Nieuwe Statenzijl
Nieuwe Statenzijl ( Gronings : Nij Stoatenziel ) is a place in the municipality of Oldambt in the east of the Dutch province of Groningen . The hamlet consists of 5 houses and the eponymous sewer . In terms of mail it belongs to Drieborg.
Geographical location
Nieuwe Statenzijl is located in the far east of the Reiderwolderpolder, immediately west of the German border. In the north, the place borders directly on the Dollart Bay . In the southwest of the village are Beerta , the seat of the former municipal administration (about 2300 inhabitants), Finsterwolde (German Finsterwalde , about 2400 inhabitants), to the south the place borders on Bad Nieuweschans (German Bad Neuschanz , about 1650 inhabitants), which are also all in the municipality Oldambt lie.
history
The area of today's Dollart and the areas reclaimed from the sea are old settlements that were still densely populated in the late Middle Ages. The bay , like the Jade Bay , is the result of sea invasions in the late Middle Ages , during which the water largely cleared the original moorland . With the creation of the Dollard and the collapse of the Emsbank, at least 20 parishes, ten to 15 other smaller villages and three monasteries perished.
In the course of the land reclamation, the Netherlands created the Reiderwolderpolder, named after one of the places sunk in the bay. This was diked in two phases in the 19th century. The western, about 1,170 hectare, part of the polder was built in the years 1862–1864, the eastern, about 390 hectare, part of the polder in the years 1872–1874. For the drainage of the low-lying land, the Netherlands created a water passage in the dike called Neue Statenzijl, around which the place developed. A sluice was added to the sewer for inland shipping and the transport of beet. Today it is only used by sport and leisure boats.
Politically, the place belonged to the municipality of Beerta until 1989, then to 1990 to the municipality of Reiderland. This went up in 2010 in the municipality of Oldambt, to which Nieuwe Statenzijl has belonged ever since.
Culture and sights
The Waaiboei (= wind buoy) by the visual artist Martin Borchert stands on the dike next to the lock . The movably mounted work of art in the form of a sea buoy is modeled on a church spire with a needle made of gold leaf. Since 1996 it has been a reminder of the village churches that went down in the bay.
The Kiekkaaste in Nieuwe Statenzijl is the only bird watching hut in the Netherlands located outside the dike . From there the mud flats of the Dollard can be viewed.
Personalities
The dialect poet and singer Ede Staal (1941–1986) lived in Nieuwe Statenzijl for some time and wrote a song about the place. At the lock there is a memorial plaque for Staal, on which the text of the song can be read.
traffic
Nieuwe Statenzijl is on both sides of the street of the same name. There is a small marina on the mudflats in front of the lock. The next motorway is the Dutch A7 . It goes over the border into the federal freeway 280 . The nearest train station is on the Leer – Groningen line in Bad Nieuweschans. The closest international airports are Groningen Airport and Bremen Airport .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Nieuwe Statenzijl | Plaatsengids.nl | Status. Retrieved February 5, 2019 (Dutch).
- ↑ Nieuwe Statenzijl | Plaatsengids.nl | Bezienswaardigheden. Retrieved February 5, 2019 (Dutch).
- ↑ a b c d TOP - Nieuw Statenzijl. Retrieved February 5, 2019 .
Coordinates: 53 ° 13 ′ 46 " N , 7 ° 12 ′ 26.6" E