Reepsholt
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Reepsholt
Municipality Friedeburg
Coordinates: 53 ° 29 '12 " N , 7 ° 50' 37" E
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| Height : | 8 m above sea level NN |
| Area : | 19.84 km² |
| Residents : | 800 |
| Population density : | 40 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | August 16, 1972 |
| Postal code : | 26446 |
| Area code : | 04468 |
Reepsholt is a village in the south of the Wittmund district in East Friesland near the border with the town of Schortens in the Friesland district . Today Reepsholt belongs politically to the municipality Friedeburg . Until 1972 it was an independent municipality on an area of 1984 hectares.
location
In terms of landscape, Reepsholt is located on the edge of a low moor area , which was created by silting up water.
Today Reepsholt has about 800 inhabitants. Together with the villages of Abickhafe , Dose , Hesel, Hoheesche and Langstraße, which belonged to the old municipality of Reepsholt until the 1970s, there are around 1600.
The small settlement of Kattmoor belongs to Reepsholt. In the maps of the Hanover property tax survey of 1830 and the Prussian property tax survey of 1870 the name Kattmoor appears as a field name. Kattmoor is also mentioned in the parish registers of Reepsholt. Kattmoor used to be a pasture area for Manzipien the regular canons of Reepsholt Monastery. Today the settlement is inhabited by six long-established families.
history
Reepsholt's founding goes back to a donation from the sisters Wendila and Reingert to the diocese of Bremen , which dates back to 983. The diocese soon settled here monks who cultivated the land and built the Reepsholt monastery southeast of today's church .
Today's St. Mauritius Church was built around 1200 and has been the parish church since its construction. In contrast, there was the monastery church in the immediate vicinity. In the 14th century a tower was added to the west side of St. Mauritius, but it was destroyed in a siege in 1474. The tower ruin has since become the town's landmark and one of the most famous buildings in the Wittmund district. In the Middle Ages Reepsholt was one of the Hooge Loogen Ostfriesland.
On July 1, 1972, the former communities Abickhafe , Dose , Hoheesche and Reepsholt merged to form the community Reepsholt. In the course of the municipal reform on August 16, 1972, the municipality Friedeburg was formed from the previous municipalities Bentstreek , Etzel , Friedeburg, Hesel , Horsten , Marx , Reepsholt, Wiesede and Wiesedermeer.
Today Reepsholt is shaped by trade, commerce and agriculture . In the last 20 years, some building areas have emerged so that the village has been able to rejuvenate.
In addition to the church, two more Gulf courtyards are listed as architectural monuments .
literature
- Karl-Heinz de Wall: Reepsholter Chronicle. Self-published by the working group in preparation for the Reepsholt millennium, 1982.
- Karl-Heinz de Wall: Friedeburg community. 1990.
- Erhard Schulte: Hofdienst-, Hühner-, Eiergeld 1625. In: Sources and research. Upstalsboom-Gesellschaft, volume 3/1999, page 68ff.
- Erhard Schulte: Records of the 17th century in KB Reepsholt. In: Sources and Research. Upstalsboom-Gesellschaft, issue 2/1994, page 37ff.
Web links
- Friedeburg, localities Reepsholt and Hoheesche
- Reepsholt parish, East Frisia
credentials
- ↑ Dettmar Coldewey : Frisia Orientalis - data on the history of the country between Ems and Jade . Lohse-Eissing-Verlag, Wilhelmshaven 1974.
- ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 264 and 265 .
