Tido field

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Tido field
City north
Tidofeld coat of arms
Coordinates: 53 ° 35 ′ 44 ″  N , 7 ° 14 ′ 11 ″  E
Height : 0.7-1.3 m above sea level NN
Area : 46.8 ha
Residents : 991  (December 31, 2016)
Population density : 2.118 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 26506
Area code : 04931
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Location of Tidofeld in the urban area from the north

Tidofeld has been an independent district of the East Frisian city ​​of Norden since 1996 and has around 1000 inhabitants (at the end of 2016) spread over an area of ​​just 0.47 km². The district is structurally completely fused with the city center. Tidofeld was part of the municipality of Lütetsburg until 1952 .

history

The name Tidofeld goes back to a castle built on this site in the 17th century. It was built by Tido Freiherr zu Innhausen and Knyphausen (1582–1638). Baron Tido was a brother of Field Marshal Dodo zu Innhausen and Knyphausen .

Special importance was Tidofeld fact that after the Second World War in a former barracks of the Armed Forces (Navy transit camp) was a displaced persons camp with 6,000 inhabitants (one of the largest camps in Germany). In the middle of the camp, a barrack was converted into a church building. It was the forerunner of the Gnadenkirche, built in 1961, and - after its profanation - today's documentation center.

Attractions

Gnadenkirche Tidofeld (built 1961), today a documentation center on the history of the displaced

One of the sights of Tidofeld is a permanent exhibition in the profaned Evangelical Lutheran Church of Grace Tidofeld , which documents the flight and expulsion of residents of the former German eastern territories as well as the Tidofeld camp for refugees . This project is under the patronage of Lower Saxony's Prime Minister David McAllister . Margot Käßmann , former regional bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hanover, was also the patron of the Documentation Center until her resignation.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Norden.de: Population according to districts
  2. ↑ Norden.de: districts of the city north
  3. ↑ a b Evangelical Lutheran Church District North: Tidofeld 1945-1960 , documentations and pictures of the Tidofeld refugee camp; seen on January 13, 2010
  4. ↑ Evangelical Lutheran Church District North: Gnadenkirche Tidofeld ; Retrieved January 13, 2010