Ostiem

Ostiem City of Schortens Coordinates: 53 ° 32 ′ 6 "  N , 7 ° 58 ′ 14"  E
Residents :	1654  (Dec. 31, 2013)
Postal code :	26419
Area code :	04461

Ostiem is a district of Schortens in the Friesland district in Lower Saxony . Together with Heidmühle , Schortens and Oestringfelde, Ostiem forms the center of the city with just under 14,000 inhabitants.

location

Ostiem is located in Jeverland on the East Frisian peninsula, on the edge of the marsh . Numerous villages, about today's neighborhoods Accum and Schoost are to enter projects into the march Geest tongues , between which it formerly extensive moors - and heathlands was.

history

The first traces of settlement in today's urban area go back to the 5th century. At that time there was no Schortens as a unit, but in its place were various farmers and smaller villages. The administrative units were the parishes , the boundaries of which were essentially defined by geographical conditions (e.g. rivers and other obstacles). After the construction of St. Stephen's Church and the associated reallocation of the parishes, today's town center developed into the spiritual center of the surrounding area, to which the nearby Oestringfelde Monastery , which was known throughout the region in the Middle Ages , also contributed .

Ostiem used to consist of the two villages (Groß-) Ostiem and Klein-Ostiem. (Groß-) Ostiem was a farming village on the edge of the Oldenburg-East Frisian Geestrück and was first mentioned in the 16th century. In 1587 Klein-Ostiem consisted of seven other farms and was located a little further south. Today the two villages have grown together and are part of the town center.

On December 6, 2011, the city was officially awarded the title “State Recognized Resort” for the districts of Schortens, Heidmühle, Ostiem, Oestringfelde and Grafschaft .

Economy and Infrastructure

In the second half of 2012, a new traffic roundabout was built west of Ostiem as a feeder to the new federal highway 210 . It is the only Schortenser connection to the new federal road. The old federal road 210, which previously ran directly through the district, has been tied off and now runs as a district road to Sande . This measure gives Ostiem back its village character.

One of the Schortens industrial parks is located in the Ostiem district . The Ostiem industrial park is located along the old federal road 210 and has a total size of around 20 hectares. The headquarters of the German logistics company Nordfrost is located here . The main area of ​​activity of the company is frozen food logistics with transport, storage, import / export, distribution and meat processing.

literature

• Werner Brune (Ed.): Wilhelmshavener Heimatlexikon . 3 volumes. Brune Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft, Wilhelmshaven 1986
• Heimatverein Schortens (Ed.): 75 years Heimatverein Schortens - Heimatbuch and Festschrift . 1st edition. Heiber Druck & Verlag, Schortens 2004, ISBN 3-936691-22-3
• Ingeborg Nöldeke, Almut Salomon, Antje Sander: Schortens. Local history from the Middle Ages to modern times . NORA Verlagsgemeinschaft Dyck & Westerheide OHG, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-86557-097-6

Web links

• City of Schortens - Ostiem

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population figures in the city of Schortens 2013 ( memento of the original from July 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Schortens “State Recognized Resort” certificate ( Memento of the original from April 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 44 kB), accessed on December 7, 2011. 
3. ↑ Old B 210 near Schortens will be closed to roundabout construction , accessed on December 29, 2012