Northern boat trip
The Norderbootfahrt is a canal on the Eiderstedt peninsula . The canal, built in 1612, led from Tönning at the mouth of the Eider to Tetenbüll . Garding and Katingsiel could be reached via a connecting canal (built in 1615) to the southern boat trip . The north and south boat trips connected the Eiderstedter hinterland by water with the open North Sea and thus ensured above all the rise of the Tönninger port to the most important port in the region.
It was created shortly after the south boat trip from Garding to Katingsiel was built . Finally in 1615 both canals were connected. Katingsiel then lost its position as a port to Tönning. The canals could hold ships of 8 to 10 tons in size, and grain was used on the narrow canals . The port of Garding, which has now been filled in again, was also built as part of these construction measures.
The construction was necessary because the Eiderstedter agriculture was experiencing an upswing at this time. Before the religious wars and persecution in their own country, the Dutch had crossed the southern North Sea to Eiderstedt. There they brought agricultural innovations with them, especially in milk and cheese processing. At the same time, numerous natural waterways on Eiderstedt fell victim to increasing dykes and land reclamation. The canal was also made possible by the Dutch and their knowledge of hydraulic engineering: the concept for the northern boat trip came from Caspar Hoyer and the immigrant Dutch.
literature
- Jan Carstens, Harald Fliegel: Water and wind: the Eiderstedt peninsula. Books on Demand 2004, ISBN 3833409371 , pp. 12-15
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Coordinates: 54 ° 21 ′ 0 ″ N , 8 ° 53 ′ 0 ″ E