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Siebestock is a district of the municipality Holtland in the integrated municipality of Hesel in the district of Leer in Lower Saxony .

The village is a 1774 on the border of Hasselt and Barthe -scale peat colony . In contrast to the Nücke colony , which was established around the same time , the residents of Siebestock quickly achieved a certain level of prosperity. This is due to the good location on a ridge where grain could be grown. There were also pastures in the southwest. In the 19th century, Baptism spread in Siebestock. Around 1812 the place had 64 inhabitants. Today about 80 people live in Siebestock.

Individual evidence

  1. Paul Weßels , local chronicle of the East Frisian landscape: Holtland, Samtgemeinde Hesel, district of Leer (PDF; 487 kB), accessed on January 21, 2013.

Coordinates: 53 ° 16'59.6 "  N , 7 ° 36'49.4"  E