture . Archaeologically to let barley , broad beans , linseed and camelina evidence. Bone and antler processing indicate commercial production. There was also metal processing. Numerous textile finds were of high quality; the villagers apparently participated in the Frisian cloth trade .

20th century

During the First World War to the landside protection of the naval base was in Wilhelmshaven the Fort Niens built. In 1980 the Jericho / Langwarden nature reserve was designated as part of the Niens farmers' association.

Surname

The name Niens comes from “Nie-Innede”, meaning “new dike”. The first written mention of the place is in 1315 as "Enendse".

Administrative history

From 1933 to 1948 Niens was part of the municipality of Burhave. From 1948 to 1974 it belonged to the Langwarden municipality, then to the Butjadingen municipality. The Niens farmers include Iggewarden, Unkersburg, Nadorst, Jericho, Rugeelk, Bahnhof, Brückenhof, Unkersburg, Burmeide and Nienser Deichstrich.

Demographics


year	Residents
1581	23 able- bodied
1615	18 landlords
1679	23 top performers
1737	62
1764	67
1785	68
1815	93
1855	96
1895	90
1925	106
1950	113
1961	89
1970	94
2002	56

literature

Hans-Hermann Francksen: Geographical development and settlement history of the parish of Langwarden and Tossens V manuscript, Oldenburg 1995 pp. 105–192.
Klaus Brandt: The medieval settlement development in the march of Butjadingen (Wesermarsch district). Results of archaeological investigations, in: Siedlungsforschung 2 (1984) pp. 123–146.
Klaus Brandt: The medieval Wurten Niens and Sievertsborch (Wesermarsch district), in Problems of Coastal Research in the Southern North Sea Region 18, 1991, pp. 89–140.
Peter Schmid : Archaeological settlements on prehistory and early history, in: E. Elzholz (Ed.), Nordenham, Geschichte einer Stadt, pp. 39–41.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u K.-H. Ziessow / A. Eckhardt .: Niens, in: Oldenburgisches Ortslexikon Volume 2: LZ . Ed .: Albrecht Eckhardt. tape 2 . Oldenburg 2011, p. 722 f .

[:4-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u K.-H. Ziessow / A. Eckhardt .: Niens, in: Oldenburgisches Ortslexikon Volume 2: LZ . Ed .: Albrecht Eckhardt. tape 2 . Oldenburg 2011, p. 722 f .