Osterholz port canal
The Osterholz port canal is a canal between the city of Osterholz-Scharmbeck and the Hamme in Lower Saxony .
The canal runs parallel to Kreisstrasse 9 (K9) in the district of Osterholz , from which larger boats can be "launched" on boat trailers and into the Hamme without using the marina at the end of the canal.
Between 1765 and 1766, the Osterholz port canal was built under the supervision of Moorland Commissioner Jürgen Christian Findorff . At the mouth of the canal in the Hamme, Tietjens Hütte was probably built in the first half of the 19th century as a resting place for the peat boatmen. The canal is around 2 kilometers long, so the harbor basin is on the outskirts.
The peat that the localities of Osterholz and Scharmbeck used for heating could be brought in more easily in this way. In addition, the local trade was given the opportunity to reach the Weser via Hamme and Lesum and thus the opportunity to start trading with the coastal ports and the southern areas of Hanover. Even the Osterholzer Reiswerke had the imported rice transshipped via the Osterholz port.
The Osterholz community council at the time even applied for the railway administration to lay a siding from the station to the port. In 1905 a permanent motorboat connection with Worpswede was introduced. After a long period of good utilization of the canal, this decreased in the 1930s due to changes in the peat extraction rate; In 1952 there were only 67 peat ships left on the canal. Today the port and canal are only occupied by sports boats and motor boats, which means that it represents considerable leisure and tourism potential for Osterholz-Scharmbeck.
literature
- Johann Segelken: Osterholz-Scharmbecker Heimatbuch 1967. Verlag H. Saade, Osterholz-Scharmbeck 1967.
Web links
- Photos and stories from the Teufelsmoor: Hafenkanal on www.teufelsmoor.de
Coordinates: 53 ° 12 ′ 14 ″ N , 8 ° 49 ′ 5 ″ E